Call for papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors or any other interested to present a communication during the 12th EWSHM, are invited to submit a paper online, by November 1st, 2025, a title, a summary of 500 words maximum and 1 image, explaining the content, objectives, methods and conclusions of the communication.

Call for papers

All selected contributions at EWSHM 2026, will be published on NDT.net (partner organisation), Open Access Archive of Nondestructive Testing ISSN 1435-4934 (www.ndt.net)

Timetable

  • Deadline for abstract submission: November 1st, 2025
  • Notification of abstracts acceptance: February 6th, 2026
  • Deadline for submission of full manuscript: April 1st, 2026

All abstracts must be submitted online at https://www.conftool.pro/ewshm2026/

Abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific committee.

Authors will be informed about the acceptance of their contributions in February 2026. Presenting authors with accepted contributions, should register via the online form and pay the registration fee prior to the event in order to validate their inclusion.

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Topics

  • Applications
  • Aerospace
  • Automotive
  • Civil engineering
  • Cultural heritage
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Naval
  • Pressure equipment
  • Railway
  • Other
  • Methods and technologies
  • Acoustic emission
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Contactless sensing
  • Data handling for SHM
  • Digital twin
  • Electric and electromagnetic sensors
  • Energy harvesting / autonomous sensors
  • Guided waves
  • MEMS and nano-sensors
  • Modelling and numerical simulation
  • Optical fibers
  • Prognostics
  • Reliability
  • Sensors and sensor networks
  • Signal processing
  • Ultrasonics
  • Wireless
  • Other

Special Sessions

Special sessions are welcome: please send an email before September 30th, 2025 to the conference organisers (ewshm2026@cofrend.com) with the following information:

  • Title of the special session
  • Name, affiliation and email of the special session chairs
  • 5-10 lines presentation of the session

The final inclusion of this session in the program is subjected to a minimal number of papers, and will decided by the scientific committee, based on the quality of papers and diversity of the contributors.

Description of special sessions published soon

SHM in Action

To promote the application of SHM technologies, an “SHM in action” session will be organised where participants will be invited to demonstrate practical aspects of their SHM solution on stage.

Deadline

  • Submit a demonstration before: April 1st, 2026

Description of SHM in Action guidelines published soon

12th EWSHM Students and young professionals Challenges

A Students and young professionals Challenges will be organised as part of the conference. Several topics representative of different SHM application areas will be proposed and published in November 2025. Teams of Master students, doctoral candidate or young researchers within 1 year after their Master/PhD diploma at the time of registration will be invited to present their innovative solutions during a special session where live demonstrations of their systems will be encouraged. The winners will be announced during the Gala Dinner.

Deadlines

  • Publication of challenge rules: August 2025
  • Publication of challenges and data: November 2025
  • Registration of teams: January 2026

Guidelines

PROCEEDINGS

Deadline: April 1st, 2026

Full Papers will be referenced through an individual DOI number and published online as an open access publication on NDT.net. The proceedings will be available at the conference.
Full paper formatted to the template must be submitted online by April 1st, 2026, at https://www.conftool.pro/ewshm2026/

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See proceeding template in PDF

 

Official Language
The official language for the technical program, poster session and other events is English.

Members of the COFREND’s SHM Scientific Committee

  • Odile Abraham, Gustave Eiffel University
  • Jean Paul Balayssac, LMDC, Toulouse University
  • Olivier Bardoux, Air Liquide
  • David Barnoncel, Ariane Group
  • Pierre Calmon, CEA-List
  • Bastien Chapuis, CEA-List
  • Jérôme Delemontez , EDF
  • Michaël Doehler, Inria
  • Daniela Dragomirescu, LAAS-CNRS
  • John Dumoulin, Apave Infrastructures et Construction
  • Vincent Le Cam, Gustave Eiffel University
  • Gaël Loubet, LAAS-CNRS
  • Nazih Mechbal, ENSAM
  • Laurent Mevel, Inria
  • Emmanuel Moulin, University Polytechnique Hauts-de-France
  • Aurélien Rautureau, Airbus Group
  • Jean Sarete, SGS Industries
  • Rafaël Teloli, Femto-ST
  • Fan Zhang, Cetim

Members of the 12th EWSHM Students Challenge

  • Odile Abraham, Gustave Eiffel University
  • Bastien Chapuis, CEA-List
  • Daniela Dragomirescu, LAAS-CNRS
  • Gaël Loubet, LAAS-CNRS
  • Nazih Mechbal, ENSAM

International Scientific Committee EWSHM

  • O.Bareille, INSA, France
  • C.Boller, Saarland University, Germany
  • F.Cegla, Imperial College, UK
  • FK.Chang, Stanford University, USA
  • B.Chapuis, CEA-List, France
  • E.Chatzi, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
  • A.Cicirello, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Á.Cunha, University of Porto, Portugal
  • M. Doehler, Inria, France
  • SD.Fassois, University of Patras, Greece
  • A.Fernández López, UPM, Madrid, Spain
  • V.Giurgiutiu, University of South Carolina, USA
  • B.Glisic, Princeton University, USA
  • Y.Goldfeld, Associate Professor, Technion, Israel
  • A.Güemes, UPM, Spain
  • T.Jankowski, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland
  • P.Kudela, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland
  • J.Kullaa, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland
  • V.Le Cam, Gustave Eiffel University, France
  • N.Mechbal, ENSAM, France
  • V.Memmolo, University of Napoli, Italy
  • L.Mevel, Inria, France
  • J.Moll, Siegen University, Germany
  • LE.Mujica , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • E.Niederleithinger, BAM, Berlin, Germany
  • W.Ostachowicz, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  • C.Papadimitriou, University of Thessaly, Greece
  • SG.Pierce, University of Strathclyde, UK
  • MP Limongelli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • A.Pirrotta, University of Palermo, Italy
  • P. Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • D.Saravanos, University of Patras, Greece
  • H. Sohn, KAIST institute, South Korea
  • WJ. Staszewski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Z.Su, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
  • M.Tur, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
  • T.Uhl, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • S.Yuan, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
  • B.Zima, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
  • D.Zonta, University of Trento, Italy

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