Prof. Antonio Papangelo was recently invited to take part in the 12th International Forum on the Fundamentals of Sliding Friction and Vibration, 23-24 June, held at TU Berlin. It was a truly immersive experience, full of inspiring discussions and interactions with all the participants. This was exactly the kind of “small” workshop where you can…
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Excited to share that Riccardo recently had the opportunity to attend the Nanoscribe User Meeting 2026 in Karlsruhe, Germany (11-12 June, 2026) — and what an experience it was! Being at the ZEISS Innovation Hub @KIT, surrounded by researchers and engineers pushing the boundaries of 3D microfabrication, was truly inspiring. But this time it felt…
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Michele Tricarico attended the 10th AIT Workshop: “Tribology and Industry” on June 4th and 5th, 2026 in the beautiful setting of Sapienza Università di Roma in the heart of Rome. This long-standing initiative by the Italian Tribology Association serves as a fantastic forum for bridging fundamental research with practical industrial applications. It was a wonderful…
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Nafiseh Forghani had the opportunity to present our work at #EMMC20 – 20th European Mechanics of Materials Conference, 27-29 May 2026, in Florence, as part of the Mechanics of Biological Materials and Biomechanics Symposium. The presentation focused on “Optimizing Two-Photon Polymerization for Biomimetic Retinal Cell Culture Scaffolds”. The work was supported by the European Union…
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DR Ali Maghami successfully defended on 22nd, May 2026 his PhD thesis in Mechanical Engineering and he was selected as the best thesis of his PhD cohort. In the thesis, entitled “Mechanical Design of Soft Viscoelastic Adhesive Interfaces via Physics-Guided Data-Driven Modeling”, Ali studied soft viscoelastic adhesive interfaces and developed different analytical, numerical, and machine…
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Prof. Antonio Papangelo and DR Ali Maghami had the opportunity to serve both as a presenter and session chair at CMIS 2026 that took place from April 21 to 24, 2026, in Lugano, Switzerland. Two contributions were presented “Multi-scale Learning of Adhesive Contact Forces” “Recent Advancement in Understanding Vibroadhesion: Experiments and Modelling” It was a…
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Prof. Antonio Papangelo partecipated in the 2026 Annual Meeting of the american Adhesion Society which was held February 8-11 at the Hyatt Regency Savannah (Georgia, USA). The event included a two-day short course, a poster session, exhibition, student award symposium, and concurrent technical sessions. The presentations covered all the areas of Adhesion Science and Technology…
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Happy to share that the research we do at the TriboDynamics Lab was disseminated to the large audience during the TV show “Mattino Norba” on Feb the 5th, 2026. Prof. Antonio Papangelo talked about how gecos and frogs inspire the design of new adhesive interfaces for dry and wet adhesion! Telenorba show: link Local video:…
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Today we have concluded the course “L’ingegneria delle superfici: dal geco ai touchscreen”, which was delivered to the high school students of the IISS G. Ferraris Molfetta on 27-29-30 January, 2026!!A fantastic opportunity for them to visit a University Lab and discover the secrets of the surfaces that surround us.
Link to the interview for la Repubblica Bari. “Antonio Papangelo: Studio rane e gechi per creare materiali tech in grado anche di curare l’occhio”, di Nicola Lutrelli La Repubblica 26 Gennaio – text
