SDMMS 20·21: The 5th Symposium on Damage Mechanisms in Materials and Structures (SDMMS 20·21) AC Hotel Penang Bukit Jambul, Malaysia, March 8-9, 2021 |
Conference website | https://www.sdmms2021.com/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sdmms2020 |
Poster | download |
Abstract registration deadline | August 31, 2020 |
Submission deadline | August 31, 2020 |
About SDMMS 2020
The 5th Symposium on Damage Mechanism in Materials and Structures (SDMMS 2020) which will be held in Vistana Penang, Bukit Jambul, Malaysia on 11 – 12th August 2020. This symposium provides a venue for researchers and practitioners in damage mechanisms in materials and structures field from academia, industry and government to meet in a forum where the latest research results are presented and prospects for future developments are discussed. The symposium is organised by the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Pulau Pinang, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Computational and Experimental Mechanics (CEM) Research Group.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the symposium through submissions of their research abstracts and papers. Also, high-quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Civil and Mechanical Engineering are cordially invited for presentation at the symposium. The symposium solicits contributions of abstracts and papers that address themes and topics of the symposium, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.
Submission Guidelines
Official Language
The official language of the symposium for publication and oral presentation is ENGLISH. Therefore, abstracts and papers must be submitted in English.
Length Limit
According to the publisher's policy, we can accept just full-length papers for further publication. The paper length should start from 6 pages per paper. When a paper exceeds 7 pages, the extra pages will be charged.
Submission Methods
Full Paper is requested for publication purpose. With presentation only purpose, please just submit an abstract.
The SDMMS 2020 online submission system is opened at EasyChair platform; Click the below link to start with:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sdmms2020
For any questions about the submission, please feel free to contact sdmms2020@gmail.com
Instruction for submission
Information on the papers submission process is provided below:
1. Papers submission deadlines (Check)
2. Only original papers, resulting from original research work, will be considered. Authors are responsible for co-authorship statement (if and when necessary) and for the originality of submitted articles.
3. Plagiarism will be the responsibility of Authors, despite the fact the Organising Committee and the Scientific Committee will try to prevent it by all possible means.
4. All opinions and statements produced in published papers are the Author's responsibility.
5. Make sure to check spelling, grammar, all text and figures before submitting your "Full Paper".
6. Papers must be written in ENGLISH and comply with the "template" and "instructions to authors" files provided here
7. Figures will be converted into greyscale in printed proceedings.
8. All co-authors are encouraged to register and attend SDMMS 2020.
9. Please note that only MSW (Microsoft Word - *.doc or *.docx) or pdf files will be accepted.
Copyright
Please read carefully the copyright transfer agreement here, and submitting the signed one to sdmms2020@gmail.com along with the final paper.
By submitting the signed copyright transfer agreement, the publisher is permitted to publish (printed and on-line), advertise and sell the "SDMMS 2020 Proceedings" without further authorisation from the Authors.
Instructions for Oral Presentations
1. Presentations are up to 20 minutes.
2. Presentations must be in ENGLISH.
3. Parallel Sessions will be organised according to the presentation topics.
4. Presentations using the file formats *.pdf, *.ppt and *.pptx will be accepted. The use of other formats must be previously checked (please contact the Symposium Secretariat).
5. Any special requirements regarding the oral presentation, such as sound or video systems must be checked priorly with the Symposium secretariat.
ALL ACCEPTED EXTENDED ABSTRACT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN SDMMS2020 PROCEEDINGS.
HIGH-QUALITY PAPERS (EXTENSION FROM THE EXTENDED ABSTRACT) WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE RESPECTIVE JOURNALS WITHIN THE DATABASE OF SCOPUS/ERA/ESCI/WoS (BASED ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLISHER).
*Publication fees will only be issued based on the acceptance agreement and fees imposed by the publisher.
List of Topics
- Fatigue Damage
- Fatigue Crack Initiation & Propagation
- Life Prediction Techniques
- Computational Fracture Mechanics
- Dynamic Fracture
- Damage Mechanics & Assessment
- Non-Destructive Test (NDT)
- Concrete Failure Assessment
- Failure on soil structures
- Structural Durability & Reliability
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Construction Damage Recovery
- Any Relevant Topics Related to Failure Analysis
*Suggested topic include but not limited to the symposium topics
Committees
Program Committee
- Patron: Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Azraai Kassim, Naib Canselor, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
- Symposium Advisor 1: Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohd Hisbany Mohd Hashim, Rector, UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang
- Symposium Advisor 2: Prof. Ir. Dr. Shahrum Abdullah, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Executive Committee:
- Prof. Ir. Dr. Shahrum Abdullah, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Prof. Ir. Dr. Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Mohd Ihsan, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Prof. Dr. Mohd Nasir Tamin, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
- Prof. Dr. Aidy Ali, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)
- Honorary Chair: Dr. Hj. Anas Ibrahim, Head of Studies Centre, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang
- Symposium Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noorsuhada Md Nor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang
- Symposium Co-Chair: Dr. Salvinder Singh Karam Singh, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Conference Secretary 1: Nor Hafida Hashim, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang
- Symposium Secretary 2: Dr. Abdul Hadi Bin Azman (UKM)
- Treasurer: Dr. Nor Azliza Akbar, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang
- Publication Prosiding / Editor: Ir. Ts. Mohd Azrizal Fauzi, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang
- Protocol, Seminar, Program Technical and Logistic: Nor Hafida Hashim, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang
- Media Publication (webmaster), Publicity, Promotion, Sponsorship and Exhibition: Ir. Ts. Mohd Azrizal Fauzi, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang
- Registration, Logistic and Gift: Dr. Nor Azliza Akbar, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang
Organizing committee
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rozana Zakaria, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Dr.-Ing Ir. Teuku Budi Aulia, Dipl. Ing, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
- Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Shahiron Shahidan, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
- Dr. Noor Sheena Herayani Harith, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
- Dr. Noorhazlinda Abd Rahman, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Dr. Andre Batako, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rahizar Ramli, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ruslizam Daud, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia
- Dr. Mohamad Faizal Abdullah, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, Malaysia
- Ts. Dr. Mubarak Tajul Arifin, Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussien Onn, Malaysia
Invited Speakers
- Speaker 1: Prof. Ir. Dr. Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Mohd. Ihsan
- Speaker 2: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wonsiri Punurai
- Speaker 3: Dato’ Ir. Dr. Goh Teik Cheong
- Speaker 4: Ir. Hambali bin Chik
Publication
Accepted extended abstracts that are converted to papers, will be published in SCOPUS-indexed journals/proceedings.
Venue
The conference will be held in Vistana Penang, Bukit Jambul, Malaysia
Contact
We invite prospective participants to visit our website www.sdmms2020.com for more information and further announcements. Please email any queries to sdmms2020@gmail.com.