VENUEThe former Margravial residence Bayreuth is today world
famous for the annual Richard Wagner Festival, its
baroque old city and its modern University. The largest
city in Upper Franconia has a strong economy and is wellon its way to becoming the high-tech centre of theregion, with many “hidden champion” specializedcompanies located in close vicinity to Bayreuth.
Bayreuth´s Margravial Opera House is the most beautiful
baroque theatre in Europe and was appointed as aUNESCO World Heritage site in 2012. Visitors arewelcome to visit fascinating palaces, the historic gardensof the Eremitage with its mysterious caves and water
fountains, the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus with its
unique acoustics and more than 20 unique museums.
Bayreuth is the gateway to the tourist regions
Fichtelgebirge and the romantic Fränkische Schweiz, andto other famous cities like Bamberg, Nürnberg andMunich.

University of Bayreuth
The University of Bayreuth is a public research university,
re-established in 1975 as a campus university focusing on
international collaboration and interdisciplinarity.
The university has an outstanding reputation in a broad
range of disciplines and currently maintains a network ofmore than 450 international co-operations with research
institutes and universities around the world. It is broadly
organized into six undergraduate and graduate faculties,
with each faculty defining its own admission standards andacademic programs in near autonomy.

14th International Symposium
Functionally Graded Materials
Multiscale & Multifunctional Structures

ISFGMSThe university is participating in the Elite Network ofBavaria, a coalition of leading research universities jointlyoffering graduate programs and international doctorate
programs. Since 2013 the worldwide Times Higher
Education ranking „100 under 50“ granted a top ranking toUniversity Bayreuth among the participating German
universities.

Comfortable hotels and guesthouses invite you to relax
and to forget everyday troubles. Franconian andinternational restaurants provide a variety ofgastronomic delights.

PreliminaryAnnouncement

The conference will be hosted on the modern campus of
the University of Bayreuth.
Read more about sights and history of Bayreuth at:
http://www.bayreuth.de/english/welcome_to_bayreuth_357.html

KEY DATES
Deadline for abstract s: January 15th 2016 (oral),February 15th, 2016 (Poster)
Notification of acceptance April 2016
Deadline for early-bird registration: May 2016Deadline for 4-page manuscript August 31st, 2016
Richard-WagnerFestspielhaus

CONTACT
University of Bayreuth
Chair of Materials Processing
Prof. Dr. Monika Willert-Porada
D-95440 Bayreuth
GERMANY
Phone: +49-921-55-7201
Fax: +49-921-55-7205
e-Mail: ISFGMS@uni-bayreuth.dehttps://www.isfgms2016.org
Lehrstuhl für
Werkstoffverarbeitung
Prof. Dr. M. Willert.Porada

18th - 21st September 2016
University Bayreuth,Germany

SCOPEThe increasing demand for improved performance ofmaterials under severe conditions, for expanding application
areas of known materials and for reduction of the materialand energy footprint of advanced products calls for materials
with unique structures in addition to a specific chemicalcomposition. Tailoring the structure with the help offunctional gradients or unique building blocks inmetamaterials enables specific functionalities at different
geometrical scales. Such materials are designed withembodied continuous spatial variations in composition andmicrostructure for the specific purpose, e.g., for adjusting
their mechanical, thermal, optical, electrical, biological or
multi-functional response to specific application conditions.
The desired functional profile is often achieved with multimaterial composites, characterized by a specific distributionof different materials and microstructures, with different
sizes and shapes, with passive and active functionalities.
Such materials can even include autonomous energy
harvesting, storage and conversion properties, in addition toadequate mechanical, thermal, electromagnetic, chemical orbiologic responses, configuring a so called multifunctional
behavior. These structure-dominated multi-phase materials
are best understood through a comprehensive multiscalemodelling approach. Their processing and characterization
requires new methodologies and techniques. They have awide range of application including, for example, biomedical,automotive, aerospace, mechanical, civil, energy andtransportation engineering applications.

HISTORY

ORGANIZERS & COMMITTEES

The 14th International Symposium of the Functionally
Graded Materials held at Bayreuth, Germany (2016) willcontinue the series started with international symposia on
FGM held in
Sendai, Japan (1990),
San Francisco, USA (1992),
Lausanne, Switzerland (1994), Tsukuba, Japan (1996),
Dresden, Germany (1998),
Estes Park, USA (2000),
Beijing, China (2002),
Leuven, Belgium (2004),
Hawaii, USA (2006),
Sendai, Japan (2008),
Guimaraes, Portugal (2010)
Beijing, China (2012),
Sao Paulo, Brazil (2014).

Chairwoman:

Prof. Dr. Monika Willert-Porada,
University of Bayreuth, Germany

Co-Chair:Prof. Dr. Omer van der Biest, KUL, Belgium

Eremitage Bayreuth

Dr. Thorsten Gerdes (University of Bayreuth)
Kerstin Söllner (University of Bayreuth)
Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Rosin (University of Bayreuth)
Dipl.-Ing. Achim Schmidt (InVerTec)

TOPICS

Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Leykam (InVerTec)

The conference topics will include the following aspects ofFunctionally Graded Materials and Metamaterials forMultiscale and Multifunctional Structures:

International Advisory Committee on FGM(IACFGM) Material concepts & design criteria for FGMs andMetamaterials
 Synthesis and ProcessingChairman

Prof. Dr. Akira Kawasaki, Tohoku University,
Japan

Co-Chairman:

Prof. Glaucio H. Paulino,
University of Illinois, USA Characterization, structure and functionality

Prof. Omer Van Der Biest,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

 Mechanical and thermo-mechanical properties
 Modelling and Simulation

International Scientific Committee Members &Technical Committee Members:

 Bio-inspired & Biomaterials

 Applications
 Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)

see: https://www.isfgms2016.org.

PROGRAMME
thThe main objective of the 14th International Symposium on
Functionally Graded Materials (ISFGMs) is to provide
opportunities for exchange of ideas, discussion andimprovement of the state of the art theory, modelling andsynthesis techniques, applications and recent developmentsin the areas of functionally graded materials andmetamaterials, through plenary lectures, oral presentations
and posters.

Local Organizing Committee

ththstSun., Sep. 18
Registration
Short Courses

Mon., Sep. 19
Opening Ceremony
Oral Sessions

Tue., Sep. 20
Oral Sessions

Wed., Sep. 21
Oral Sessions

IACFGM meeting

Poster Session &Bavarian Evening

Poster Session

Closing Ceremony

Conference Dinner& Award Ceremony

Visit to Bamberg

Welcome Reception

New Castle Bayreuth

Old Town Bamberg

ndThu. Sep. 22
Visit of the FRM II(neutron source)
and Tokamak
facility Garching
Visit of Oktoberfest
Munich