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Ivo Šulák was awarded the Lumina quaeruntur grant

At a ceremony held on 25 October 2024, nine scientists received the Praemium Academiae and Lumina Quaeruntur grant from CAS President Eva Zažímalová. Among the awardees is Dr. Ivo Šulák from the Institute of Physics of Materials, who was awarded the Lumina quaeruntur grant.
Recollections of the conference MMM11

The end of September attracted to Prague world experts in materials modeling, who took part in the 11th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM11). This largest international conference in the field was held in the Prague Congress Center on September 22-27, 2024.
The work of Prof. Ivo Dlouhý awarded with two silver medals

The long-term cooperation of Prof. Ivo Dlouhý with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BUT in Brno and the direct 15-year management of the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering FME BUT were awarded twice.
Prof. Yunzhi Wang has started his month-long visit at IPM

Prof. Yunzhi Wang from The Ohio State University (USA) has started his visit of IPM as a part of the MEBioSys OP JAK project. During his month-long stay in Brno, Prof. Wang will lead an Autumn computer modeling school called „Phase Field Method and Its Applications for Simulating Complex Microstructures“, which will take place at […]
Researchers‘ Night 2024 – The monster attracted visitors even in the rain!

Despite the bad weather on Friday, September 27, 2024, more than 200 visitors came to the Researchers‘ Night at the IPM. Children and adults of all ages went on the monsters‘ trail – and a giant monster awaited them.
The meeting of the MEBioSys project was held in Pilsen

On September 10, 2024, a meeting of the MEBioSys research project was held. The conference, attended by 45 experts presenting the results achieved in the project’s first year, was organized by the NTC research center at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (UWB).
Stanislav Seitl was selected as an ESIS Fellow

Assoc. Prof. Stanislav Seitl was selected as an ESIS Fellow at the 24th European Conference on Fracture, the largest worldwide event dedicated to these topics, co-organized by ESIS (European Structural Integrity Society) in Zagreb, Croatia, 24-30 August 2024.
Advanced manufacturing revs up in Europe with 3D printing

The European Commission portal published an article in Horizon magazine mentioning the successfully implemented project Structural Integrity and Reliability of Advanced Materials obtained through additive Manufacturing (SIRAMM). Prof. Luboš Náhlík was the co-investigator of the project for the IPM.
The new NANOMAQ project addresses the issue of nanostructure surfaces

Roman Gröger was successful in the INTER-COST-LUC24 public competition. At the Institute of Physics of Materials, he and his investigation team will implement a project entitled Harnessing size effects for optimization of design and physical properties of nanostructured materials (NANOMAQ).
The festival of science and technology scored again with the visitors!

The first weekend of September in Brno brought hot summer weather and a lot of fun scientific experiments at the Brno Exhibition Center. The 11th year of the Science and Technology attracted thousands of science enthusiasts.