Metamaterials are artificial materials with structuring on a scale smaller than the wavelength allowing them to adopt extraordinary wave behavior in materials in the natural state. The framework of metamaterials is completely interdisciplinary, but in the case of acoustics, they arouse great interest because of the exceptional propagation and vibration properties which they can present, which give rise to potential applications in engineering fields as diverse as sound insulation, urban acoustics, civil engineering, vibroacoustics, selective frequency filtering, submarine acoustic stealth, non-destructive evaluation or medical ultrasound.

The main objective of this thematic school is to provide comprehensive training for PhD students, post-docs, industrialists and engineers on the topic of metamaterials. There is therefore a real opportunity to offer joint training with the objective of facilitating communication between the industrial world and the academic world. The training will be carried out jointly by researchers from recognized in the field of Metamaterials.

The summer school will take place from 1st to 5th July 2019 in La Vieille Perrotine, Ile d'Oleron, CAES village of CNRS, which has a tradition of thematic schools with a great interdisciplinarity between physics, mathematics and Earth Sciences. 

Training on acoustic metamaterials will be offered in areas of recognized applications (underwater acoustics, telecom components, audible acoustics), but particular attention will be paid to emerging themes such as metamaterials for acoustic, mechanical and seismic waves.

Each theme discussed in the school will begin with an introductory course (CI) allowing a general presentation of the field, the state of the art and the main theoretical and experimental models associated. It will continue with a lecture course (CP) on experimental manipulation and / or numerical simulation. To finish a session of manipulation live (MD), experimental and / or digital, will be proposed in order to implement the concepts seen in the CI and CP of the theme. Finally, informal discussions between stakeholders and participants will be motivated during school.

The registration will be open on 1st March 2019.

The METAGENIERIE school received the support of the CNRS.