1st Portuguese Workshop on Functionally Graded Materials: An Integrated Approach
This workshop will take place in the Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, next October 9 and 10, 2008
More detasand full programme at: http://www.ct2m.uminho.pt/
Invited Plenary lectures and keynotes talks:
Session I – Functionally Graded Bulk Materials I
Plenary Lecture: Monica Willert-Porada (Faculty Applied Natural Science, University Bayreuth, Germany)Design and Fabrication Principles in the World of Graded Functionality
Keynote lecture: Valdemar Fernandes (FCTUC, Dept. Engª Mecânica, Coimbra)
Mechanical properties evaluation by using micro and nano-indentation
Session II – Functionally Graded Coatings and Interfaces
Plenary Lecture: Nicolas Martin (Institut FEMTO-ST, ENSMM, Besançon – France)
Functionally graded coatings: Chemical and Structural Ways
Keynote lecture: Vasco Teixeira (UM, Dept. Física, Guimarães)
Functional Graded Materials architectures applied at nanoscale: thin PVD nanograded and layered coatings
Session III – Functionally Graded Bulk Materials II
Plenary Lecture: Michael Gasik (Mat. Sci. Eng. Dept., Helsinky Univ. of Technology, Finland)
Functionally Bulk Processing Techniques
Keynote lecture: João F. Mano (3B´s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Dept. Engª Pol., UM)
Biomimetic designs for new degradable biomaterials with gradient and smart properties
Session IV – Materials with Functional Properties: Modeling and Application
Plenary Lecture: Jim Chelikowsky (Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA)
Quantum Modeling of Nano-structured Materials
Keynote lecture: Nuno Peres (UM, Dep. Física, Braga)
Physical properties and applications of graphene
