ESIS Newsletter December 2023

Newsletter #70-2023

ESIS Awards

ESIS AWARDS: CALL FOR NOMINATION The nomination for the 2024 ESIS Awards is open. ESIS confers every two years the following awards:

- The Griffith Medal - The Wöhler Medal - The Award of Merit - Honorary Membership - The Young Scientist Award

BDFM 2023

Each ESIS member can submit a proposal to the Awards Committee. The proposing member should be from a different country with respect to that of the candidate. Such a proposal has to be seconded by another ESIS member, from a different country with respect to both that of the proposing member and that of the candidate. Each proposal shall include a detailed justification of the candidate, usually covering one to two pages. It shall also include a detailed CV of the candidate and a list of his/her five most important publications. Nominations for the awards have to be lodged with the ECF24 chairman, Prof. Zeljko Bozic (zeljko.bozic@fsb.hr). All information is available on the ECF24 website (LINK). The deadline for the nominations is February 29, 2024.

With the BDFM-2023 Network Meeting and Workshop, the organizers continued their commit ment to providing a solid platform for researchers in Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg working in the field of damage and fracture mechanics. The primary goal of the event is to promote new collaborations and friendships among participants and nurture existing partnerships. It offers an essential opportunity for those engaged in fracture mechanics to exchange knowledge, gain new insights, initiate new research collaborations, and set up joint proposal writing. Since BDFM-2019, this event has been intro duced to establish a research community in the area of damage and fracture mechanics for scientists from various universities and institutions across the Benelux region. This year's network meeting and workshop aim to sustain this community and facilitate the transfer of state-of the-art findings and the development of new research collaborations. The one-day event is dedicated to bringing together leading scientists in the field of damage and fracture mechanics in the Benelux to deliver presentations focused on a wide range of topics that can inspire easily, and to provide networking opportunities for PhD students, postdocs, and their supervisors.

National Committees

BeNeLux

3rd Benelux Network Meeting and Workshop on Damage and Fracture Mechanics (BDFM-2023)

On May 25th, the 3rd edition of the "Benelux Network Meeting and Workshop on Damage and Fracture Mechanics (BDFM 2023)" took place at KU Leuven, Campus Carolus in Antwerp. Resear chers from the Benelux region (Belgium, Nether lands, and Luxembourg) gathered with the aim of establishing a robust network and fostering co operation across national borders. This event was a joint initiative of KU Leuven and TU Eindhoven in collaboration with the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS). The organizing commit tee was led by Professor Reza Talemi (KU Leuven) and Professor Johan Hoefnagels (TU Eindhoven) who are BeNeLux national group representatives in ESIS.

BDFM 2023

In total, 80 participants from 3 different count ries took part in the workshop, where new deve lopments in the field of damage and fracture mechanisms were presented, and new ideas were exchanged. During the keynote sessions, speakers

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