Executive Committee
- Lorenzo Bardella (Chairman) - University of Brescia
- Marco Paggi - IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
- Giovanni Noselli - SISSA - International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste
Past Members of the Executive Committee
Pasquale Vena, Roberta Massabò, Luca Deseri, Alberto Corigliano, Gianpietro Del Piero
Goal of the group
The goal of the group is to provide a forum for researchers working in the field of materials. The group organizes and encourages initiatives to favour exchange of experiences, discussion, and collaboration of researchers working in different cultural areas.  The group annual meetings, GMA conferences, are organized in order to favour participation and discussion.
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NEXT MEETING
- GMA 2021 - within GIMC-GMA-GBMA 2020, University of Reggio Calabria - 22-25 June 2021
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Events, conference proceedings, and slides
- GMA 2019 - within AIMETA 2019, Sapienza University of Rome - September 2019
- GMA 2018 - within GIMC-GMA 2018, University of Ferrara - September 2018
- GMA 2017 - within AIMETA 2017, University of Salerno - September 2017
- GMA 2016 - within GIMC-GMA 2016, IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca - June 2016 - Special issue of MECCANICA on "Recent Advances on the Mechanics of Materials"
- GMA 2015 - within AIMETA 2015, University of Genova - September 2015
- GMA 2014 - within GIMC-GMA 2014, University of Cassino - June 2014
- GMA 2013 - within AIMETA 2013, Politecnico di Torino - September 2013
- GMA 2012 - Fondazione Campus di Lucca - April 2012        Â
- GMA 2011- University of Udine - February 2011
- GMA 2010Â - University of Palermo - February 2010Â Â Â Â
- GMA 09     - Politecnico di Milano - January 2009
- GMA 08- University of Genova -  February 2008
- GMA 07- University of Trento - February 2007
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GMA Award for the best PhD Thesis
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YEAR |
THESIS TITLE |
AUTHOR |
2020 |
Modeling of biological tissue: diffusion, growth & remodeling, active behaviour |
Filippo Recrosi |
2019 |
On the coupling of peridynamics with the classical theory of continuum mechanics in a meshless framework |
Arman Shojaei Barjoui |
2018 |
Modeling and Simulation of a Class of Nonlinear Coupled Reaction-Diffusion Problems for Green Applications |
Pietro Lenarda |
2017 |
In-situ Mechanical Characterization of Deformable Metal/Polymer Electrical Interconnects |
Emanuele Cattarinuzzi |



Members and Participants in GMAÂ Conferences
(To join please contact one of the coordinators)