ESIS NEWSLETTER - December 2024

Professor Grzegorz Lesiuk and Professors Dorin Radu and Simon Sedmak.

Aleksandar Sedmak

SPAIN 2004:

The 40 th Conference of the Spanish Group of Fracture was held at Palma de Mallorca from 6 to 8 March 2024. The conference chairs were Prof. Eugenio Giner form Polytechnic University of Valencia and Prof. Orlando Santana from Polytechnic University of Catalonia. The opening session was attended by the co-founder of the Spanish Structural Integrity Society - Spanish Group of Fracture, Prof. Manuel Elices Calafat. Three plenary sessions were held by Prof. Luca Andena, from Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Prof. Jaime Domínguez, from University of Seville and Prof. Alexis Rusinek, Université de Lorraine (France). The honour medal of the Spanish Group of Fracture was awarded by Prof. Jesus Alegre, from University of Burgos. Besides, during the conference dinner the Spanish Structural Integrity awards of best presentation of a PhD student, the best poster, the best scientific photograph and the best doctoral thesis were presented. The number of attendees was 123, with 82 oral presentations and 12 poster presentations. Finally, the papers presented at the 40 th Spanish Group of Fracture Conference have been published in volumes 7 and 8 of the Spanish Journal of Fracture Mechanics. Both volumes are available on the Society's website LINK . A more detailed description of these activities can be found in the attached document , and feel free to use the text and photos as you wish. 2025: The 41st Conference of the Spanish Group of Fracture will be held in Vitoria-Gasteiz from 26 to 28 March 2025. The venue will be the European Congress Center. The conference chair is Prof. Jon Ander Esnaola from University of Mondragon. The webpage of the conference is: LINK . During this event the awards of best doctoral thesis, best presentation of a PhD student, best poster and best photograph will be also held. Alicia Salazar López SWITZERLAND 2024: in person meeting, Pilatus Aircraft, Stans, September 5, 2024 2025: in person meeting, EPFL Lausanne, date to be determined (September-October 2025) Andreas J. Brunner

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