Main.tex

\documentclass{EESD}
% To change the slides size go to EESD.cls file and edit the preamble as explained.

% ---- Add your Meta-data to the PDF (Copyrights Kinda!) ----
\hypersetup{
  pdfinfo={
    Title={Presentation: 3D finite element modeling of historical masonry walls},
    Author={Mahmoud S. Shaqfa, Katrin Beyer},
    Subject={EPFL - ENAC - EESD Lab},
    Keywords={Stone masonry, Detailed micro-mechanical, 3D micro-structure}
  }
}

% Important packages to be called
\usepackage{subcaption} % for adding sub-figures
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz} % for cool graphics and drawings

\usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos} % To place the figures by coordinates (x,y) - Beamer doesn't support floats XD
\usepackage{multicol} % To adjust items and stuff automatically in a number of a pre-specified columns
\graphicspath{{Figures/}}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{lipsum} % Just a dummy text generator
\usepackage{hyperref}
% fonts packages
\usepackage{ragged2e} % Justified typesetting

% For References Only
\usepackage[style=authortitle,backend=bibtex]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{References.bib} % Call the references database
\AtBeginBibliography{\tiny} % Specify font size (Size matters)
\renewcommand{\footnotesize}{\tiny}

% For adding code blocks
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset
{
    language=[LaTeX]TeX,
    breaklines=true,
    basicstyle=\tt\scriptsize,
    keywordstyle=\color{blue},
    identifierstyle=\color{magenta},
    commentstyle=\color{red},
    rulecolor=\color{black},
    numbers=left,
    numberstyle=\tiny\color{black},
    % framexleftmargin=15pt,
    frame = single,
}

\author{The Templator}
\title[Your tiny title here]{My long, detailed, and flashy title}

\institute[ENAC]{{\'Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne (EPFL)}{\newline\newline School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC)}}
\subject{Candidacy Exam}
\date{May 2019}

\begin{document}

{ % <-- don't forget the scope resolution (Brackets) to limit the background change only for the cover page; otherwise, it will override the whole document's background :)
\usebackgroundtemplate{} % To add a background for this slide XD - Empty one
\coverpage{
\titlepage{~}
% To add additional text to the title components 
{\newline Supervisor: Prof. Katrin Beyer}
}
} % <-- and yeah close them too :)

% To define the cover-page here .. I prefer this
{
\usebackgroundtemplate{\includegraphics[width=1.\paperwidth, height=1.\paperheight]{cover169.pdf}} % To add a background for this slide XD - change it
\coverpage{
\titlepage{~}
% To add additional text to the title components 
{\newline Supervisor: Prof. Katrin Beyer}
}
}

{
% Add background and adjust the opacity
\usebackgroundtemplate{
\begin{tikzpicture}%
\node[opacity=0.1]{\includegraphics[width=1.\paperwidth, height=1.\paperheight]{homer-simpson.jpg}
};%
\end{tikzpicture}
} % To add a background for this slide XD - Homer Simpson - Source: https://www.kcbi.org/to-be-understand-the-bible-we-need-to-listen-to-homer-simpson/

\coverpage{
\titlepage{~}
% To add additional text to the title components 
{\newline Supervisor: Prof. Katrin Beyer}
}
}

\setbeamertemplate{logo}{} % To override the logo from the other slides and delete it completely


% -----------------------Table of contents TOC Three Styles
% Explicitly split the TOC if it's too long
% \begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]{Outlines}
% \tableofcontents[sections={1-3}] % Explicitly split TOC
% \framebreak
% \tableofcontents[sections={4-7}] % Explicitly split TOC
% \end{frame}

% % Just a normal TOC 
% \begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]{Outlines}
% \tableofcontents
% \end{frame}

% Use smart division for the TOC
\begin{frame}{Outlines}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\tableofcontents
\end{multicols}
\end{frame}

% -----------------------Introduction
\section{Introduction}

\breakingframe{
\begin{textblock*}{3cm}[0.5,0.5](0.5\textwidth,  0.5\textheight)
\Huge\textbf{\textcolor{black}{Introduction}}
\end{textblock*}
}

