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Prof. Stefano Zapperi, University of Milan / Predicting the failure of two-dimensional silica glasses

Prof. Stefano Zapperi, University of Milan

Annual Report 2021===*===Mikko Alava

We are happy to share our 2021 Annual Report with you. This booklet describes our scientific achievements, human resources development, new projects and cooperation with industrial partners.

NOMATEN Conference on Materials Informatics

We have a bunch of updates on important issues concerning 1st NOMATEN International Conference on Materials Informatics for registered people as well as potential participants.

Dr. Eric Doris, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA),
University Paris-Saclay, France.

JUNIOR NOMATEN Seminar

Qinqin XuPhD, our new assistant professor, will give a seminar "Dislocations and nanomechanics in Alumina using atomistic simulations" on Tuesday April 26.

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NOMATEN numerical modeling and experimental groups published new scientific paper in collaboration with the experimental group led by Dr. Yanwen Zhang of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in Materials & Design entitled: “Effects of Fe atoms on hardening of a nickel matrix: Nanoindentation experiments and atom-scale numerical modeling”.

Dr. Bertrand Kuhnast, CEA-Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, Orsay, France.

NOMATEN Conference on Materials Informatics===*===Materials informatics at NOMATEN

The NOMATEN Centre of Excellence is organizing a conference on June 1-3, 2022, with the focus on the, widely defined, interplay of materials science with machine learning, that will feature presentations and tutorials from renowned experts in applied mathematics, drug design, material science, and renewable energy.

CECAM LOGO

NOMATEN CoE Director prof. Mikko Alava is one of the founders of the ongoing CECAM conference. In addition, a number of NOMATEN and NCBJ scientists participate in this event, whereas Stefanos Papanikolaou and Silvia Bonfanti will give talks during the afternoon session on Wednesday March 30.

NOMATEN team at VTT site in Espoo, Finland===*===NOMATEN team at VTT site in Espoo, Finland

On March 22 and 23 NOMATEN team performer a study visit at VTT Technical Institute of Finland. The event had been hosted at VTT’s Centre for Nuclear Safety (CNS) in Espoo, suburbs of Helsinki.



This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 857470 and from European Regional Development Fund
via Foundation for Polish Science International Research Agenda PLUS programme grant
No MAB PLUS/2018/8.
Poland
The project is co-financed from the state budget within the framework of the undertaking of the Minister of Science and Higher Education "Support for the activities of Centers of Excellence established under Horizon 2020".

Grant: 5 143 237,70 EUR
Total value: 29 971 365,00 EUR
Date of signing the funding agreement: December 2023

The purpose of the undertaking is to support entities of the higher education and science system that have received funding from the European Union budget in the competition H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020/WIDESPREAD-01-2018-2019: Teaming Phase 2. in the preparation, implementation and updating of activities, maintenance of material resources necessary for carrying out activities, acquisition and modernization of scientific and research apparatus, maintenance and development of personnel potential necessary for the implementation of activities, and dissemination of the results of scientific activities.