Bonding of Composites: Advances in Surface Treatment

Marc Jacobs

CEO and Co-founder, Molecular Plasma Group (MPG)

Marc holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of Leuven (Belgium) and a Sloan Masters in Leadership & Strategy from London Business School. He has held several senior management positions in global packaging companies and since 5 years he is co-founder and CEO of Molecular Plasma Group (MPG) in Luxembourg. 

Thomas Kruse-Strack

Airframe R&T – Project Manager for Bonding and Bonded Repair, Airbus Operations

Academic Education:

Diploma Degree in Mechanical Engineering / Aerospace Engineering at University of applied science in Bremen, 2003

Master Degree in Composites at University of applied science in Stade, 2008

Professional experience:

- 1993 – 1996:   German Airforce Faßberg:
                           Vocational training: Apprenticeship as aircraft builder/mechanic (Fluggerätbauer)

- 2001 – 2008:   Airbus Germany / Bremen:
                          Stress Engineer A400M Centre Fuselage Side shell

- since 2008      Airbus Operations / Hamburg
                          Project Leader for Bonding and Bonded Repair
                           Composite Specialist for Design, Stress and  Materials and Processes

Actual Fields of research:

• Project Co-Lead for Sustainable Industrial System for next generation Zero Emission Aircraft (Clean Aviation Coordination)
• Project Leader of German national funded Project JoinDT – Simulation Method Development and Design of Damage Tolerant Bonded Joints
• Project Leader of German national funded Project FACTOR – New Means of Comply for Composite Bonded Repair
• Lead of Airbus activities on next generation Composite joining technologies
  (incl. Bonded Repair, Disbond Stopping Concepts, Semicuring, Thermoplastic Welding, etc.)
• Strategy development for certification concepts for bonded aircraft structures
• Project Leader for SHM technologies for corrosion detection
• Novel Composite Architectures
  (3D Woven Fabrics, thin ply / tow spread fabrics, …)
• Stability behaviour of novel stiffening geometries

Dr Waruna Seneviratne

irector of Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS), Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR)

Dr. Seneviratne is currently the Director of Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS) and a Sr. Research Scientist (Composites & Structures) at Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).  Currently, he is responsible for a research portfolio that includes projects from the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and aircraft industry in the areas of advanced manufacturing and inspections, durability and damage tolerance, certification, and aging of composite aircraft structures.  He is an active member of Composite Materials Handbook (CMH-17) and his previous research findings have contributed to damage tolerance, disbond delamination, data review, and statistics working groups, and supported world-wide composite damage tolerance and maintenance workshops sponsored by FAA, NAVIAR, and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Prior to joining Wichita State, Dr. Seneviratne worked as a Stress Analyst for Airbus, where he collaborated with the European Aeronautic Defense & Space (EADS) and AIRBUS partners on advanced material research and AIRBUS composite stress analysis methods training. 

Steve Shaw

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