Here you have a new issue of CIMNE newsletter, where you can found some of the latest news related to the research centre in computational mechanics.
11F - WOMEN IN SCIENCE
Every year, on 11 February, takes place the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. This year, the global edition of the Day promoted by the United Nations arrives to its 8th edition with the theme "Bringing communities Forward for sustainable and equitable development". It aims at building links between the International Community and women in science through linking their knowledge and expertise and its applications in a systematic and a critical way for the 2030 agenda and its 17 global goals.
Check out the programme of activities scheduled to commemorate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by the UN and the research institutions.
THE INTERVIEW
Fabiola Cavaliere: Pioner Award Winner 2022
Recently, Fabiola Cavaliere has been awarded with a Pioner Award by CERCA institution in recognition of her PhD thesis, which was co-directed by the leader of the Credible data-driven models research group at CIMNE, Pedro Díez, jointly Rubén Sevilla (Swansea University) and Sergio Zlotnik (UPC/Lacàn).
From 2018 to 2022, Fabiola Cavaliere was a researcher PhD Candidate at CIMNE, funded by the Marie Curie Programme. Her PhD involved academic institutions (UPC/CIMNE and the Swansea University) and an industrial partner: SEAT, SA. The programme included a stay at the automobile company, which Cavaliere has joined as a AI Structural Simulation Engineer after her PhD.
A PROJECT IN A MINUTE - ELECTRIC VEHICLES
New tests and computer simulation methodologies for electric vehicle chassis weight reduction
CIMNE RESEARCHERS
The ICREA research professor Ivan Markovsky joins CIMNE
In January 2023, the ICREA research professor Ivan Markovsky joined the Credible Data-driven Models group of CIMNE. His expertise is in structured low-rank approximation and completion, direct data-driven methods and system identification.
He obtained PhD in electrical engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 2005. He has been a teacher and a research in control and system theory at the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) of the University of Southampton and the Department of Fundamental Electricity and Instrumentation (ELEC) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he has been an associate professor.
WELCOMING EXPRESSION OF INTEREST!
SEEKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE YOUR RESEARCH CAREER?
CIMNE is looking for candidates who want to apply to different upcoming calls which fund researchers and R+D centres during different stages of their research career. We present some of them and we invitate us to follow-up our website section for Career opportunites.
**OPEN CALL!** Looking for elegible candidates to Beatriu de Pinós Grants
RESEARCH
CIMNE contributes to the first round robin test on the simulation of the angle of repose using the Discrete Element Method
The round robin test (simultaneous analysis of the same problem) is a method to investigate the variance and sensitivity of the results provided by different analysts for a given problem. This methodology was first applied to the evaluation of the performance of the discrete element method (DEM). 16 groups from 7 countries around the world participated using different software tools.
Joaquín Irazábal member of the research group on Machine Learning in Civil Engineering, contributed to the experiment with simulations performed using the DEM Application in Kratos Multiphysics. The results showed the capabilities of the code developed at CIMNE to analyze the phenomenon, ranking among the best in terms of accuracy.