2. international Colloquium „Interactive Soft-Stiff-Composites - From Basic Research to Practice“

Presenter: RTG 2430
Date: 27. + 28. May 2024
Venue: Hygienemuseum Dresden

More than five years of successful research are done in the Research Training Group 2430 “Interactive Fiber Elastomers”. Well-known experts and the scientists will present their results in the fields of Material Development, Modelling and Simulation, Sensors / Actuators and Regulation / Control as well as System Development and Characterisation on an international colloquium at May, 27^th-28^th 2024 in Dresden. The leading organisation of the event will be done mostly by the junior researchers themselves. A Scientific Advisory Board consisting of renowned experts and scientists from all over the world is nominated.

Within the scope of this colloquium, 27 lectures are scheduled, including these internationally accepted scientists:

Prof. Vladan Koncar, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles (ENSAIT), Université de Lille, France
Prof. Edwin Jager, Sensor and Actuator Systems (SAS), Linköping University, Sweden
Prof. Shib Shankar Banerjee, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian  Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Prof. Andreas Menzel, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Department Theory of Soft Matter / Biophysics, Germany
Dr. Evghenii Harea, Centre of Polymer Systems, University Institute, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
Prof. Paul Motzki, ZeMA Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology, Saarland University, Germany
Prof. Xufeng Dong, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China
Dr. Toshio Tada, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Japan
Dr. Christopher Robertson, Polymer Technology Services LLC, U. S. A.

The scientific advisory board is made up of the renowned, globally active industry partners and scientists:

Prof. Dr. Iain Anderson, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Prof. Dr. James Busfield, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Giese, Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e. V., Germany
Prof. Dr. Gert Heinrich, TU Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Prof. Dr. Annika Raatz, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Dr. Christopher Robertson, Polymer Technology Services LLC, U. S. A.
Dr. Toshio Tada, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, LTD., Japan

The programme can be found at: Programme

There will be no conference fee.

As scientist or industry representative from the fields of Textile Technology, Polymer Technology, Soft Robotics or similar, you will gain insights into the newest material und model developments as well as applications of soft robotics.

If you successfully finished a Masters degree in the topics of Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry or Physics and you are targeting to a PhD programme, feel free to contact as we are recruiting eleven PhD students from November 2024 (acc. E13 TV-L).

Particular promising young researchers who wish to become a PhD within the RTG 2430 can apply for support in travel costs to the colloquium. Please send your CV and references.

The event will be organised as a hybrid event.
You can register via our homepage https://tu-dresden.de/ing/forschung/graduiertenkollegs/grk2430/kolloquium-2024-1/anmeldung.
There will be a discounted hotel quota available until 24.4.2024.

For further questions please contact .

Funded by German Research Foundation / DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft