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FTN2025 workshop

Michele is just back from a great week in the UK, splitting time between London and Oxford. In London, he took part in FTN2025 (https://www.non-linearity.com/home, June 19–20, 2025) at King’s College—catching up on the latest trends in nonlinear materials and structures and presenting a poster on the lab’s vibroadhesion research. After the conference, he made…
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Nodycon 2025

We participated in The Fourth International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON 2025) hosted by the Stevens Institute of Technology from June 22 to 25, 2025. We have presented to the nonlinear dynamics community how system dynamics can strongly affect the adhesive properties of elastomeric surfaces. Thanks to @ERC_Research and @EU_Commission for funding our research on viscoelastic adhesion through the ERC…
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Coupled Problems 2025

We participated in the XI International Conference on Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (25-28 May 2025, Villasimius (Italy))!! Prof. Antonio Papangelo presented the latest advancement in the problem of vibroadhesion to the community! Thanks to @ERC_Research and @EU_Commission for funding our research on viscoelastic adhesion through the ERC project SURFACE (ID: 101039198)!

Seminar on Adhesion of fibriallar viscoelastic substrates

Today, May 6th, 2025 Dott. Ivan Argatov, experienced researcher at Malmö University (Sweden) gave a seminar to the group of TriboDynamics on the adhesion of viscoelastic fibrillar structures!! Very please to have him in Bari and to collaborate with such a high level scientist in contact mechanics within the ERC project “SURFACE” (ID: 101039198).

Log@ritmi event at Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini (BA)

Log@Ritmi It’s a moment of growth, involvement… of laboratory approach, of culture, comparison, meeting. This is a picture from the talk Prof. Papangelo gave at the event on Friday Jan 31st 2025!!! The talk was entitled “The secrets of the surfaces: a multi-scale journey”.  Thanks to the European Research Council for supporting our Research through…
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The Engineering of Surfaces: From Geckos to Touchscreens

Some pictures from the orientation course ‘The Engineering of Surfaces: From Geckos to Touchscreens’, which just concluded this morning with the students from Liceo Scientifico Rita Levi-Montalcini in Molfetta, who visited our laboratory today! From January 27th to 30th 2025 and on February 4th 2025, we delivered a course to high school students, aiming to…
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Research seminar at the University of Chongqing (China)

Prof. Antonio Papangelo will give a seminar on 19 Dec 2024, 12:00 pm Italian Time, to the University of Chongqing (China) within their “Global Seminar Series III – State of the art research on interdisciplinary mechanics” 🌏🌏🌏. The seminar will report recent advances in soft contact mechanics, particularly as regards the problem of interfacial adhesion…
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PhD position available

Title: “Experimental characterization of micropatterned interfaces subjected to dynamic loading” (PhD research project) Main Research Project: SURFACE (ERC-2021-Startting Grant, https://doi.org/10.3030/101039198) Scholarship: ≈20 k€/year (depending on taxes according to Italian regulations) Duration: 3 years, starting Q1 2025 Supervisor: Prof. Antonio Papangelo email: antonio.papangelo@poliba.it Research topic We are looking for a top-level mechanical (industrial) engineer who is…
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European Research Night 2024

Love science? Don’t miss European Researchers’ Night on 27.09! 🌍🔬 Get involved in exciting hands-on experiments, engaging science shows, fun games, and much more, all over Europe and near your home! It’s FREE for all ages. Whether you bring your family or come on your own, everyone is welcome! Find an event near you now!…
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AIAS 2024

Happy to share our latest contribution to the Italian Conference 53° Convegno AIAS 2024 (4-7 SETTEMBRE 2024 Centro Congressi Federico II | Napoli), held in Naples this week!! Prof. Antonio Papangelo and PhD Michele Tricarico presented numerical and experimental results in the field of adhesion of soft contacts. It was good to meet our colleagues…
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