On January 20, 2026, Mehdi Agha Bagloo successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: “Bond performance of CFRP strengthening and hybrid anchoring systems for RC elements: experimental and analytical studies.” This research focuses on improving CFRP-based strengthening techniques for reinforced concrete (RC)...
The ECCCS conference, now in its fourth edition, aims to promote the dissemination and exchange of scientific knowledge on the crashworthiness of composite structures. It serves as an excellent forum that bridges academic research and industrial applications, addressing the crash...
Dr. Nikhil Bharat, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the AMADE research group, has been awarded the Best Doctoral Thesis Award (2024–2025) across all engineering and science departments for his PhD work at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal. His thesis...
Within the framework of the EMJM “Advanced Structural Analysis and Design using Composite Materials”, FRP++, this year, the Integration Week was organized by the University of Girona, taking place from 24 to 28 November 2025. The program was designed to...
On November 28, Alex Fernández successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Assessment of the out-of-plane behaviour of a 3D-printed carbon fibre reinforced composite material”at the University of Girona. His research was co-supervised by Dr. Norbert Blanco (Universitat de Girona) and...
A researcher from AMADE, Dr. Sandeep Olhan, in collaboration with colleagues from The Pennsylvania State University, USA (Dr. Bindu Antil), AMADE–University of Girona (Prof. Pere Maimí), and The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India (Prof. B.K. Behera), has published a...
APPLICATION DEADLINE 10/01/2026 11:59 pm - Europe/Brussels OFFER DESCRIPTION This PhD project, a collaboration between AMADE and Btechc, addresses the high computational cost of modelling failure in large-scale composite structures like aircraft and vehicles. The research aims to develop a significantly more efficient...
Project funded by the Spanish Research Agency (2026-2028) APPLICATION DEADLINE 31/01/2026 11:59 pm - Europe/Brussels OFFER DESCRIPTION Laminated composites for structural applications are made with fibers and a polymer matrix, usually a thermoset. Manufacturing is done at elevated temperatures and involves chemical changes in...
On April 28, Pierre Daniel successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "A strategy for efficient modelling of composite delamination in large structures" at the University of Girona. His research was co-supervised by Dr. Pere Maimí (Universitat de Girona) and Dr....
A researcher from AMADE (José Manuel Guerrero), in collaboration with researchers from Turkish Aerospace Industry (Ecem Turan), Hacettepe University (Ecem Turan and Baris Sabuncuoglu) and KU Leuven (Stepan V. Lomov), has published a new paper in Polymer Composites, titled: “Micro-scale fiber/matrix...