\subsection{Copyright}
\begin{frame}[t]{Copyright}
\begin{textblock*}{13cm}(1.0cm,  1.7cm)
    {\fontfamily{qcr}\selectfont
    This file is a customized "beamer" template made for the EESD laboratory at EPFL (see \href{https://www.epfl.ch/labs/eesd/}{https://www.epfl.ch/labs/eesd/}). The author of this file is \textbf{Mahmoud S. Shaqfa}. This file is free: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details. To receive a copy of GNU License refer to: \href{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/}{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/}
    }
\end{textblock*}
\end{frame}

\subsection{Cover page}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Cover page}
    To define the cover page use the following code:
    \vspace{10pt}
    \begin{lstlisting}
    { % <-- Important to add those brackets; to affect only the background in this frame.
    \usebackgroundtemplate{\includegraphics[]{}} % <-- Define the background here
        \coverpage{
            \titlepage % make the title here
            {\newline Additional text like the supervisors, jury .. etc}
        }
        }
    } % <-- end of the environment
    \end{lstlisting}
    \vspace{10pt}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Honest-to-god!}
\begin{columns}
    \begin{column}{0.7\textwidth}
    \textcolor{red}{\textbf{A dummy note:}} to define a very \textcolor{blue}{\#swaggy} background you can create a PDF file of the slide size and place it with any graphical effect by using Inkscape\footnotemark or Adobe Illustrator.
    \begin{block}{Inkscape advice}
        Make all your drawings/charts vectorized. In this way, they will look important and professional. And use Inkscape it is free, open-source, easy to use, and again FREE! Unfortunately, \LaTeX~ doesn't deal directly with *.SVG, *.EPS, or *.EMF drawings; convert them to *.PDF. *.PDF files come with price! They're bigger in size.
    \end{block}
    \end{column}
    \footcitetext{Inkscape}
    \begin{column}{0.30\textwidth}
        \centering{My secret weapon for perfect drawings:
        \begin{enumerate}
            \item Blender\footnotemark
            \item Inkscape
        \end{enumerate}
        }
        \vspace{0.7cm}
        \includegraphics[height=0.3\textheight]{Blender_Inkscape.pdf}
    \end{column}
    \footcitetext{REF:30}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}

\subsection{Table of contents (TOC)}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{TOC options}
    \vspace{5pt}
    \begin{lstlisting}
        \tableofcontents % <-- Traditional TOC
    \end{lstlisting}
    \vspace{5pt}
    \begin{lstlisting}
        \tableofcontents[sections={1-3}] % <-- Explicitly split TOC
    \end{lstlisting}
    \vspace{5pt}
    \begin{lstlisting}
    \usepackage{multicol}
    \begin{multicols}{2} % <-- Smart division (2, 3, ..etc any number of columns)
        \tableofcontents
    \end{multicols}
    \end{lstlisting}
    \vspace{5pt}
    And define the frame to automatically divide itself when the TOC is too long to fit in a single frame:
    \begin{lstlisting}
    % \begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]{Table of contents}
    % \end{frame}
    \end{lstlisting}
\end{frame}

\section{EESD logo}
\breakingframe{
    \begin{textblock*}{5cm}[0.5,0.5](0.45\textwidth, 0.55\textheight)
        \includegraphics[height = 0.3\textheight]{EESD_white.pdf}
    \end{textblock*}
}
\subsection{A new visual identity}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{A new visual identity}
\centering{It has been derived from the new EPFL logo. It reflects the same simplicity and consistency.}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{The logo}
\includegraphics[height=0.37\textheight]{EESD_different_bg.pdf}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{How we do it?}
\hspace{1.7cm}
\includegraphics[height=0.7\textheight]{EESD_how_1.pdf}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{How we do it?}
\hspace{1.7cm}
\includegraphics[height=0.7\textheight]{EESD_how_2.pdf}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{How to dee?}
\begin{textblock*}{1cm}[0.50,0.5](0.15\textwidth, 0.65\textheight)
        \includegraphics[height=0.35\textheight]{EESD_how_3.pdf}
\end{textblock*}
\end{frame}


