The annual Bristol Composites Institute Doctoral Research Symposium will take place on the morning of Tuesday 4th April 2023, in the Bill Brown Design Suite, Queen's Building, at the University of Bristol.

Registrations are now closed.

Programme

• Download the BCI Doctoral Research Symposium Programme 2023 (PDF, 241kB)
• ‌Download the Poster Booklet (PDF, 9,953kB)
• D‌ownload the Graphic visualisation of the Symposium (PDF, 649kB)
• W‌atch the presentations on YouTube 
  

9:00 Registration. Morning poster session. Tea/coffee. 

10:00 Presentations

Introduction and welcome from Professors Hallett and Thomsen (BCI Co-Directors) and Professor Eichhorn (CoSEM CDT Director) 

Technical Presentations on current PhD research

• High-throughput computational chemistry for polymer discovery - Matt Bone (PDF, 1,041kB)
• Low-temperature magnetic properties of porous carbon/sulfur composites under a hydrogen atmosphere - Charlie Brewster (PDF, 1,119kB)
• A material selection journey for sustainable discontinuous fibre composites - Ali Kandemir (PDF, 1,223kB)
• Designing, modelling and manufacturing composite hydrogels for biomedical applications - Joe Surmon (PDF, 598kB)
• Investigation of the compressive behaviour of carbon/glass fibre hybrid composites with 4-point flexural test - Aree Tongloet (PDF, 952kB)
• Experimental testing of WrapToR truss stiffened skin panels - Chris Grace (PDF, 1,715kB)
• Morphing fairing for folding wingtip joints - Nuhaadh Mahid (PDF, 1,303kB)
• Elastic tailoring of composite structures by fibre steering - Calum McInnes (PDF, 1,069kB)
• Towards multi-stage topology optimisation design of wind turbine blade structures - Alex Moss (PDF, 847kB)
• Volume optimisation of origami bellows ​for deployable space habitats - Mengzhu Yang (PDF, 716kB)‌

11:20 Tea/coffee break

• Design process for 4D printed composite macroscopic bending hygromophs - Charles de Kergariou (PDF, 775kB)
• An investigation into the performance of Aligned Discontinuous Fibre Reinforced Composites (ADFRC) produced with HiPerDiF 3G - Chantal Lewis (PDF, 884kB)
• Trusstrusion: continuously extruded wrapped tow reinforced truss beams - Francescogiuseppe Morabito (PDF, 1,650kB)
• The reflow of semi-cured material - Michael O'Leary (PDF, 2,923kB)
• Inductive heating potential for energy efficient composites processing - James Uzzell (PDF, 728kB)
• On-line consolidation of thermoset prepregs: laminate quality analysis - Axel Wowogno (PDF, 1,561kB)

12:30 Two minute quickfire presentations

Research represents all three themes of the BCI with wide scope. For example, development of new functional materials (mycelium-based composites, carbon fibre-reinforced concrete, nanocomposites designed for use in low Earth orbit), innovative design strategies (multi-scale modelling methods coupled with machine learning), and new manufacturing techniques (sustainable composites incorporating highly aligned reclaimed fibres, improved defect identification and tolerance to fatigue).

Quickfire presentation slides (PDF, 2,905kB)

12:45-14:00 Lunch and afternoon poster session ‌