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

Michaelmas Term 2025

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 Tim Hageman

Week 1 - Monday 13 October

No Seminar

Week 2 - Monday 20 October 

Professor Sinan Acikgoz, The University of Oxford, UK

Characterising and monitoring masonry materials and structures

Week 3 - Monday 27 October 

Dr Andrei Shvarts, The University of Glasgow, UK

Computational model development using a mesh-centric framework

Week 4 - Monday 03 November 

Dr Giacomo Torelli, University of Sheffield, UK

Thermo-hygro-mechanics of porous materials

Week 5 - Monday 10 November

Professor Mauricio Ponga, University of British Colombia, Canada

Effect of residual stresses in dendrite inhibition and battery lifetime

Week 6 - Monday 17 November 

Dr Adrian Callaghan, Imperial College, London, UK

Optical Remote Sensing of Foam Evolution to Characterise Air-Sea Interaction 
Processes

Week 7 - Monday 24 November 

Dr Joseph Ghaffari, Leeds Beckett University/University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Physics informed neural networks and deep learning for material modelling

Week 8 - Monday 01 December

Professor Dr Laura de Lorenzis, Institute for Mechanical Systems, ETHZurich, Switzerland

Variational phase-field modelling of fracture towards second-generation 
models

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