Metals Webinar | Watching Metals Deform: In-Situ Experiments That Reveal, the Invisible, 20 October 2026

Understanding how metals deform is essential for designing stronger, lighter, and more reliable materials. Many of the processes that control deformation take place deep within the material and cannot be observed directly with conventional techniques. This webinar introduces advanced in situ experimental methods that make these hidden mechanisms visible in real time. Special attention will be given to the use of acoustic emission (AE) and modern diffraction techniques, including neutron and X-ray diffraction, for monitoring active deformation processes. Participants will learn how these methods provide complementary information on microstructural evolution during mechanical loading. The webinar will demonstrate how combining AE with diffraction enables the collection of datasets with both high statistical relevance and excellent spatial and temporal resolution. Examples will illustrate how individual deformation events can be detected, characterized, and linked to specific microstructural changes. The correlation of these data with real-time and post-mortem microscopy will also be presented. Through selected case studies, the strengths and limitations of the different approaches will be discussed. The webinar offers valuable insights for researchers and engineers interested in advanced characterization of metallic materials and their deformation behavior.

Date: 20 October 2026 at 9:00 a.m. CEST丨3:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 829 4918 0209
Landing page: https://sciforum.net/event/Metals-10

Program:

Speaker	Presentation Title	Time in CEST	Time in CST Asia
Prof. Dr. Kristián Máthis	Chair Introduction	9:00–9:05 a.m.	3:00–3:05 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Alexey Vinogradov	Acoustic Emission - A Modern Tool For In-Situ Testing	9:05–9:25 a.m.	3:05–3:25 p.m.
	Q&A Session	9:25–9:35 a.m.	3:25–3:35 p.m.
Dr. Jan Čapek	TRIP in Steels: From 2D Synchrotron Data to Texture and Phase-Resolved Mechanics	9:35–9:55 a.m.	3:35–3:55 p.m.
	Q&A Session	9:55–10:05 a.m.	3:55–4:05 p.m.
Dr. Gerardo Garcés	Combination of In-Situ Synchrotron Diffraction and Acoustic Emission Experiments to Understand Plastic Deformation of Magnesium Alloys	10:05–10:25 a.m.	4:05–4:25 p.m.
	Q&A Session	10:25–10:35 a.m.	4:25–4:35 p.m.
Dr.Gergely Farkas	What Can In Situ Neutron Diffraction Reveal?	10:35–10:55 a.m.	4:35–4:55 p.m.
	Q&A Session	10:55–11:05 a.m.	4:55–5:05 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Kristián Máthis	Closing of Webinar	11:05–11:10 a.m.	5:05–5:10 p.m.

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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Kristian Mathis, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic;
Prof. Dr. Alexey Vinogradov, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto City, Japan;
Dr. Jan Čapek, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic;
Dr. Gerardo Garcés, National Centre for Metallurgical Research CENIM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain;
Dr. Gergely Farkas, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež, Czech Republic.

Relevant Special Issues:

“Advances in Mechanical Behavior of Metallic Materials”
Guest Editor: Jean-Sebastien Lecomte
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2026

“Recent Applications of Neutron Techniques in Physical Metallurgy”
Guest Editors: Roberto Coppola, Weiming Gan and Michael Hofmann
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2027