BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Memento EPFL//
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Spectral Parameterization for Digitization and High-Fidelity Simul
 ations of Stone Masonry Microstructures
DTSTART:20260227T111500
DTEND:20260227T121500
DTSTAMP:20260511T113435Z
UID:2a123b5af3d6e1bdd06e1f2801c852845fd5589261f4134a24458c75
CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr Mahmoud Shaqfa\, postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich\, 
 Switzerland\, Department of Mathematics (D-MATH)\nAbstract\nRecently\, spe
 ctral parameterization approaches have been increasingly used to study the
  morphology of particulate microstructures in civil engineering materials\
 , such as stone masonry and concrete. Recent developments extend these met
 hods beyond morphological analysis to enable digitization\, remeshing\, an
 d reconstruction of complex particulate microstructures and their digital 
 twins.\n\nIn this talk\, I present recent advances in spectral parameteriz
 ation for digitizing microstructures and integrating them into high-fideli
 ty numerical simulations. I then highlight ongoing work on high-fidelity s
 pectral Galerkin formulations for arbitrary microstructures. Moreover\, I 
 showcase a community-driven\, high-performance libharmonics library that s
 erves as a container and educational tool for current and upcoming spectra
 l methods. Finally\, I briefly discuss emerging applications of spectral m
 ethods in civil and mechanical engineering.\n\nShort Bio\nMahmoud Shaqfa 
 completed his PhD at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne\, conduct
 ing research at the Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Laborat
 ory under the supervision of Katrin Beyer (2018–2022).\n\nIn 2023\, he
  was awarded PostDoc.Mobility Grant by the Swiss National Science Foundati
 on and joined the van Rees Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of 
 Technology\, led by Wim van Rees. From February to September 2025\, he wor
 ked as a scientist with Josip Atalić at the Croatian Centre for Earthqua
 ke Engineering\, University of Zagreb.\nHe is currently a postdoctoral res
 earcher at ETH Zürich\, Department of Mathematics (D-MATH)\, Seminar for 
 Applied Mathematics (SAM)\, under the supervision of Ralf Hiptmair and Ha
 bib Ammari\, supported by an SNSF Return Grant.
LOCATION:GC B1 10 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==GC%20B1%2010 https://epfl.zo
 om.us/j/62010222192
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR