More Ennio Morricone’s soundtracks. Happening now in Rome on Campidoglio’s square designed by Michelangelo!
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Walter Lacarbonara
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Walter Lacarbonara
@walterlacarbona
Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics, Sapienza University of Rome; Editor-in-Chief of Nonlinear Dynamics (Springer Nature); Husband and Dad
Rome, Lazio Katılım Şubat 2013
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Live in Campidoglio Square with Ennio Morricone’s soundtracks. Magnificent performance by Maestro Nicola Piovani. Thanks to the Major of Rome Roberto Gualtieri for hosting this amazing concert.
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Happy #IndependenceDay to all my American friends, colleagues, and fellows!
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the #US means a lot of things but above all it means celebrating an enduring idea: that curiosity, freedom, innovation, and opportunity can change the world.
Throughout its history, America has been a beacon for scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and dreamers from every corner of the globe. The American Dream continues to inspire generations, not because the journey is always easy, but because it reminds us that bold ideas, hard work, and perseverance can overcome even the most challenging times and produce progress.
As someone whose scientific career was profoundly shaped by my wonderful years in the US, I continue to be deeply grateful for the friendships, collaborations, and opportunities that continue to unite our international research community.
Wishing everyone a joyful and inspiring Fourth of July.
🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day!
#IndependenceDay #July4 #Science #Innovation #Engineering #AmericanDream #InternationalCollaboration
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📘 Now Published!
Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics – Proceedings of the Fourth International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON 2025), Volume 1
📖 Available from Springer: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
This first volume captures the remarkable scientific energy of NODYCON 2025, held at Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ, USA), where more than 400 technical presentations, 8 keynote lectures, 6 topical lectures, and a stimulating Panel on AI and Nonlinear Dynamics brought together researchers from across the globe to shape the future of nonlinear dynamics.
Volume 1: Nonlinear Dynamics of Structures, Systems, and Devices showcases peer-reviewed contributions spanning:
🔹 Data-Driven Dynamics and AI
🔹 Mechanical Systems and Structures
🔹 Energy Harvesting
🔹 Reduced-Order Models and Computational Methods
🔹 Fluid–Structure Interaction
🔹 Rotating Systems
🔹 Nonsmooth Systems
What makes this volume particularly exciting is the convergence of physics-based nonlinear dynamics, advanced computation, artificial intelligence, and experimental validation. The contributions demonstrate how nonlinear dynamics continues to drive innovation in engineering, physics, materials science, energy, MEMS, and many other disciplines.
As co-chair of NODYCON 2025, I would like to sincerely thank my co-chair Prof. Muhammad Hajj, all authors, reviewers, keynote speakers, session organizers, and the entire nonlinear dynamics community for making this conference, and these proceedings, a tremendous success.
This book is the first of three complementary volumes documenting the latest advances presented at NODYCON 2025. We hope it will serve as a valuable resource for researchers, students, and practitioners, while continuing the scientific legacy initiated by Prof. Ali H. Nayfeh nearly four decades ago.
We look forward to seeing this work inspire new collaborations and discoveries and to welcoming the community to NODYCON 2026 in Rome this September nodycon2026.app.earendelplatform.com
#NonlinearDynamics #NODYCON #Engineering #AppliedMathematics #Mechanics #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Metamaterials #VibrationControl #ComputationalMechanics #SpringerNature #Research #StructuralDynamics
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Can we program materials to steer, or even cloak, mechanical waves?
That was the question behind my presentation, "Reconfigurable Origami Metamaterials for Wave Steering and Cloaking," at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)-sponsored Workshop on Multifunctional Materials and Intelligent Structures in Rome.
This work is the result of a fantastic collaboration with my co-PI Giulia Lanzara and our team: Enrico Corradini, Sawan Guruva, Riccardo Grammatico, and Peihua Ni.
By exploiting nonlinear local resonances, we developed reconfigurable origami metamaterials capable of manipulating elastic waves. We also leveraged deep learning AI to optimize the metamaterial architecture and significantly broaden its operational bandwidth, an important step toward adaptive wave steering and cloaking.
It was exciting to see the interest, insightful questions, and stimulating discussions generated by our results. Wave cloaking is no longer just a fascinating concept, it is steadily becoming a realistic engineering objective.
Many thanks to #EOARD and #AFOSR for supporting this research and helping advance the next generation of multifunctional metamaterials.
#Metamaterials #Origami #WaveCloaking #WaveSteering #ArtificialIntelligence #DeepLearning #MechanicalMetamaterials #Engineering #AFOSR #EOARD
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The Future of Intelligent Materials Starts Here.
What happens when leading scientists in multifunctional materials, intelligent structures, metamaterials, AI, advanced manufacturing, and aerospace engineering come together, not for a conference, but for an intensive, invitation-only workshop?
Last week, Rome hosted the @AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research-sponsored International Workshop on Multifunctional Materials and Intelligent Structures: New Design Paradigms for Extreme and Multi-Field Environments, co-organized by the University of RomaTre and Sapienza Università di Roma (co-chairs Giulia Lanzara and @walterlacarbona). Over two inspiring days, 35 participants from universities, government laboratories, and industry shared 3 keynote lectures, 21 technical presentations, and big ideas that will help shape the next generation of materials and intelligent systems.
