Smart Materials and Self-Healing Systems for Advanced Engineering represent one of the most transformative areas in materials science, where innovation meets functionality to create materials that can sense, adapt, and even repair themselves in response to external stimuli. These next-generation materials are poised to revolutionize industries ranging from aerospace and automotive to biomedical devices and infrastructure.

At MSAM – 2026, this session will spotlight cutting-edge research and real-world applications where intelligence and resilience are engineered directly into materials.

We invite submissions and expert talks on:

• Self-Healing Polymers and Composites: Materials that autonomously repair cracks, damage, or wear, extending the lifecycle of critical components.

• Shape Memory Alloys and Polymers: Materials capable of returning to their original form after deformation when exposed to specific stimuli like heat or light.

• Stimuli-Responsive Materials: Systems that react dynamically to environmental triggers such as pH, temperature, magnetic fields, and mechanical stress.

• Bioinspired Smart Materials: Learning from nature—such as skin regeneration and bone healing—to engineer advanced materials with adaptive and self-repairing features.

• Embedded Microvascular Networks: Innovations in integrating vascular systems within materials to deliver healing agents on demand.

• Multifunctional Smart Coatings: Surfaces that self-clean, self-heal, or change properties based on environmental conditions.

• Sensor-Integrated Smart Structures: Materials that can monitor their own health and trigger self-repair processes autonomously.

• Energy Harvesting Smart Materials: Systems that not only sense but also harvest ambient energy to power self-repair mechanisms.

• Applications in Aerospace, Automotive, and Civil Engineering: Enhancing safety, durability, and performance through smart material integration.

• Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for Smart Materials: Additive manufacturing and other novel methods to fabricate complex, self-healing architectures.

• Challenges and Future Directions: Scalability, cost-effectiveness, and real-world deployment of smart and self-healing material systems.

This session will bring together material scientists, engineers, technologists, and industry leaders to explore the frontier where materials are no longer passive elements, but active participants in system performance and resilience.

Join us at MSAM – 2026 to discover how smart materials and self-healing systems are powering the future of advanced engineering!