The annual Bristol Composites Institute PGR Symposium took place on Tuesday 8 April, 2025, in the Arts Complex, 3-5 Woodland Road, at the University of Bristol.

• Download the BCI PGR Symposium Programme 2025 v2 (PDF, 577kB)
• BCI PGR Symposium poster booklet available on request - please email: composites-institute@bristol.ac.uk

Graphic visualisation of the BCI PGR Symposium by artist Helen Frost.

Student presentations - Sessions 1 and 2

1. Mycelium composites: A sustainable construction material? - 1. Stefania Akromah_redacted (PDF, 1,275kB)
2. Maximising the performance potential of continuous recycled carbon fibre - 2. Jenny Banks_redacted (PDF, 911kB)
3.  A pathway to circularity in composite manufacturing: targeting high impact consumables - 3. Erica Barnes_redacted (PDF, 1,118kB)
4. Hygrothermal effects of saline and alkaline environments on composite materials - 4. Asaad Biqai_redacted (PDF, 1,155kB)
5. Wind blade design for disassembly - 5. Tom Brereton (PDF, 1,356kB)
6. Finite element analysis of the effect of delamination on carbon fibre composites impact failure mode - 6. An Chen_redacted (PDF, 1,839kB)
7. Impact of the manufacturing process on the design of overbraided carbon fibre rods - Nicolas Darras
8. Towards smarter wind turbine blade production with advanced sensing and real-time modelling - Jack Davies
9. Investigation into testing approaches for material characterisation of filament-wound components for hydrogen storage - Jordan Forbes-Thomas
10. Matrix microcracking in cryogenic environments - 10. James Griffith_redacted (PDF, 7,363kB)
11. A qualitative and quantitative benchmarking review of resin infusion simulation software - 11. Kieran Guoite_redacted (PDF, 1,445kB)

Quickfire presentations - Session 3

12. The automated control of process parameters in the first-ply AFP deposition - 12. Ege Arabul_redacted (PDF, 1,804kB)
13. Virtual platform for porosity prediction in thermoplastic AFP deposition - 13. Kaan Deniz__redacted (PDF, 650kB)
14. Investigating size effects on acoustic emission in composite sheets - 14. Ana Beatriz Quelhas Oliveira E Moreira_redacted (PDF, 578kB)
15. Laminate hybridization using high modulus thin plies to improve composite compressive performance - 15. Joe Rifai_redacted (PDF, 460kB)
16. Optimisation of multi-rotor wind turbines for reduced environmental impact and cost of energy - 16. Abdirahman Sheik Hassan_redacted (PDF, 687kB)
17. Thermo-mechanical and environmental degradation of ceramic matrix composites at the microscale - 17. Cyril Varghese Thankachen_redacted (PDF, 940kB)
18. 4D Printing for fibre-reinforced composites structures - 18. Erdem Yildiz (PDF, 325kB)

Student presentations - Session 4

19. Behaviour of ceramic coatings on polymer composites against laser exposure - 19. George Holiday_redacted (PDF, 7,657kB)
20. Highly aligned discontinuous fibre composites in compression - Ian Lee
21. The use of polarisation for high-rate defect detection - 21. Matt Miller_redacted (PDF, 4,637kB)
22. Origami-inspired design for manufacture of curved composite structures - 22. Sutharsanan Navaratnarajah_redacted (PDF, 2,150kB)
23. Fatigue and damage tolerance of 3D woven composites - 23. Christian Stewart_redacted (PDF, 904kB)
24. Creation of ‘over-moulded’ PEEK samples for interface bond strength predictions - 24. Maria Veyrat Cruz Guzman_redacted (PDF, 1,561kB)
25. Thermal characterisation of actively cooled CFRPs via embedded channel networks - 25. Toby Wilcox_redacted (PDF, 1,288kB)
26. Modal nudging and elastic tailoring for blade stiffened wing structures- 26. Lichang Zhu_redacted (PDF, 1,269kB)

Photos by Anna Williams