From 20 to 22 October 2025, the IX International Conference on Particle-based Methods (PARTICLES 2025) took place in Barcelona, Spain.

This conference brought together experts and researchers to explore the fundamental principles, emerging trends, and cutting-edge developments in state-of-the-art particle methods for solving problems in engineering and applied sciences. Topics included both continuum-based particle approaches – such as the Material Point Method (MPM), Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), Moving Particle Simulation (MPS), Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM), and Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM) – as well as particle-resolved techniques like the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and Molecular Dynamics (MD).

K1-MET was represented with the following contributions:

• Emerson Edilson Barros de Souza (FuLIBatteR Project 2)
• Shekoofeh Saberi (‘Green and smart’ Furnaces)

Their research was presented through the following publications:

• Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Thermal Pre-Treatment for Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
• Computational Analysis of Carbon-Neutral Biofuels Co-Firing in a Rotary Kiln

The PARTICLES conference was organized as one of the Thematic Conferences of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) and as a Special Interest Conference of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM).