The proposals are invited for organizing the Mini-Symposia during the International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, IMPLAST 2025.

• The Mini Symposia will be assigned a Special Session based on the title of the Mini-Symposia
• The Organizer of Mini-Symposia will be the Chair of the Special Session
• The review of the papers of the Mini-Symposia will be the responsibility of the Organizer of Mini-Symposia
• The format for submitting the proposals for the Mini Symposia may be submitted through email at implast2025@ce.iitr.ac.in

The proposals for the Mini Symposia will be reviewed by the organizing committee and the decision will be communicated to the organizer.

Proposal Submission Details:

• Submit a title and a short description (within 300 words) outlining the objective and scope of your Mini-Symposia
• The Mini-Symposia may include minimum 6 and maximum 10 presentations
• If a Mini-Symposia receives a low number of presentations, it may be merged with another session
•  A Mini-Symposia / Special Session will be given 60 to 120 minutes.

List of accepted special sessions of mini-symposia

SS:01 – Injury Biomechanics and Injury Mitigation in Extreme Loading Environments

Organiser: Prof. Shailesh Ganpule, IIT Roorkee, Co-organizer: Dr. Sanjeev Verma, TBRL Chandigarh

SS:02 – Micromechanical based material modeling for static and dynamic studies

Organiser: Dr. Srihari Dodla, IIT (BHU) Varanasi

SS:03 – Damage and fracture modelling of engineering material

Organiser:  Prof. Leong Hien Poh, National University of Singapore, Co-organizer: Prof. Sachin Kumar, IIT Ropar

SS: 04 – Impact and blast response of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC): Damage mechanism and strengthening strategy

Organiser:  Prof. Fengling Zhang, Shandong University, Co-organizers: Prof. Jie Zhang (Taiyuan University of Technology), Prof. Jian Cui (Tianjin University), Prof. Yilin Zhu (Southwest Petroleum University).

SS: 05 – Multiscale and ML-based modeling of inelastic phenomena

Organiser:  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sandra Klinge,Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany