Winter School on
"Introduction to Piezoelectric Mechatronics"
February 16-20, 2026, Tarbes city, France
Winter School on
"Introduction to Piezoelectric Mechatronics"
February 16-20, 2026, Tarbes city, France
This Winter School, entitled 'Introduction to Piezoelectric Mechatronics', is a five-days school
which will take place in Tarbes city (South West of France) in February 2026. Period and place are:
- Period: Monday February 16 to Friday 20, 2026;
- Schedule (except Friday): 8:30 - 12:00, 13h30 - 17h00;
- Rooms: AMPHI-C, ENIT/UTTOP;
- Venue: University of Technologie of Tarbes (UTTOP), 47 Avenue d'Azereix, 65000 Tarbes, France;
- Registration fee: 200€ for students (undergrad, Master, Phd, Postdoc) and 250€ for non-students (staffs from companies; assistant/associate professors/researchers and professors from Universitees).
Smart materials are materials that exhibit inherent properties change when subjected to external stimuli.
Piezoelectric materials are among the most used smart materials at diverse applications, from daily life to specialized ones.
They can be used as actuators, as sensors, or as energy harvesters. Hence, they are found in smart materials based mechatronic systems.
The purpose of this winter school is to introduce to piezoelectric mechatronic systems, from understanding the piezoelectricity principles to advanced modeling of certain systems. The last part of the school will be
devoted to introduction to their control.
Various applications examples will be presented as well.
The winter school encompasses lectures and tutorials. The last day will be devoted to social event.
This Winter school is mainly devoted to young and junior researchers (MSc and PhD students, postdoctoral fellows) who work on smart materials based systems or who would like to discover the fields.
It is also opened to engineers and researchers who would like to discover those systems.
The school comprises:
- lectures,
- exercices,
- and tutorials.
The lectures topics include:
- understanding piezoelectricity and related phenomena,
- modeling piezoelectric systems: from constitutive equations to nonlinear and dynamical models,
- control,
- measurements based on piezoelectric systems.
A certificate of attendance to the Winter School will be given, for instance for doctoral schools courses validation in the case of PhD students.
The registration fee to attend the Winter School is: 200€ for students (undergrad, Master, Phd, Postdoc) and 250€ for non-students (staffs from companies; assistant/associate professors/researchers and professors from Universitees). It encompasses: lunches during 5 days (Monday to Friday),
coffee breaks (morning, afternoon), printed documents, data for tutorials, and social event of Friday. Accomodation and transportation are not included in the registration fee. We provide list of
hotels and accomodation at the link: Practical Info.
The attendance to the school is on-site only. No online participation will be possible for the attendants.
The registration must be carried out at the following the steps at the following link:
Registration Website.
This Winter School is supported by the IFAC TC.4.2 Mechatronic Systems, by the IFAC Education Activities Committee. It is part of the activities of the French Technical Group on "Mechatronic Systems" and of the SAGIP society.
