
EAC
DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTED CRACKING
5-9 JULY 2026 | MILAZZO (ITALY)

Venue
The Course will be held in Milazzo (ME) at Palazzo D’Amico, Via Marina Garibaldi 72.
ECTS
The attendance to the School will provide 3 ECTS.
Deadline
Registrations will close on June 19, 2026.



This international summer school offers a comprehensive understanding to environmentally assisted cracking (EAC) and related degradation phenomena. Through lectures by leading Italian and international experts, participants will explore fundamental mechanisms, characterization methods, and the behavior of traditional and advanced materials under combined mechanical and environmental stresses.
Course Directors
Marina Cabrini (Università di Bergamo)
Edoardo Proverbio (Università di Messina)
Fabio Scenini (University of Manchester)
Scientific Commitee
Tiziano Bellezze (Univ. Politecnica delle Marche)
Christine Blanc (University of Toulouse)
Fabio Bolzoni (Politecnico di Milano)
Andrea Brenna (Politecnico di Milano)
Luigi Di Vito (RINA-CSM)
Dirk Engelberg (University of Manchester)
Lorenzo Fedrizzi (Università di Udine)
Henry Holoroyd (University of Manchester)
Sergio Lorenzi (Università di Bergamo)
Tomas Prosec (University of Prague)
Monica Santamaria (Università di Palermo)
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