International Organizing Committee at ICPDF ’26
(Jan. 3-8, 2026)
Chair: Jeong Whan Yoon (Republic of Korea/Australia)
Honorary Chair: Akhtar S. Khan (USA)
Members and organized Symposiums:
Valentina Salomoni, Massimiliano Ferronato (Italy):
“Numerical Strategies for Nonlinear Coupled Hydro-Poromechanics and Thermo-Mechanics Problems”
Qi Hu, Yanshan Lou (China):
“Characterization of Plasticity and Failure under Linear and Non-linear Loading Path”
Kaan Inal (Canada), Dirk Mohr (Switzerland):
“Advances in ML-based Applications for Plasticity, Damage and Fracture”
Ming Wang Fu (Hong Kong), Yinan Cui (China):
“Physics-Based Modelling and AI-enabled simulation”
Myoung-Gyu Lee (Korea), Hojun Lim (USA), Junying Min (China):
“Integrating Length Scales: Constitutive Modeling and Plasticity Strategies”
Guisen Liu (China), Jian Wang (USA):
“Multiscale Plasticity of Materials Under Extreme Conditions”
Guozhen Kang, Xu Zhang (China):
“Cyclic Plasticity and Fatigue: Mechanisms, Modeling, and Design”
Qing Zhou, Kaikai Song, Jichao Qiao (China):
“Multi-Scale Insights into Strengthening, Plasticity, and Damage in Multi-Principal Element Alloys”
Valery Levitas (USA):
“Material Transformations and Plasticity”
Abigail Hunter (USA), Gi-Dong Sim (Korea), Nate Mate (USA):
“Khan Medal Symposium in Honor of Irene Beyerlein: Understanding Deformation Mechanisms at the Mesoscale via Modelling and Experiments”
Lin Hua, Fei Yin (China):
“AI Modeling for Plastic Forming with Multi-Energy Fields”
T. A. Venkatesh, Wei Cai, Ming Dao (USA):
“Hydrogen Effects on Deformation, Fatigue and Fracture”