Gruppo AIMETA proponente

GBMA

Titolo

Advances in Theoretical and Applied Biomechanics and Mechanobiology

Organizzatori

• Giuseppe Vairo, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
• Marco Donato de Tullio, Politecnico di Bari, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
• Alberto Salvadori, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.

Descrizione

Organized by the AIMETA Group of Biomechanics (GBMA), this mini-symposium aims to gather recent advances in biomechanics and mechanobiology, highlighting the key role of theoretical and applied mechanics in understanding biological systems in health and disease, with particular emphasis on clinically oriented applications. Contributions are welcome on the mechanical behavior of living matter across scales, from cells and tissues to organs, as well as on mechanobiological couplings between mechanical stimuli and biochemical processes. The mini-symposium encourages methodological developments in experimental techniques, modeling strategies, and computational mechanics, including multiscale and multiphysics approaches, fluid–structure interaction, and coupled transport phenomena. Applications may span cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, respiratory, and other biological systems, as well as the design and assessment of medical devices and technologies supporting diagnosis, treatment planning, and rehabilitation.

Aree di interesse

• Biomeccanica
• Meccanobiologia    

Gruppi AIMETA proponenti

GBMA, GIMC (mini-simposio congiunto)

Titolo

Computational Biomechanics

Organizzatori

• Elisabetta Monaldo, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
• Alessandro Nitti, Politecnico di Bari, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
• Nicola Sancisi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
• Michele Torre, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.

Descrizione

The increasing integration between Computational Mechanics and Biomechanics is opening new perspectives for the modeling and simulation of complex biological systems across multiple scales (from single cells and microorganisms to tissues and organs), as well as bioprostheses and advanced medical devices. This mini-symposium aims to bring together the Italian communities of Computational Mechanics and Biomechanics to discuss emerging challenges at their interface, spanning biomedical, zoological, botanical, and bioinspired contexts.

Biological tissues, living organisms, and implantable devices share key mechanical features: strong nonlinearities, multiphysics couplings, hierarchical organization, growth and remodeling, adaptation and evolution, and significant variability across individuals, species, and environments. Their description requires advanced structural models — including shell, membrane, and beam formulations — particularly suited for thin and slender structures such as cardiovascular walls, soft layered tissues, plant tissues, cellular membranes, flagella and cilia.

In parallel, bioprostheses and medical devices (e.g., heart valves, vascular grafts, stents, orthopedic implants, and soft robotic surgical tools) demand accurate structural and kinematic modeling. From a structural mechanics standpoint, challenges include large deformations, anisotropy, fatigue, contact, stability, and long-term durability under cyclic physiological loads. From a kinematic perspective, special attention is required for deployment mechanisms (e.g., self-expanding or balloon-expandable devices), articulated and compliant mechanisms, fluiddriven actuation, and device–tissue interaction, often involving complex constraints and large relative motions. Coupled fluid–structure interaction and contact problems are central in cardiovascular and minimally invasive applications.

The mini-symposium will focus on multiscale and multiphysics modeling of biological tissues and implantable devices; computational modeling of cellular mechanics and microorganism dynamics; advanced structural and kinematic formulations for living and engineered systems; fluid–structure interaction in physiological environments and in natural or complex fluid media; modeling of locomotion and propulsion in fluids and complex environments; growth, remodeling and mechanobiology; device deployment and performance optimization; patientspecific and image-based simulations; reduced-order and data-driven modeling; uncertainty quantification; and high-performance computing strategies and novel computational methods for large-scale biomechanical problems. Contributions addressing comparative and bioinspired biomechanics are also encouraged.

The goal is to foster cross-disciplinary exchange, stimulate new collaborations, and promote methodological developments that strengthen the role of computational biomechanics in biomedical engineering and clinical applications.

Aree di interesse

• Computational Mechanics
• Biomechanics
• Applied Mechanics    

Gruppi AIMETA proponenti

GBMA, GMA (mini-simposio congiunto)

Titolo

Mechanics of Biological, Bio-Inspired and Biomedical Materials

Organizzatori

• Paola Nardinocchi, Università Roma Sapienza, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
• Laura Galuppi, Università di Parma, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
• Alessio Gizzi, Università Campus BioMedico di Roma, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
• Emanuela Jacchetti, Politecnico di Milano, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.

Descrizione

Organized jointly by the AIMETA Groups of Biomechanics (GBMA) and Mechanics of Materials (GMA), this mini-symposium aims to gather recent advances on the mechanics of biological, bio-inspired and biomedical materials. The focus is on the experimental characterization, theoretical modelling and computational analyses of living tissues, engineered biomaterials, and nature-inspired composites, with emphasis on their multiscale structure–property relationships.
Contributions are welcome on constitutive modeling, failure/repairing mechanisms, as well as multiphysics and mechanobiological couplings involving stress, growth, remodeling and morphogenesis. Particular attention is devoted to innovative bio-inspired hierarchically organized materials, eventually including active behaviors, selfhealing processes, stress shielding or toughness phenomena.
The mini-symposium also encourages studies bridging fundamental mechanics with biomedical applications, such as implants, prostheses, tissue engineering scaffolds, and advanced medical devices. Overall, it aims to promote crossfertilization between Biomechanics and Mechanics of Materials communities, fostering discussion on emerging challenges and future research directions.

Aree di interesse

• Biomeccanica
• Meccanica dei Materiali
• Materiali bio-inspirati
• Materiali per applicazioni biomedicali