Seminars held by the Solid Mechanics and Materials research group, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford.

Each term, a variety of guest speakers come into the department to host seminars based on their research. These are open to attend

Please see the list below for upcoming seminars

Solid Mechanics, Materials, and Civil Engineering Groups Seminar Series

Michaelmas Term 2026

Seminars at 14.00 unless otherwise specified.

Seminars will take place in LR1, Thom Building, Department of Engineering Science, Oxford unless otherwise specified.

For further information please contact Dr Aaron Graham and/or Prof Emilio Martinez-Paneda

Week 2 - Monday 19 October 

Professor Carmen Andrade, CIMNE/CISC Torroja Institute, Madrid, Spain                                                    Durability of low-carbon cements: does CO2 reduction come at a cost?                                                            

Week 3 - Monday 26 October

Professor Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, University of Oxford, UK                                                                                      How to Apply for Funding                                     

Week 4 - Monday 02 November

Professor Bahman Ghiassi, University of Birmingham, UK                                                                                  From pixels to physics: Generative AI for solving the direct and inverse problems in nonlinear mechanics of masonry as the experimental testbed of brittle composites

Week 5 - Monday 09 November

Professor Jean-Francois Molinari, EPFL, Switzerland                                                                                          From Fragmentation to Kessler Syndrome: Explosions, Collisions, and Debris in Earth Orbit  

Week 6 - Monday 19 November

Professor Christian Niordson, Technical University of Denmark                                                                        Grain-Scale Stress Fields and Void Growth: In-situ Multimodal X-ray Imaging, Crystal Plasticity and Size-Dependent Porous Plasticity

Week 7 - Monday 23 November

Professor Tim Chen, Imperial College London, UK                                                                                                From Flat Sheets to Doubly Curved Surfaces: Geometry, Mechanics and Manufacturing

Week 8 -  Term Distinguished Seminar Monday 30 November

Professor Davide Bigoni, University of Trento, Italy                                                                                              Unconventional Instabilities: From Rods to Metamaterial Solids

                                                                               

Click  HERE  to view seminars that have taken place in the past