Scientific Program
Conference Areas
FEMS EUROMAT 2027 is organized into eight thematic areas, each co-led by an ASMET co-ordinator and a European counterpart. Symposium details will be added as they are confirmed.
A
Functional Materials
FEMS
Luís Pereira
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
ASMET
Bernhard C. Bayer
TU Wien, Austria
7 SYMPOSIA
- A1 2D Materials & Applications
- A2 Nanomaterials Growth and Characterization
- A3 Materials for catalysis and functional porous materials
- A4 Flexible and wearable electronics and sensing
- A5 Functional ligno-cellulosic and other nature-derived materials
- A6 Materials for photonics and photovoltaics
- A7 Responsive & soft materials
B
Structural Materials
FEMS
Annalisa Pola
University of Brescia
ASMET
Ronald Schnitzer
TU Leoben
9 SYMPOSIA
- B1 Advanced Steels
- B2 Light Weight Alloys
- B3 High-Temperature Alloys and Intermetallics
- B4 Advanced structural ceramics
- B5 High entropy materials
- B6 Fatigue, Wear and Corrosion of Materials and Structures
- B7 Materials testing, characterisation and mechanical properties
- B8 Hydrogen embrittlement of structural materials
- B9 Construction Materials
C
Processing
FEMS
Anna Zervaki
NTUA Athens
ASMET
Maria Cecilia Poletti
TU Graz
11 SYMPOSIA
- C1 Additive manufacturing of metallic materials
- C2 Additive manufacturing of non-metallic materials
- C3 Powder & Colloidal Processing
- C4 Coatings and Surface Modification Technologies
- C5 Advances in Processing of Ceramic Materials
- C6 Processing of Composites
- C7 Laser materials processing
- C8 Metal Casting
- C9 Welding and Joining
- C10 Thermomechanical processing, severe plastic deformation & nanostructuring
- C11 Functionalized Materials for Microelectronics
D
Characterization, Modeling and AI
FEMS
Joanna Wojewoda-Budka
Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
ASMET
Lorenz Romaner
Montanuniversität Leoben
7 SYMPOSIA
- D1 Advances in microscopy and diffraction-based techniques
- D2 Mechanics Characterization and Modelling
- D3 Materials in hydrogen environments — degradation, characterization and modelling across scales
- D4 Advanced Biomaterials – Characterization and Modelling
- D5 Multiscale modeling and data-driven research of advanced materials: ab initio, molecular dynamics and Monte-Carlo simulations & multiscale and multiphysics modeling of materials
- D6 Materials acceleration platforms, FAIR data and interoperability
- D7 Artificial intelligence and modeling in advanced alloy and process design
E
Energy and Transportation
FEMS
Dirk Lehmhus
Fraunhofer IFAM
ASMET
Christoph Rameshan
TU Leoben
10 SYMPOSIA
- E1 Automotive Body, Chassis and Interior
- E2 Automotive Powertrain
- E3 Railway Rolling Stock & Systems
- E4 Aeronautics
- E5 Space Exploration and Space Exploitation
- E6 Energy Storage
- E7 Energy Harvesting & Thermal Management
- E8 Renewable Energy & Hydrogen Technology
- E9 Nuclear Energy: Fission & Fusion
- E10 Defence
F
Materials for Healthcare
FEMS
Annabel Braem
KU Leuven
ASMET
Jürgen Stampfl
TU Wien
9 SYMPOSIA
- F1 Biofabrication and 3D Printing of Biomaterials
- F2 Smart biomaterials and bioresponsive systems
- F3 Biomaterials for infection control
- F4 Surface modification of biomaterials
- F5 Biomaterials application in dentistry and orthopedics
- F6 Design, synthesis and characterization of polymeric biomaterials
- F7 Synthesis, characterization and application of bioceramics and bioglasses
- F8 Metals in medicine: traditional and new alloys, permanent and bioresorbable metals
- F9 Biobased hydrogels for tissue engineering
G
Education, Dissemination, Strategy & Technology Transfer
FEMS
Gisèle Lecomte-Nana
University of Limoges, IRCER
ASMET
Tanja Wrodnigg
TU Graz, Austria
3 SYMPOSIA
- G1 Interdisciplinary: advanced materials education, strategy and fundings
- G2 Disseminating materials research and bridging the gap from lab to industry
- G3 Material Informatics: digitalization and AI for materials science
H
Materials for Circularity and Sustainability
FEMS
Franz Faupel
Kiel University
ASMET
Emanuel Ionescu
TU Wien
6 SYMPOSIA
- H1 SFS-Forum: Planetary boundaries and the sustainability crisis
- H2 Design of Materials for Circularity
- H3 Circular Metals and Structural Materials
- H4 Circular Materials for Energy and Electronics
- H5 Polymer and Soft Matter Circularity
- H6 Circular materials solutions for consumer applications