ICSMA 20

June 2nd – 6th, 2025
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan
Circular ver. 2.0 (2024.07.01 updated)

Abstract submission is now open.
Due date: November 15th, 2024
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Last updated on July 1st, 2024:
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About ICSMA

With a 50-year tradition since 1967, ICSMA 20 provides a global platform for the latest advances in materials strength research. The conference covers a wide range of scientific topics, from fundamental issues in materials deformation to applications of engineering materials. With a focus on metals, alloys, composites, biomedical materials, and emerging materials, ICSMA 20 seeks to deepen our understanding of the processes that govern material strength at various scales of length and time. The conference will be held in Kyoto, an ancient capital and cultural center of Japan. Join us at ICSMA 20 to shape the future of materials strength research through collaboration and innovation.

Important dates

List of topics

  • Elementary deformation mechanisms
  • Advanced characterization of deformation processes
  • Mechanical behavior of high entropy alloys
  • Micro- and nano-scale mechanical testing
  • Effects of grain boundaries and interfaces
  • Mechanical behavior associated with phase transformations
  • Fracture and fatigue
  • High temperature deformation and creep
  • Mechanistic foundations for multiscale modeling
  • Strength of additive-manufactured materials
  • Materials under extreme conditions
  • Mechanics of composite materials
  • Strength of biomedical and bio-inspired materials
  • Glasses and non-crystalline solids
  • Mechanical behavior of heterogeneous materials
  • Effects of hydrogen
  • Others

These topics are tentative and subject to change in the final program. Presentations on other topics suitable to ICSMA are welcome.

Plenary Speakers

  • Allison Michelle Beese, Pennsylvania State University, USA
  • Guillaume Laplanche, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
  • Sandra Korte Kerzel, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • Xavier Sauvage, Université de Rouen, France
  • Shigenobu Ogata, Osaka University, Japan
  • Praveen Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
  • Xiaoxu Huang, Chongqing University, China
  • Astrid Pundt, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany

Chair persons

  • Chair: Nobuhiro Tsuji, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Vice chair: Masaki Tanaka, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Vice chair: Tomotsugu Shimokawa, Kanazawa University, Japan

International committee

ICSMA20 is under the supervision of the ICSMA international scientific committee for all strategic issues of the conference.

  • Marc Legros, France - Chair
  • Irene Beyerlein, USA
  • Andrea Hodge, USA
  • Easo George, USA
  • Peter Anderson, USA
  • William Curtin, USA
  • Cathy Rae, UK
  • Christopher Hutchinson, Australia
  • Gunther Eggeler, Germany
  • Reinhard Pippan, Austria
  • Nobuhiro Tsuji, Japan
  • Satyam Suwas, India
  • Maria-Teresa Perez-Prado, Spain
  • David Wilkinson, Canada
  • Lei Lu, China
  • Erica Lilleodden, Germany
  • Christoph Kirchlechner, Germany
  • Lazlo Toth, France
  • Hyoung Seop Kim, Korea

History of ICSMA

ICSMA 1 Tokyo, Japan

ICSMA 2 Asilomar, USA

ICSMA 3 Cambridge, UK

ICSMA 4 Nancy, France

ICSMA 5 Aachen, Germany

ICSMA 6 Melbourne, Australia

ICSMA 7 Montreal, Canada

ICSMA 8 Tampere, Finland

ICSMA 9 Haifa, Israel

ICSMA 10 Sendai, Japan

ICSMA 11 Prague, Czech Republic

ICSMA 12 Asilomar, USA

ICSMA 13 Budapest, Hungary

ICSMA 14 Xi’an, China

ICSMA 15 Dresden, Germany

ICSMA 16 Bangalore, India

ICSMA 17 Brno, Czech Republic

ICSMA 18 Ohio, USA

ICSMA 19 Metz, France

Conference venue

Kyoto International Conference Center

URL: https://www.icckyoto.or.jp/en/
422 Iwakura Osagicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan
606-0001

Access to Kyoto

The following routes are the main options to get to Kyoto (Japan Railways (JR) train station) from international airports in Japan.

From Osaka to JR Kyoto station

  1. Osaka-Kansai International Airport (KIX)
    75 min by JR Haruka Airport Express
  2. Osaka-Itami International Airport (ITM)
    60 min by Airport Limousine Bus

From Tokyo to JR Kyoto station

  1. Tokyo-Narita International Airport (NTA)
    60 min by Narita Express Train to Tokyo and change train to JR Shinkansen (bullet train) (about 3.5 hours in total)
  2. Tokyo-Haneda International Airport (HND)
    15 min by local train (Keikyu line) to Shinagawa and change train to JR Shinkansen (bullet train) (about 3.0 hours in total)

SUPPORTED by

This conference is supported by Japan Institute of Metals and Materials (JIMM) as JIMIC-9.

Japan Institute of Metals and Materials

Contact

For more information, please contact us

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