International Conference on Manufacturing of Advanced Composites

Frédéric Sicard

Subject Matter Expert - Structural Composite, Jaguar Land Rover

As a Subject Matter Expert for structural composite in the Research Department of Jaguar Land Rover, Frédéric provides technical expertise on structural composite applications, materials and processes with a main focus on Body structure, structural and semi-structural application.    

Prior to Jaguar Land Rover, Frédéric worked during 5 years for PSA (now-Stellantis) on the development of structural lightweight innovations for Body-In-White & Closures applications, as well as leading strategy for carbon fibre and composite technologies.    

Since 2006, Frédéric has been involved in the composite industry at several positions (manufacturing to design) and for different products (aeronautic,  yachting, luxury, automotive…) on the development of products, processes and the manufacturing/industrialisation of components.

Frédéric holds a Master in Chemistry with a speciality in materials & processes, from ENSCPB (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie et Physique de Bordeaux)

: https://www.jaguarlandrover.com/

Dr Jens Schlimbach

Deputy Research Director, Leibniz-Institute for Composite Materials

Dr. Schlimbach studied at the University of Kaiserslautern Industrial Engineering and Management, specializing in Mechanical Engineering, graduating 2001. Subsequently, he joined the Institute for Composite Materials (IVW) as a researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. Mitschang and worked in the field of processing technology. He specialized in the area of "thermoplastic tape placement" in "cost calculation for FRP". 2006 he received his PhD-Degree for his dissertation "economical process analysis and model integration for cost calculation of fiber reinforced plastics" at the Technical University Kaiserslautern. Since then, Dr. Schlimbach offers  consultancy services for the composite industry within the sectors aerospace  and automotive. From 2007 he was MD of Quickstep GmbH, and 2009 additionally became the “VP Engineering and Development” for Quickstep  Holdings Ltd. globally. Since 2016, his role is Deputy Research Director of “Manufacturing Science” and Competence Field Manager for “Roving and  Tape Processing” at the Leibniz-Institute for Composite Materials.

: http://www.ivw-uni-kl.de
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Olivier Hubert

PhD Student, University of Vienna, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Research

Graduated Engineer from Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France. Graduated from the Nanoscale joint Master's program  of Université de  Lyon, INSA Lyon and École Centrale de Lyon, France.

: https://mc.univie.ac.at/polymer-composite-engineering-group/
: olivier-hubert-univie
: @hubert_olivier

Jan Eric Semar

Researcher, Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe

Jan Eric was born in 1990 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. From 2009 to 2015 he earned his Bachelor & Master of Science in aerospace engineering from the University of Stuttgart. Since 2015 he has been a Researcher at the Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe (inofficial: Leibniz-Institute for Composite Materials) in Kaiserslautern in  the department „Manufacturing Science“. His main research topics are permeability measurement of textiles, process development for RTM and other liquid composite molding technologies, development of injection equipment and tools and stack preparation and preforming.

: https://www.ivw.uni-kl.de/en/home

Verner Viisainen

PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge

Verner Viisainen is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge researching the wrinkling of non crimp fabrics during the preforming stage of liquid composite moulding. His research makes use of both experimental characterisation and machine learning techniques. He is supervised by Professor Michael Sutcliffe and is based at the Cambridge Centre for Micromechanics at the Department of Engineering. He previously graduated with a MEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol in 2016.

Neoklis Traiforos

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Researcher, The University of Nottingham

Neoklis Traiforos possesses a Diploma (M.Eng) in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. Specialised in the sector of air and ground transport vehicles he also received technical training in Spain, Italy and Germany. Working on various projects he has gained experience in composite structures, in CAD and CAE software, as well as in programming languages. He has contributed to scientific publications but at the same time developed business plans for a NGO and a start-up company. Passionate about technology he considers quality as the most important thing in his work. He is open to new challenges and exploring new fields.

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Fei Yu

PhD Student, University of Nottingham

Fei Yu is a PhD student at the University of Nottingham working on the development of simulation tools for composites preforming. Before commencing his PhD, Fei worked for several years at the Aircraft Strength Research Institute of China, AVIC, where he held engineering roles within C919 programmes. His current work aims to provide robust simulation tools and process improvements to enable composite components to be designed and manufactured from fabric preforms more efficiently and with more confidence.

: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/

Dr Maurice Collins

Senior Lecturer, University of Limerick

Dr Maurice N. Collins is a Senior lecturer at the School of Engineering, Principal Investigator at the Bernal Institute and Funded Investigator as the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) AMBER centre at the University of Limerick, in Ireland. He was Principal Investigator (PI) and coordinator of the H2020 funded LIBRE consortium (lignin for carbon fiber), the largest consortium in biobased carbon fibre research in Europe. He is currently Co-PI on the H2020 VIBES project working on biobased composite recycling strategies and multiple national funded projects. He has published widely in all the leading journals in his field, is the holder of multiple patents, multiple research awards and has won > €13 million worth of competitive research funding. He has been invited speaker in Europe, Asia and the US. He acts as consultant for various multinational organisations, and he is editor of the international journal of biological macromolecules published by Elsevier

: https://bernalinstitute.com/
: @DrMNCollins

Kate O'Rourke

PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh

Kate O’Rourke is a PhD candidate (2020 – present) at the University of Edinburgh (Institute of Materials and Processes), where she also completed an MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering with Renewable Energy (2015-2020).