The science was outstanding. But perhaps the most valuable outcome was something less tangible: a renewed commitment to strengthening the community that has grown around this field over the years through the vision and leadership of Dr. "Les" Lee.
The technologies discussed, from physical #AI and reservoir computing to nonlinear metamaterials, structural batteries, self-healing composites, morphing aerospace structures, and intelligent materials capable of sensing, adapting, and computing, are redefining what materials can do and opening entirely new engineering paradigms.
A heartfelt thank you to the #AFOSR for its continued vision and support, to all the speakers and participants for their exceptional contributions, and to everyone who helped make this workshop such a great experience.
Great ideas change science. Strong communities change the future.
#AFOSR #MultifunctionalMaterials #IntelligentStructures #Metamaterials #SmartMaterials #PhysicalAI #AdvancedManufacturing #Aerospace #Engineering #Research #Innovation #Sapienza #RomaTre
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A strong journal is built by a strong community.
Our Nonlinear Dynamics seminar series cassyni.com/s/nonlinear-dy…, powered by @cassyniapp, has helped connect authors, editors, reviewers, and readers from around the world, fostering scientific exchange and new collaborations.
In 2025, Nonlinear Dynamics link.springer.com/journal/11071 reached the highest impact in its history:
🔹 2.3 million downloads
🔹 44,267 citations
None of this happens without our community! Thank you to our entire community for making Nonlinear Dynamics one of the world's leading journals in nonlinear science and engineering.
We look forward to your next breakthrough contribution.
#SpringerNature #NonlinearDynamics #Cassyni #ResearchImpact #ScientificPublishing #NonlinearScience
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📚 A prolific month for Nonlinear Dynamics.
May saw the publication of:
🔹 Issue 9: 81 articles
🔹 Issue 10: 68 articles
That's 149 new papers advancing the frontiers of nonlinear dynamic science.
From nonlinear vibrations, bifurcations, chaos, and rogue waves to AI-driven modeling, system identification, control, complex networks, and fractional dynamics, these issues showcase the extraordinary breadth of our field.
Nonlinear dynamics is no longer just a discipline: it is becoming the common language for understanding complexity across science and engineering.
#NonlinearDynamics #Chaos #ComplexSystems #Engineering #Physics #AppliedMath #AI @SpringerEng
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Thrilled to announce that @walterlacarbona has been honoured with the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award for exceptional editorial leadership in @Nonline21515552. A well-deserved recognition of his dedication to authors and the research community!
bit.ly/4vcUk7V
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🚀 New all-time record for Nonlinear Dynamics!
Just one month after our previous record, we have already surpassed it.
📈 Submissions have grown by 140% in just two years.
This is more than journal growth, it reflects the rise of nonlinear dynamics as a scientific paradigm.
From AI and data-driven dynamics to metamaterials, chaos, control, complex networks, and biological systems, nonlinear dynamics is becoming the common language for understanding complexity across science and engineering.
The future is nonlinear!
#NonlinearDynamics #ComplexSystems #Chaos #AI #Engineering #Science #SpringerNature
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Waste is not a disposal problem, it’s a systems engineering problem. Rome starts construction of a gigantic waste-to-energy plant, designed to close the waste cycle through advanced emissions control, energy recovery, and reduced landfill dependence. Turning waste streams into infrastructure. Rome is headed towards the future. #Rome #WasteToEnergy #Sustainability @gualtierieurope #EngineeringDesign
Roberto Gualtieri@gualtierieurope
Anche #Roma avrà finalmente il suo termovalorizzatore! Oggi è una giornata storica: diamo il via ai lavori per la realizzazione del termovalorizzatore di Santa Palomba, un’opera strategica e fondamentale, attesa da molti anni. Sarà l’impianto più moderno, avanzato e sicuro d’Europa, progettato per chiudere in modo stabile, efficiente e sostenibile il proprio ciclo dei rifiuti. Grazie a questa infrastruttura la Capitale non ricorrerà più a discariche o a impianti situati altrove, in Italia e all’estero, con costi economici e ambientali insostenibili. Quello che stiamo realizzando qui a Santa Palomba sarà un impianto sicuro, non inquinante, costantemente monitorato, dotato delle tecnologie più avanzate oggi disponibili e costruito secondo standard ambientali ancora più rigorosi rispetto a quelli previsti dalla normativa europea, così da garantire il massimo livello di tutela ambientale. Previsto infatti un sistema avanzato di trattamento fumi che garantisce emissioni di CO2 80 volte inferiori rispetto alle discariche ed emissioni di polveri da 100 a 10.000 volte inferiori rispetto a una strada trafficata di Roma. I rifiuti raccolti verranno trasportati qui di notte, attraverso la ferrovia per impattare il meno possibile con la viabilità e l’ambiente. L’impianto produrrà energia termica ed elettrica sufficiente ad alimentare le abitazioni di circa 200mila famiglie e permetterà la trasformazione dei rifiuti in materiali riutilizzabili per usi edili. La prima consegna dei rifiuti è prevista per settembre 2029 e l’impianto sarà in grado di trattare 600mila tonnellate all’anno di rifiuti indifferenziati e non riciclabili. Queste e molte altre informazioni le trovate sul sito renewrome.com Con l’apertura di questo cantiere Roma compie una scelta di responsabilità, coraggio e visione che finalmente consegna alla Capitale un’infrastruttura moderna, sostenibile e all’altezza delle grandi sfide ambientali del nostro tempo. Il beneficio per i romani sarà una città più pulita e autonoma nel chiudere il proprio ciclo dei rifiuti.
