Latest news of the group
New article on the FIRE minimizer in LAMMPS published in Computational Materials Science
I am glad to annonce that our new article on the Assessment and optimization of the fast inertial relaxation engine (FIRE) for energy minimization in atomistic simulations and its implementation in LAMMPS is now published in Computational Materials Science.
Schöntal Symposium on Dislocation based Plasticity, 1-6 March
From March 1st to March 6th, 2020, the 4th Schöntal Symposium will be held in the recluse monastry of Schöntal in Germany. I am glad to participate to this symposium focused on Dislocation-based Plasticity and related topics
Kick-off meeting of the german SFB1394 on phase diagrams
On Feb. 17th, 2020, in Aachen, there has been the Kick-off meeting of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC1394) that aim at building fundations of defect phase diagrams. This project funded for 4 years by the DFG (German Research Agency) gathered the strengths of 19 principal investigaors (PIs) from the RWTH Aachen, the Max-Planck Institut for Iron Research (MPIe, Düsseldorf) and the FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg.
New position: CNRS scientist at the LEM3
From January 1st, 2020, I am most happy and pround to be part of the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research). As tenured CNRS research scientist (Chargé de recherche) assigned to the LEM3 laboratory (CNRS - Lorraine University - Arts et Métiers ParisTech), I will pursue my work on the atomistic origin of defects and their consequences on mechanical properties, and on building bridges with continuum mechanic approaches.
18-19 Nov.: 1st Colloquium on Theoretical and Experimental Micro-Mechanics
I will give the oral presentation "Slip across complex interfaces: the case of Mg based Laves phases" at the 1st Colloquium on Theoretical and Experimental Micro-Mechanics that will be held in Metz (France) on November 18th and 19th, 2019. This colloquium is co-organized by Université de Lorraine (Dr. S. Berbenni) and Universität des Saarlandes (Prof. C. Motz).
The program can be downloaded here.
Prof. Sandra Korte-Kerzel awarded an ERC Starting Grant
Head of the Institute for Physical Metallurgy and Materials Physics (IMM), Prof. Sandra Korte-Kerzel has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research CouncilSandra Korte-Kerzel has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. This prestigious funding of 1.5 million euros over 5 years will be dedicated to this study: "Fundamental Building Blocks - Understanding plasticity in complex crystals based on their simplest, intergrown units". As member of the IMM, it was a pleasure to work on some of the preliminary work of this research project.