About

SIF2025 is the next in a series of conferences that started from Australian Fracture Group meetings in 1974 and lasted for over two decades with 13 biannual meetings. The first SIF conference was held in Melbourne in 1998 in a new era, the most recent being the 13th SIF meeting in Adelaide in 2022. The meeting aims to provide a platform for academics, researchers, engineers, postgraduates, and other experts to discuss research and advances in structural integrity and failure associated with applications in the aerospace, biomedical, mining, marine, manufacturing, civil, and transportation industries.

SIF2025 continues this tradition and will be held at UNSW Sydney in May, when the city is lit up by the beautiful lights of Vivid Sydney, the largest festival of light, music ideas and food in the Southern Hemisphere and the largest event in Australia.


Key dates

Abstract deadline: 15 December 2024

Abstract acceptance notification: 1 February 2025

Early bird registration: 1 March 2025

Final deadline: 1 May 2025

Conference: 28-30 May 2025


Conference Co-Chairs

Scientia Professor and Head of School Chun Wang
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Associate Professor Bernd Gludovatz
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Call for abstracts

The 2025 Conference Organising Committee is calling for the submission of individual abstracts due by 15 December 2024. The conference topics include but are not limited to:

  • Manufacturing processes (incl Additive Manufacturing)
  • Damage & failure mechanisms: deformation, fracture, & fatigue
  • Ceramics, polymers, & composites
  • Civil engineering, geology, & mining
  • Experimental evaluation & characterisation 
  • Theoretical analysis, modelling, & design including AI & Machine Learning
  • Metals & alloys
  • Biological & nature-inspired materials
  • Durability of structures & devices
  • Industrial applications, structural integrity & failure investigations

Academics from all career stages are encouraged to submit.


Program

A full detailed program is coming soon.

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All day sessions

All day sessions

Half-day sessions


Registration details

Registration will open soon. 


Location

The conference will be held at UNSW Sydney. More details coming soon.


Contact

Please contact sif2025@unsw.edu.au for all conference enquiries.