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@gualtierieurope @Roma @tobiazevi @vigilidelfuoco @GDF @_Carabinieri_ Grande Sindaco @gualtierieurope! Vorrei vedere quanti sindaci d'Italia mettono la faccia in interventi di questa portata all'insegna del ripristino della legalità e della presenza delle istituzioni sul territorio.
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Un bene confiscato alla criminalità che torna finalmente ai cittadini.
A Ostia continuiamo il lavoro per restituire il mare di Roma ai romani. Dopo anni di abbandono e occupazioni abusive, il Village rinascerà con un progetto a forte vocazione sociale, gestito da cooperative impegnate anche nel sostegno alle persone più fragili e con disabilità.
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This is the sunset from my place, layers of pines, rooftops, and a sky that seems to remember every shade of history. What fascinates me most is the thought that, in some way, this might not be so different from what the #Romans themselves saw two thousand years ago.
The same horizon. The same light fading over the pine trees. The same quiet transition from day to night. There’s something powerful in that continuity, beauty that doesn’t belong to a moment, but to time itself.
This is why I love #Rome. And why, no matter where I go, I struggle to find a place that feels quite like it.
#Rome #Sunset #EternalCity #Perspective #BeautyInTime
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🏛️ NODYCON 2026. Submissions Reopened!
By popular demand, abstract submissions are open again until May 15 (12:00 AM).
We’ve received an extraordinary response from the community and already reviewed ~90% of submissions. Now we’re opening the door to a few more strong contributions.
Submit in minutes (auto PDF web tool) here:
nodycon2026.app.earendelplatform.com/auth/submissio…
🏛 Why join?
Top speakers • High-impact nonlinear science • Global networking • Rome
From the Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum to world-class sessions. This will be a special edition. You cannot miss it.
#NODYCON2026 #NonlinearDynamics #ComplexSystems #ScientificConference #Rome @SpringerEng @SpringerNature
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A milestone worth celebrating!
In April 2026, Nonlinear Dynamics link.springer.com/journal/11071 received a record number of submissions, the highest in its history. This is more than a number. It is a clear sign of the trust that the global research community places in the quality, rigor, and high standards of the journal.
This year also marks 36 years since the foundation of Nonlinear Dynamics in 1990 thanks to the vision of the late Professor Ali H. Nayfeh.
This milestone is also a celebration of Prof. Nayfeh’s extraordinary contributions to advancing the field of #nonlinear #dynamics worldwide. His scientific legacy continues to guide and inspire generations of researchers.
What began as a bold initiative for an emerging discipline has become one of the leading journals in nonlinear science and engineering, accompanying decades of progress in vibrations, bifurcations, chaos, waves, control, dynamic structures, materials, and complex systems.
Today, we stand at the threshold of a new era: the convergence of nonlinear dynamics and #AI.
From physics-informed learning to data-driven discovery, reduced-order modeling, digital twins, multifunctional metamaterials, and intelligent autonomous systems operating in extreme environments, the future of our field is being reshaped.
I am deeply honored to lead the journal at this important juncture and to help shape its next chapter. Yet this progress can only be the result of a collective effort shared by our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers worldwide. Together, let's continue to push the boundaries of nonlinear dynamics.
#NonlinearDynamics #ArtificialIntelligence #ComplexSystems #AppliedMathematics #Engineering #Research #Science @SpringerNature #AcademicPublishing #Innovation @SpringerEng
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📢 New Issue of Nonlinear Dynamics!
We are pleased to announce that the second April issue of Nonlinear Dynamics (Volume 114, Issue 8) has now been published, featuring 76 articles spanning many areas of nonlinear science and engineering.
🔗 link.springer.com/journal/11071/…
This issue includes recent advances in:
• nonlinear vibrations and structural dynamics
• bifurcations, chaos, and complex systems
• data-driven and AI-assisted modeling
• synchronization and network dynamics
• fluid–structure interaction and multiphysics phenomena
• innovative applications in engineering and applied physics
At the same time, the first May issue (Volume 114, Issue 9) is already being compiled.
🔗 link.springer.com/journal/11071/…
Thank you to our enthusiastic nonlinear dynamics community for the continued efforts in advancing the field of nonlinear dynamics.
#NonlinearDynamics #NonlinearScience #DynamicalSystems #Engineering #AppliedMathematics #SpringerNature
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