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15-17 Apr 2026 Leuven (Belgium)
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Planning
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Friday, April 17, 2026 |
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08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
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›8:45 (1h)
8:45 - 9:45 (1h)
Plenary Lecture
Chair: Matthieu Mallejac
› Loss-compensated non-reciprocal wave scattering with synchronized self-oscillators
- Nicolas Noiray, CAPS Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich
08:45-09:45 (1h)
›9:45 (1h)
9:45 - 10:45 (1h)
Metamaterials for sound insulation
Chair: Faisal Rafique
› Multi-material 3-d printing of customizable membrane-type acoustic metamaterials
- Uğur Dinçer, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Lightweight Systems, Lilienthalplatz 7, 38108 Braunschweig
09:45-10:05 (20min)
› Auralisation of sound transmission through a vibro-acoustic metamaterial
- Stuart Cumming, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
10:05-10:25 (20min)
› Resonant acoustic metamaterials for broadband sound transmission loss enhancement and cavity depth minimization in double walls
- Michiel Lannoye, KU Leuven, Department of Civil Engineering
10:25-10:45 (20min)
›10:45 (25min)
10:45 - 11:10 (25min)
Coffee break
›11:10 (1h20)
11:10 - 12:30 (1h20)
Metamaterials for sound insulation
Chair: Adrien Guthapfel
› A study on the low-frequency vibroacoustic behavior of membranes with added strip masses using a finite element model
- Ajju Raja Justus, Ph.D. Scholar
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Suppression of vibration transmission across junctions between thin plates using metamaterial strips
- Sofie Becuwe, KU Leuven, Department of Civil Engineering, Structural Mechanics Section
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Sonic Crystal Noise Barrier Design and Validation
- Nicolas Herrera Leon, University of Coimbra
11:50-12:10 (20min)
›12:10 (2h50)
12:10 - 15:00 (2h50)
Numerical methods
Chair: Lukas Kleine-Wächter
› Numerical Modeling of Nonlinear Sound Propagation in Bubbly Viscoelastic Acoustic Metamaterials
- Elena Violeta Carreras Casanova, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
12:10-12:30 (20min)
›12:30 (1h50)
12:30 - 14:20 (1h50)
Lunch at Domus - Tiensestraat 8, 3000 Leuven
›14:20 (1h40)
14:20 - 16:00 (1h40)
Numerical methods
Chair: Lukas Kleine-Wächter
› Deep learning-based inverse design of tolopogical interface and corner states in two-dimensional phononic crystals
- Xue-Qian Zhang, Beijing Jiaotong University, Universitat Politècnica de València = Universitad Politecnica de Valencia = Polytechnic University of Valencia
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› WFEM-based assessment of the robustness of finite metamaterial vibration isolation under varying, realistic load cases
- Line Mardini, Empa, Laboratory for Acoustics/Noise Control, KU Leuven, Department of Mechanical Engineering campus Diepenbeek
14:40-15:00 (20min)
›15:00 (1h)
15:00 - 16:00 (1h)
Numerical methods
Chair: Lucas Van Belle
› Mechanical Metamaterials for Modulating Turbulent Flow Dynamics
- Bastiaan J.T. Piest, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, University of Groningen [Groningen]
15:00-15:20 (20min)
› Characterizing and Quantifying the Impact of Production Uncertainties on the Dynamic Response of a series of Metamaterial beams
- Yves Pillot, KU Leuven Department of Mechanical Engineering, Division LMSD, Flanders Make
15:20-15:40 (20min)
› Monolithic inertial metamaterial for vibration absorption
- Alvin Chung, Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University
15:40-16:00 (20min)
›16:00 (10min)
16:00 - 16:10 (10min)
Closing cerimony
›16:10 (50min)
16:10 - 17:00 (50min)
Closing drinks and discussions
20:00 - 22:00 (2h)
Dinner at Café Sport - Martelarenplein 13, 3000 Leuven
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