The Materials and Applications Research Congress, CIMA, is a biennial event organized by the Energy and Materials Institute of USFQ that promotes the dissemination and exchange of knowledge in the materials field, convening international and local researchers to showcase their latest works. The CIMA 2024, in its fourth edition, will take place in the city of Quito, at the USFQ facilities. The themes of the event are:
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Nanomaterials,
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Natural Materials with Industrial Applications,
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Advanced Materials for Construction,
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Polymers,
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Advanced Applications of Materials Engineering,
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Wear and Corrosion Solutions,
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Materials for Energy,
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Additive Manufacturing Processes,
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Miscellaneous.
International Speakers
Prof. Pulickel Ajayan
Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor of Engineering
Chair, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering.
RICE University
Sanjay Sampath
Distinguished Professor
Stony Brook University
Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Department
Director of Center for Thermal Spray Research
Dra. Irene Garcia-Cano
Vice Dean of Research and Transfer of the Faculty of Chemistry
Director of the Thermal Spray Center
University of Barcelona
Prof. Dr.ir. Eddie Koenders
Construction Materials
Institute of Construction and Building Materials Professor at Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Call for Papers
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 4th Congress of Research in Materials and Applications, CIMA 2024, organized by the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) and its Institute of Energy and Materials, we are delighted to invite you to attend and/or participate as speakers at our event and to publish your scientific article(s) in a dossier of the Latin-indexed scientific journal "ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías."
CIMA is a biennial event that, in its fourth edition, is organized with two full days of conferences, in November 2024, in the city of Quito, at the USFQ headquarters. Our audience includes researchers in the field of materials and manufacturing, professionals and representatives from companies, university students, and postgraduates from Ecuador and different parts of the world. The main objective of the event is to promote the dissemination and exchange of knowledge among attendees and to encourage collaborative research and development work.
The theme of the event and the dossier of the journal "ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías" this year includes the following topics: Nanomaterials, Natural Materials with Industrial Applications, Advanced Materials for Construction, Polymers, Advanced Applications of Materials Engineering, Wear and Corrosion Solutions, Materials for Energy, Additive Manufacturing Processes, and Miscellaneous.
Abstracts must be submitted on the congress registration tab in Spanish or English by May 31, 2024, which will undergo the review and approval process for presentation at the congress and/or publication in the first semester of 2025. The organizing committee will send an email indicating the steps to follow once the abstracts are reviewed.
Costs
- Companies $150
- USFQ Students $75
- USFQ Community $120
- Individual Registration $120
- Speakers $120
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