TC13 Education & Training

Co-Chairs	Prof H P Rossmanith	Vienna University of Technology, Abteilung für Technische Mechanik, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8, 3252A-1040 Wien Contact E-mails: hprossma@mch2ws2.tuwein.ac.at
Co-Chairs	Prof L Toth	Bay Zoltán Institute for Logistics and Production Systems, Miskolctapolca, Bay Zoltán tér 1. H-3519, Hu Contact E-mails: tlaszlo@alpha.bzlogi.hu

TC13 UPDATE 2007

MINUTES of the ESIS TC10 and TC13

TC13 UPDATE 2006

Ninth International Fracture Mechanics Summer School (IFMASS 9)

In the 25th year of its founding, International Fracture Mechanics Summer School was held for ninth time (IFMASS 9).
DIVK accepted IFMASS as an important activity of Serbian experts and institutions involved in the past and in 2003 organized IFMASS 8 in Belgrade, which attracted lecturers from many countries and 108 participants. The IFMASS 8 monograph »From Fracture Mechanics to Structural Integrity Assessment« is published by DIVK in 2004 in English and is presented on DIVK WEB site, attracting several thousend of visitors from all over the world.

This time, IFMASS 9 was organized in Golden Sand, Bulgaria, with Prof. Stefan Vodenitcharov from Institute for Metal Science of BAN and Prof. Donka Angelova from University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy from Sofia, also supported by Bulgarian Welding Society president Dr. Martin Beloev. Eighteen lectures, given by the lecturers from Serbia (10), Bulgaria (2), Romania (2), Ukraine (1), USA (1), Germany (1) and Macedonia (1) attracted the attention of 49 participants. For the first time, the participants received the certificate for the participation in the course. It is expected that the monograph IFMASS 9 »The Chalenge of Materials and Weldments: Structural Integrity and Life Assessment« will be published. One very important document for the cooperation in the region is signed, supporting to organize Alliance »Southeast Eurpean Forum for Structural Integrity«, which is presented bellow.