29th International Conference on Nonlinear Elasticity in Materials

Overview - ICNEM 2027 will be Monday, 28 June - Friday, 2 July in Nantes, France. Click the Nantes Overview button above for a preview. Information regarding lodging, registration, abstracts, and our schedule will be posted in the coming months.

Travel - Nantes is 2 hours byTGV (train) from Paris with 20 trains/day and is 50 minutes from the ocean.

Key Topics - ICNEM promotes the understanding of the elastic nonlinear behavior of solids and soft matter. The conference focuses both on basic research and applications and represents the state of the art in this domain. Topics include...

• Elastic nonlinear behavior of earth materials, industrial materials, granular media, soft-matter, and architected/meta-materials.

• Advancements in theoretical approaches.

• Modeling and simulation of nonlinear elasticity.

• Measurement techniques for probing nonlinear elastic behavior of materials.

• Characterization of nonlinear material properties.

• Applications of nonlinear elasticity to nondestructive evaluation of materials.

• Elastic nonlinear behavior in medicine.

• The role of elastic nonlinear behavior in slip/avalanche physics and triggering of slip by nonlinear acoustical waves.

• Earthquakes and geophysics.
  

Important Dates
Abstract Submission - December 1, 2026 - February 28, 2027
Registration - February 1 - May 31 (Authors) // June 28 (Others)
Welcome Reception - June 27
Conference - June 28 - July 2

Student Emphasis & Financial Support - We place a strong emphasis on student and post-doc participation. Student-presented contributions are encouraged, and we anticipate a dedicated student session along with student awards to recognize outstanding work and foster engagement among early-career researchers. A limited amount of financial assistance may be available to support participation. Priority will be given to students. If this would make a difference in your ability to attend, we encourage you to reach out to the organizers.

ICNEM '27 Organizing Committee
Pierric Mora, Gustave Eiffel University
Odile Abraham, Gustave Eiffel University
Parisa Shoukouhi, Penn State University
Benoît Hilloulin, École Centrale de Nantes, France
Pierre Calmon, COFREND and CEA-LIST, France

Steering Committee
Paul Johnson, LANL Associate Fellow, USA
Jan Kober, Institute of Thermomechanics, Prague, Czech Republic
Łukasz Pieczonka, AGH University of Krakow, Poland
Marco Scalerandi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
TJ Ulrich, Texas A&M University, USA
Koen Van Den Abeele, KU Leuven, Belgium

Contact Information
Pierric Mora

Updated 9 October 2026

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