PhD Summer School
CASTMaT International Summer School 2025: Advanced Structural and Material Testing
Our summer school will provide a comprehensive introduction to the theory and concepts of advanced multiscale testing for structures and materials – focusing on composite materials and structures – and allow the students to get hands-on experience with the most important advanced measuring techniques and methodologies.
The main body of the course consists of 4 modules with a combination of lectures and hands-on experimental work:
1. Data acquisition and instrumentation.
2. The coupon scale: Advanced materials testing.
3. The subcomponent scale: Hybrid testing.
4. Full scale testing: Digital twinning.
The course is designed for PhD students and final-year graduate students with a basic understanding of material and structural mechanics. However, both academic and industrial participation is encouraged. The workload of the course corresponds to 5 ECTS points. Certificates are issued from DTU.
Guest Lectures:
- Janice Barton (University of Bristol, School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering)
- Ole Thomsen (University of Bristol, School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering)
Dates: 24-29 August 2025.
Deadline for registration: June 30
Online introduction session: August 4
Location: DTU Lyngby and Risø Campus.
Bus transportation will be arranged to and from the DTU Risø campus on relevant course days.
Read more details in the poster here.
The summer school is organized in a collaboration between the Department of Wind and Energy Systems and the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering through their common research facility, the Villum Center for Advanced Structural and Material Testing (CASMaT).
Contact
Tristan Willem Hamers Lab Manager Department of Wind and Energy Systems twiha@dtu.dk
Xiao Chen Head of Section Department of Wind and Energy Systems xiac@dtu.dk
Henrik Stang Professor Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering hest@dtu.dk