International Summer School and Workshop
22-25 June 2027, Parma – Italy.

Multibody
Dynamics
2027

Announcement

9th International Multibody System Dynamics Workshop & Summer School

This year the 9th International Multibody System Dynamics Workshop & Summer School will be held on 22-25 June 2027 in Parma, Italy.

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

The 2027 edition of the summer school on Multibody Dynamics will have a companion event: the ECCOMAS 2027 international conference on Multibody Dynamics, in Milano.

The partecipation to both events is optional. People interested in the conference do not need to enroll the summer school, and viceversa students interested in the summer school do not need to register also to the conference. However, we estimate that some young researchers might interested in both events, so we managed to organize them in the same period, one week after the other.

Visit ECCOMAS 2027 conference

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

Venue

The workshop will be held at the Campus of the University of Parma, Italy. The building with the room for lessons and lunches is Centro S.Elisabetta, in the middle of the Campus, and it can be reachied by buses from Parma downtown.

Contacts

multibodysummerschool@gmail.com