\section{How to use?}
\breakingframe{
    \begin{textblock*}{5cm}[0.3,0.5](0.5\textwidth, 0.5\textheight)
        \textbf{\Huge{How to use?}}
    \end{textblock*}
}

\subsection{Beamer blocks}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{How to use blocks?}
    Basically, the blocks style have been modified in "beamer" in this customized version. Programmatic samples can be found in the next three slides.
    \vspace{10pt}
    \begin{lstlisting}
        \begin{block}{The block title}
            The block body .. add meaningful stuff
        \end{block}
    \end{lstlisting}
    \vspace{10pt}
    It can be used for definitions, equations, theories, examples, alerts, and important stuff to highlight.
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Blocky block}
\begin{block}{Just a Block}
\lipsum[1]
\end{block}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Blocky block}
\begin{exampleblock}{Example Block}
\lipsum[1]
\end{exampleblock}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Blocky block}
\begin{alertblock}{Alert Block}
\lipsum[1]
\end{alertblock}
\end{frame}

\subsection{Frames breaker}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{How to use frame-breakings?}
    In this template, and only this, I defined a "breakingframe" template frame that should not hold any useful information. The background of this frame is pinkish solid and it is not countable as a separate frame. You can use this as a transitioning page between different topics or for any funny funky stuff to release the tense of the poor audience during your presentation.
    \vspace{10pt}
    \begin{lstlisting}
        \breakingframe{
            Put your contents here, such as images, text ..etc. Be as silly as possible .. or not!
        }
    \end{lstlisting}
    \vspace{10pt}
    Look at the next slide, in code, as an example!
\end{frame}

\breakingframe{
    \begin{textblock*}{10cm}[0.40,0.5](0.55\textwidth, 0.5\textheight)
        \textbf{\Huge{I'm just an example!}}
    \end{textblock*}
    
    \begin{textblock*}{7cm}[0.40,0.5](0.4\textwidth, 0.8\textheight)
        \includegraphics[height = 0.3\textheight]{cat.jpeg}
    \end{textblock*}
}

{
\usebackgroundtemplate{\includegraphics[width=1.\paperwidth]{Coordinates.pdf}}
\setbeamertemplate{headline}{}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}
\begin{frame}[t]{}
    \begin{textblock*}{0.001cm}[0.5,0.5](0.5\textwidth, 0.5\textheight)
    \includegraphics[height = 0.25\textheight]{cat.jpeg}
    \end{textblock*}
\end{frame}
}

\subsection{Preamble}
\begin{frame}[t]{Preamble}\vspace{4pt}
\begin{itemize}
    \item Historical structures are part of the cultural heritage\vspace{10pt}\pause
    \item Stone masonry is one of the oldest construction materials\vspace{10pt}\pause
    \item Historical stone masonry structures are designed to handle gravity loads\vspace{10pt}\pause
    \item Stone masonry structure are vulnerable under seismic actions:\vspace{5pt}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Low tensile strength
        \item Poor interlocking
        \item Large masses
        \item Built with rules-of-thumb
    \end{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}


\breakingframe{
\begin{textblock*}{10cm}(4.7cm,2.8cm)
\Huge\textbf{\textcolor{black}{State-of-the-art}}
\end{textblock*}
\begin{textblock*}{10cm}(1.5cm,4.8cm)
\small\textbf{\textcolor{black}{{\cite{REF:5} (2018)}
}}
\end{textblock*}
}

\begin{frame}[t]{The research questions}\vspace{10pt}
    \begin{textblock*}{13cm}(1.3cm,2.8cm)
        \begin{itemize}
            \item[\textbf{Q1}] What are the expected gains of using 3D micro-mechanical modeling of stone masonry walls?\vspace{10pt}\pause
            \item[\textbf{Q2}] What tools/methods will be used to relax the 3D FE models' complexity?\vspace{20pt}\pause
            \item[\textbf{Q3}] How to estimate the stone-mortar interface strength of a simplified surfaces?
        \end{itemize}
    \end{textblock*}
\end{frame}

