Organizer: Muhammad Gulzari
School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Email: muhammad.gulzari@ucd.ie
Acoustic metamaterials have emerged as a transformative paradigm for manipulating elastic and acoustic waves at subwavelength scales, enabling unprecedented control over vibration propagation and noise radiation. This minisymposium brings together recent advances in the design, modeling, fabrication, and application of acoustic metamaterials for passive, semi-active, active, and adaptive vibration and noise control.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Locally resonant and inertial-amplified metamaterials for low-frequency vibration attenuation
- Lightweight meta-lattices and sandwich structures for airborne and structure-borne noise reduction
- Non-reciprocal, topological, and programmable metamaterials for tunable wave steering
- Metasurfaces, meta-shells, and meta-liners for duct and enclosure noise control
- Integration of metamaterials with conventional damping and isolation systems
- Experimental characterization, additive manufacturing, and scale-up toward real-world engineering applications
The symposium aims to foster cross-disciplinary discussion among physicists, mechanicians, and acoustic engineers, highlighting both fundamental wave physics and practical solutions for transport, aerospace, industrial machinery, construction and built environment noise challenges. Contributions are welcome on analytical, numerical, and experimental work, as well as emerging topics such as nonreciprocal metamaterials, machine-learning-assisted design and multi-functional meta-structures.
Organizer: Sanchit Saxena
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Email: s.sanchit@iitg.ac.in
Recent advances in sensing technologies, machine learning, and uncertainty-aware computational modeling are transforming the way reliability and health assessment are performed in modern engineering systems. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with probabilistic mechanics, structural dynamics, and prognostic health management is enabling the development of intelligent frameworks for predictive maintenance, fault diagnostics, reliability estimation, and digital twinning of complex structural and machinery systems.
This mini-symposium aims to bring together researchers working at the intersection of AI, uncertainty quantification, structural dynamics, machinery diagnostics, and reliability engineering. The focus is on data-driven and physics-informed approaches for monitoring, prognosis, and reliability assessment of engineering systems subjected to dynamic, stochastic, and operational uncertainties. It particularly encourages contributions involving machine learning, Bayesian inference, surrogate modeling, digital twins, structural health monitoring, vibration-based diagnostics, and probabilistic methods for failure prediction and system reliability. Applications may include rotating machinery, aerospace systems, energy infrastructure, smart structures, transportation systems, and critical civil infrastructure. The objective is to provide a focused platform for discussing emerging methodologies that combine data-centric intelligence with mechanics-based reliability assessment for next-generation resilient engineering systems.
Organizers:
Jian Wei Yan, East China Jiaotong University, jianwei@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Cheng Li, Changzhou Institute of Technology, licheng@czust.edu.cn
Ping Xiang, Central South University, pxiang2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Architectured periodic-structure materials have emerged as a paradigm-shifting class of metamaterials, enabling extraordinary deformation manipulation and dynamic characteristics which are inaccessible by conventional materials. This minisymposium seeks to bring together cutting-edge contributions on the modeling, simulation, and experimental characterization of vibration behaviors in these periodic systems.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Scale- and boundary-effects in periodic architectures
- Bandgap of periodic-structure materials and its applications in vibration mitigation and isolation
- Theoretical advances in homogenization and dispersion relations
- Novel computational frameworks for periodic-structure materials
- Unique mechanical responses of homogeneous and composite periodic materials
- Morphological design and topology optimization of periodic configurations
- Nonlinear vibration phenomena and their underlying mechanisms
Note:
Experts and researchers in relevant fields are warmly invited and encouraged to organize a minisymposium as a part of the conference. Interested minisymposium organizers may submit their proposals, invite participants to their sessions and contribute to shaping the intellectual landscape of the conference. Your expertise and leadership will play a crucial role in enhancing the quality and impact of the event. Each minisymposium should be organized by a designated expert(s) who will:
- define the theme and scope of the session;
- invite speakers, review and recommend submitted abstracts to organizing committee; and
- structure and chair the session to ensure high-quality discussions and engagement.
Additionally, minisymposium organizers have the opportunity to:
- Select a Session Keynote Paper: A standout contribution within their session (for at least 6 registered participants, including students) may be designated as a Session Keynote Paper, recognizing significant advancements or novel insights in the field.
- Award a Session Best Student Paper: If a minisymposium includes four or more student participants, the organizer may recognize the most outstanding student presentation with a Session Best Student Paper Award, encouraging young researchers and fostering academic excellence.