{"id":11,"date":"2025-12-17T21:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:01:35","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_pb_section_parallax\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-background et-pb-parallax-background--css et-pb-parallax-background-module--divi-section-0 et_parallax_bg_hover_exist\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/04\/axial_strain_avg_feb12_final.png)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-background et-pb-parallax-background--css et-pb-parallax-background__hover et-pb-parallax-background__hover-module--divi-section-0\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/04\/axial_strain_avg_feb12_final.png)\"><\/span><\/span>\n<section class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_0 et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_module et_flex_module lwp-header-link\"><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_container center\"><div class=\"header-content-container center\"><div class=\"header-content et_flex_module\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Frontiers of Mathematical and Computational Aspects of Materials Science<\/h1><span class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_subhead\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/span><div class=\"et_pb_header_content_wrapper\"><p>October 12-14, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_header_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_more_button et_pb_button_one\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/vhZBqQEMNyafgar48\">Registration \/ Financial Aid<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Speakers<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"speaker-grid-5\">\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">John Ball<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Heriot\u2011Watt University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Henri Berestycki<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">EHESS<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Kaushik Bhattacharya<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">CALTECH<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Nicholas M. Boffi<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Andrea Braides<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">SISSA<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Lia Bronsard<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">McMaster University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Maria\u2011Carme Calderer<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Minnesota<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Michel Chipot<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Zurich<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Antonio DeSimone<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">SISSA<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Qiang Du<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Columbia University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Maria Emelianenko<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">George Mason University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Gero Friesecke<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">TU Munich<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Richard James<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Minnesota<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Amanda Krause<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Chun Liu<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Illinois Tech<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Mitchell Luskin<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Minnesota<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Felix Otto<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Max Planck Institute \u2013 Leipzig<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Pablo Pedregal<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Castilla\u2013La Mancha<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Jeff Rickman<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Lehigh University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Gregory Rohrer<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Tony Rollett<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Marshall Slemrod<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Russell Schwab<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Michigan State University<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Ian Tobasco<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Michigan<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-item\"><span class=\"speaker-name\">Adrian Tudorascu<\/span><span class=\"speaker-affiliation\">West Virginia University<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to apply for financial support. <strong>For full consideration, the requests for financial aid should be made by <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through; text-decoration-color: red;\">July 1st<\/span> August 1st. <\/strong> <span style=\"color: red;\"><em>The deadline has been extended<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Graduate students, postdocs and scientists with a recent Ph.D. degree are encouraged to contribute a poster presentation for this conference.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Organizers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Yekaterina Epshteyn<\/strong>, University of Utah<br \/><strong>Irene Fonseca<\/strong>, Carnegie Mellon University<br \/><strong>Gautam Iyer<\/strong>, Carnegie Mellon University<br \/><strong>Dejan Slep\u010dev<\/strong>, Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/math\/cna\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Nonlinear Analysis<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Carnegie Mellon University<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/math\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Mathematical Sciences<\/a><br \/>\nPittsburgh, PA 15213<br \/>\nTelephone: (412) 268-2545<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_pb_section_parallax\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-background et-pb-parallax-background-module--divi-section-4\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/12\/cmu_campus_googlemap_1400x737_faded.jpg)\"><\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The conference is supported by NSF, Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Mellon College of Science.<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":77,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/materials-science-frontiers-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}