4th Annual Conference of the CDT in Advanced Composites for Innovation and Science

14 April 2015, 9.00 AM - 14 April 2015, 1.30 PM

Queen's Building, University of Bristol

The 4th Annual Conference of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Composites for Innovation and Science was held in Queen’s Building, at the University of Bristol, on Tuesday 14th April 2015.

Programme

Central Design Office, Queen’s Building

Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queen’s Building

Technical presentations on current PhD research

Bio-inspired reversible crosslinking, using chelating polymers and metal ion binding, for use as soft actuation and selective growth (Anna Baker (PDF, 1,352kB))
Development of novel composite sandwich structures with integrated shock absorbing functionality (Simon Bates (PDF, 1,305kB))
Embedded sensors in composite structures (Jamie Chilles (PDF, 1,822kB))
Composite protection: from atoms to application (Mark Hazzard (PDF, 1,736kB))
Shape morphing honeycombs through kirigami (Robin Neville (PDF, 831kB))
The magnetic actuation of aligned, magnetically-responsive reinforcing fibres in an elastomer material (David Stanier (PDF, 926kB))

11:00 Tea/Coffee Break (15 minutes) Pugsley Lecture Theatre Foyer

Integrated modelling of 3D woven composite structures (Bassam El Said (PDF, 2,293kB))
Novel through thickness reinforcement development (Beene Mmembe (PDF, 553kB))
Intelligent self-actuating composite structures (Michael Dicker (PDF, 2,485kB))
Thermally driven morphing with hybrid laminates and metal matrix composites (Eric Eckstein (PDF, 2,009kB))
Aeroelastic tailoring using composite structural members shape and arrangement (Guillaume Francois (PDF, 782kB))
Mass optimisation of variable stiffness wing panels (Rainer Groh (PDF, 952kB))
Exploring the significance of in-process knowledge to composites design and production (Helene Jones (PDF, 1,219kB))

Central Design Office, Queen’s Building