International Summer School and Workshop
8-11 June 2026, Lecco – Italy.

Multibody
Dynamics
2026

Announcement

8th International Multibody System Dynamics Workshop & Summer School

This year the 8th International Multibody System Dynamics Workshop & Summer School will be held on 8-11 June 2026 in Lecco, Italy.

The event is jointly organized by Politecnico di Milano and University of Parma.

Aims and scope

Methods of multibody system dynamics represent a widespread, versatile and reliable approach to the simulation of engineering problems that involve the dynamics of complex mechanisms. Applications of these methods can be found in many fields, for instance in aerospace, automotive, biomechanics, robotics and automation, to name a few.

Partecipants to this workshop will have the opportunity to interact with people from a diverse range of backgrounds: other students, researchers, professionals from industries and faculty staff. Lecturers are experts in their chosen fields and committed to teaching with academic rigour and contemporary relevance.

This Summer School is part of the curriculum of the PhD Programmes in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering of Politecnico di Milano.

Organized under the auspices of AIMETA, Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Topics

The workshop is mainly intended for Ph.D. students in engineering but it is open to industry researchers and enthusiasts. A basic knowledge of mechanics, programming and numerical methods is expected. Previous editions created a stimulating international context, with students coming from many countries.

  • Basic theory
  • Dynamics and kinematics
  • Numerical methods for time integration
  • Flexible multibody and finite elements
  • Contacts, collisions, and non-smooth problems
  • Control, robotics, cosimulation
  • Optimization
  • Software development
  • aerospace
  • automotive
  • biomechanics
  • trains, railways
  • artificial intelligence and deep learning
  • virtual reality and videogames
  • robotics, etc.

Sponsors

Pierangelo Masarati, Politecnico di Milano
Alessandro Tasora, University of Parma

[ To be defined ]

Francesco Biral, Università di Trento
Alessandro Cammarata, Università di Catania
Federico Cheli, Politecnico di Milano
Walter Lacarbonara, Sapienza Università di Roma
Stefano Lenci, Polytechnic University of Marche
Pierangelo Masarati, Politecnico di Milano
Enrico Meli, Università di Firenze
Marco Morandini, Politecnico di Milano
Carmine M. Pappalardo, Università di Salerno
Ettore Pennestrì, Università di Roma Tor Vergata
Dario Richiedei, Università di Padova
Radu Serban, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA
Edoardo Sabbioni, Politecnico di Milano
Rosario Sinatra, Università di Catania
Alessandro Tasora, Università di Parma
Pier Paolo Valentini, Università di Roma Tor Vergata
Michele Vignati, Politecnico di Milano
Andrea Zanoni, Politecnico di Milano

Alessandro Tasora, Università di Parma
Pierangelo Masarati, Politecnico di Milano
Edoardo Sabbioni, Politecnico di Milano
Andrea Zanoni, Politecnico di Milano

Program

The Workshop provides for the recognition of 5 ECTS.

The workshop provides four days of lectures and tutorials/hands-on sessions. Half day will be dedicated to a mini-conference, where attendees will have the opportunity to showcase their research with short presentations.

Lessons will be articulated in open lectures, teamwork and hands-on sessions. Various experts from Italy and abroad will be invited to give lectures on topics revolving around multibody system dynamics at large.

A detailed program will be available later. Look at past editions for examples

Application, registration, deadlines

The pre-registration must be filled before April 1st, 2026.

Pre-register

If a maximum number of registrations is exceeded, participants will be selected on the basis of their academic achievements and suitability for the program. In case of ex-aequo, priority will be offered to foreign students, and according to the order of application.

Candidates will be notified of acceptance by April 15th, 2026.

By May 5th, 2026 selected participants must fill the form for final registration and pay the fees
[The registration form will be available later]

Fees

340,00 Euros, covering coffee breaks, lunches, teaching material, the social dinner and one year membership of AIDAA.

(Fees are waived for regular Ph.D. students of Politecnico di Milano; POLIMI students should also use the usual internal course enrolment system, or contact pierangelo.masarati@polimi.it for details.)

In case this workshop is not activated, the total amount will be refunded.

April 1, 2026

Pre-registration

Pre-register here

April 1, 2026
April 15, 2026

Notification of acceptance

Candidates will be notified.

April 15, 2026
May 5, 2026

Final registration

[registration form available after acceptance].

May 5, 2026
June 8, 2026

Summerschool

Welcome to the summerschool!

June 8, 2026

Venue

The workshop will be held at Polo Territoriale di Lecco, a facility of Politecnico di Milano. The city of Lecco is very close to Milano, the biggest city of Northern Italy. Lecco is connected to Milano with many trains. The venue is just few meters from the train station of Lecco.

Contacts

multibodysummerschool@gmail.com