Citation
(2010), "EASN News", International Journal of Structural Integrity, Vol. 1 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijsi.2010.43601bab.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
EASN News
Article Type: EASN News From: International Journal of Structural Integrity, Volume 1, Issue 2
Participation of EASN in the 3rd FP7 call
EASN continued its active participation in the Framework Package calls, by endorsing and supporting the preparation and submission by its members of 12 project proposals for the 3rd FP7 call. Assistance in locating University partners in order to set up a competent consortium is one of the services offered by EASN. Furthermore, presentation of these projects to other European stakeholders such as Aeroportal, industrial counterparts and research establishments are made during the preparation phase in order to obtain their input, support and participation to these projects. More information about the projects endorsed by EASN during the 3rd FP7 call as well as about all EASN running and past projects is available on the EASN web site in the research projects section (www.easn.net/research-projects) (Figure 1).
EASN workshops
In the view of the changing boundary conditions for the European aviation sector, education and training of aeronautical engineers and researchers has to be adapted to the needs of the aeronautics sector including industry, research, operators and public authorities. On Thursday, 25 February 2010, the ACARE Human Resource Group in collaboration with:
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the European Commission, DG Research;
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the ACARE Member States Group;
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the EASN Association;
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PEGASUS; and
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the European Aeronautics ERA-Net AirTN.
carried out a workshop on Education and Training of Engineers and Researchers in Aeronautics for Europe.
The workshop aims were to review the situation in Europe concerning the education of future academics and engineers and to identify needs for actions and inputs for the envisaged new Vision for Aeronautics and Air Transport and a related update of the Strategic Research Agenda of ACARE. The speakers were senior representatives from industry, universities, research centres and the European Commission. More information about the workshop as well as the presentations given can be found on the EASN web site in the workshops section (www.easn.net/workshops) (Plates 1 and 2).
Plate 1
Plate 2
2nd International Conference of Engineering Against Fracture, under the auspices of EASN and FEMS
EASN supports the 2nd ICEAF conference, to be held in Mykonos, Greece on the 22-24 June 2011. The scope of the conference is to attract interdisciplinary work in the areas of design and prevention of fracture. Works are expected to cover a number of different technological areas including aeronautics, land transportation, marine, power, bioengineering, etc. The conference topics cover but are not limited to:
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Engineering alloys and metals for aerospace, land transportation, marine, power and bioengineering applications.
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Novel engineering composites.
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Nanomaterials: technology, properties and modeling fracture behavior.
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Smart materials and structures.
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Multiscale (nano, meso, micro and macroscopic) approaches to understand mechanical behaviour and fracture of engineering materials and structures.
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Damage tolerant microstructures.
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Structural integrity and structural health monitoring.
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Fracture and fatigue of materials and structures.
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Surface Engineering and Coatings.
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Experimental studies on the relation between microstructure and mechanical fracture processes.
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Testing and Control Systems.
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Computational mechanics and analytical methods.
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Characterization of fractures.
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Environmentally assisted fracture.
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Integrated approaches for design, manufacturing and reliability of engineering structures.
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Joining technologies.
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Surface treatment and coatings.
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Non-destructive testing.
More information about the workshop can be found on the EASN web site in: www.easn.net/news/14/58/ (Figure 2).
