About the workshop

Department of Fundamentals of Production Engineering at LUT

in cooperation with

the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa

announce a joint event of

5^th Workshop on Experimental and Computational Mechanics
(WECM’26)

held on

December 16, 2026

(ONLINE event)

The workshop has in target meeting an increasing demand for a scientific forum of PhD students and researchers in the field of different sciences and disciplines. The event will take place ONLINE on December 16, 2026. The programme of the event includes invited lectures of experienced researchers, as well as original presentations of attendees. Any interesting topics within mechanical engineering domain, as well as interdisciplinary studies, are welcome.

Chairmen
Prof. Sylwester Samborski, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Paolo S. Valvo, University of Pisa, Italy

Co-chairmen
Prof. Daniele Fanteria, University of Pisa, Italy 
Dr. Jakub Rzeczkowski, Lublin University of Technology, Poland 
MSc. Eng. Damian Kostyła, Lublin University of Technology, Poland 

The conception of the WECM workshops arose in the Polish-Italian group of scientists, cooperating in the field of experimental and computational mechanics, within the framework of bilateral agreement between Lublin University of Technology (Lublin, Poland) and the University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy). Taking advantage of international cooperation of both universities, a multinational Scientific Advisory Board was established. Many of its members had experience in teaching abroad as Visiting Professors, whereas most of the workshop participants attended the VP’s lectures. This way the event enabled gathering the teachers and the students all together - in one place and time, even though the “online” option was provided. The workshop should thus be found a possibility to deepen the knowledge and understanding for those, who study - in accordance with its motto, as well as to share ideas and results - for those, who teach. In particular, as the red letter “W” indicates – the emphasis is on the discussion among the two sides of the stage. Hopefully, the workshop will become a cyclic event in the nearest future.

mechanics, materials, experiment, simulation, fracture, damage, fluid flow

Should you have any questions or concerns, please, do not hesitate to ask directly the Chairmen:
prof. Sylwester Samborski or prof. Paolo S. Valvo by e-mail:
s.samborski@pollub.pl or paolo.sebastiano.valvo@unipi.it, respectively.