\breakingframe{
\begin{textblock*}{10cm}(3.7cm,2.9cm)
\Huge\textbf{\textcolor{black}{Why we are shifting to 3D micro-mechanical modeling?}}
\end{textblock*}
}


\begin{frame}[t]{Motivation: \textcolor{myviolet}{{\textbf{Q1}}}}\vspace{10pt}
    \begin{textblock*}{13cm}(1.7cm,2.7cm)
    \begin{enumerate}[<+->]
    \setlength\itemsep{10pt}
        \item Stone masonry walls are usually not homogeneous through the thickness
        \item Leaf-separation effects on the strength capacity
        \item In-plane and out-of-plane behaviours interaction
        \item Internal cracking onsets and 3D crack paths (cannot be captured experimentally)
    \end{enumerate}
    \end{textblock*}
\end{frame}

\subsection{Methodology}
\begin{frame}[t]{The study main phases}\vspace{10pt}
    \begin{textblock*}{13cm}(3.8cm,0.7cm)
        \includegraphics[height = 0.6\textwidth]{loop.pdf}
    \end{textblock*}
\end{frame}


\breakingframe{
\begin{textblock*}{13cm}(3.5cm,4cm)
\Huge\textbf{\textcolor{black}{How to arrange stones?}}
\end{textblock*}
}

\begin{frame}[t]{Objective function}\vspace{1pt}
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}{0.49\textwidth}
\begin{overprint}
\onslide<1->\begin{block}{Packing objective}
    \begin{equation*}
        \text{Minimize}~F(\vec{X_i})_{i}~=~\mid\mid \vec{S}_{i} - \vec{S}_{i-1} \mid\mid
    \end{equation*}
    \begin{equation*}
        Fitness\Big(F(\vec{X_i})\Big)_{i} = F(\vec{X_i})_{i}(1 + \xi_{1} P_A)^{\xi_{2}}
    \end{equation*}
\end{block}
\end{overprint}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\begin{textblock*}{3.2cm}(12.5cm,1.5cm)
    \tiny{
    \begin{itemize}
        \item $S_{i}, S_{i-1}$: locations of $i$ and $i-1$ stones
        \item $\xi_{1}$: penalty multiplier
        \item $\xi_{2}$: penalty exponent
        \item $P_{A}$: penalties summation
    \end{itemize}
    }
\end{textblock*}
\begin{textblock*}{3cm}(12.5cm,1.55cm)
    \includegraphics[height = 0.6\linewidth]{brace.pdf}
\end{textblock*}

\end{frame}


\section{Detailed plan}


\begin{frame}{Interface identification: \textcolor{myviolet}{\textbf{Q3}}}\vspace{4pt}
    \begin{textblock*}{10cm}(0.3cm, 2.5cm)
        \includegraphics[height = 0.5\textwidth]{Interface.pdf}
    \end{textblock*}
    \begin{textblock*}{10cm}(6.7cm, 2.0cm)
    \begin{enumerate}
    \setlength\itemsep{10pt}
        \item Prepare real samples of stones and mortar\pause
        \item Scan the interface surface using the laser scanner\pause
        \item Test the samples (direct shear test)\pause
        \item Apply different smoothing cycles on the interfaces\pause
        \item Use the soft computing algorithms to identify the smoothed interfaces inputs (Benchmark)
    \end{enumerate}
    \end{textblock*}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Call another section}
    \input{Sections/SomeSection.tex}
\end{frame}

% -----------------------References
% Thank you slide should be here
\breakingframe{
\begin{textblock*}{10cm}(3.2cm,4cm)
\Huge\textbf{\textcolor{black}{Merci de votre attention}}
\end{textblock*}
}
% -----------------------References
\section{Bibliography}
% \begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]{\\References}\vspace{4pt}
\begin{frame}{References}\vspace{4pt}
\tiny{\printbibliography}
\end{frame}
\normalsize

\end{document}