Currently, she focuses her research on the recyclability of plastics, and aims to produce value-added composites composed of waste mixed packaging and waste glass fibres. Her PhD project is joint funded by the University of Edinburgh and Johns Manville, in addition to industry support from PALTECH.

: https://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/

Amy Fitzgerald

Practitioner Doctorate in Sustainability, Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CES), at the University of Surrey

Amy is a PhD Student in Sustainability at the University of Surrey, in partnership with the National Composites Centre. This applied research project sets out the current landscape for the application of environmental impact assessment methodologies on the full life cycle of composite materials and their processes. Particular focus has been directed towards data accuracy and how to deal with uncertainty and variation, and this presentation will examine the life cycle assessment application of High-Performance Discontinuous Fibre (HiPerDiF) realignment technology, from the conceptual development stage through to final optimisation.  

From her previous life, Amy holds an honours degree in Law specialising in Environmental Policy, also from Surrey, and completed her MSc in Sustainable Development from SOAS in 2016. She has worked in London on CSER messaging content for Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Barclays, before advising on sustainability strategy for Delivery Hero in Berlin, Germany. 

: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-environment-sustainability
: geraldfitzamy
: @geraldfitzamy

Joshua Hares

PhD Candidate, Centre for Advanced Composite Materials, University of Auckland

Joshua Hares is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM) within the University of Auckland. His research is focused on the development of, and the process science surrounding a novel continuous fibre reinforced thermoset 3D printing process with in-situ mixing of materials.

: https://www.cacm.auckland.ac.nz/en/cacm.html

Dr Mikhail Matveev

Research Fellow, University of Nottingham

Dr Mikhail Matveev obtained his PhD from the University of Nottingham. His work focussed on modelling of textile composites. Since then he worked as a research fellow in the Composites Group, University of Nottingham. He worked on modelling and experimental characterisations of composites  manufacturing.

: www.nottingham.ac.uk

Vicky Reichel

Research Assistant, TU Braunschweig - Institute of machine tools and production technology IWF

M. Sc. in automotive engineering, Research assistant at TU Braunschweig IWF since april 2017, research focus cutting technologies for FRP-metal composites investigating relevant parameters and cutting edge quality/damage, further knowledge in production technologies of hybrid composites

: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/iwf/fup/leif
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Professor Philippe Olivier

Full Professor, ICA, UMR CNRS 5312

Professor Philippe OLIVIER obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3 in 1994 working on process-induced stresses in high performances composite materials. Philippe OLIVIER is full professor at University Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3 since 2008. He has been the leader of the Composite Materials and Structure research group of Institut Clement Ader (UMR CNRS 5312 – a research institute on mechanical engineering) from 2010 to 2013.  From July 2013 until end of 2020, Philippe OLIVIER served as director of Institut Clement Ader (95 permanent researchers, 120 Ph.D. students - http://www.institut-clement-ader.org/home).   Philippe OLIVIER served as a member of AMAC administration board since 1999 and he is currently AMAC vice-president. He also served as a member of the ESCM executive committee (European Society for Composite Materials - http://www.escm.eu.org/index.php) from 2010 to 2018.

: https://ica.cnrs.fr/

Adam Fisher

PhD Student, University of Bristol

Adam is a second year PhD student on a cotutelle between the University of Bristol and the University of Nantes.  

His project is centred around composite manufacturing, with the current focus being on the extent to which uncertainties in the material and the manufacturing process can lead to variability in the properties of the final part.

: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/

John Summerscales

Professor of Composites Engineering, University of Plymouth

John Summerscales entered the composites sector 44 years ago, and after time with the Ministry of Defence (Navy) as a Higher Scientific Officer, he joined the academic staff at the University of Plymouth.  He is now Professor of Composites Engineering and leads the MAterials and STructures (MAST) research group.

: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/john-summerscales
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Professor Ralf Schledjewski

Full Professor, Montanuniversitaet Leoben

Ralf Schledjewski received his diploma degree in mechanical engineering from Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (Germany) in 1990. Directly after, he started to work with the Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH (IVW) in the Material Science Division. In 1995 he received his doctoral degree from Universität Kaiserslautern. From 1996 until 2000 he worked at Wolff-Walsrode AG in the R&D-department in the field of technical films. In early 2000 he joined again IVW in Kaiserslautern. As group leader in the Manufacturing Science Division he was responsible for the Press Moulding Group and the Filament Winding and Tape Placement Group. In October 2010 he was appointed as full professor in processing of composites at Montanuniversität Leoben (Austria). 2013-2020 he was the head of the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Highly Efficient Composite Processing. Since 2015 he is Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science

: http://kunststofftechnik.at/en/5534/

Anastasios Danezis

EngD research student, Cranfield University & Heraeus Noblelight

Anastasios Danezis is an EngD research student working collaboratively with He

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Mehdi Asareh

Research Fellow on Process Simulation and Monitoring, Cranfield University

Mehdi Asareh is a Research Fellow on Process Simulation and Monitoring at Cranfield University’s Enhanced Composites and Structures Centre.  He has been involved in advanced composites research since 2005, since completing his MPhil on 3-D Braided Composite Reinforcements at the University of Manchester. He has expertise in composites manufacturing processes, through thickness reinforcement, process and multi-physics simulation, process monitoring and material characterisation.  He has participated in numerous EU, Industrial and UK Research Council projects. He is an Associate member of SAMPE Europe and Affiliate member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and has 6 journal and conference publications in the field of composites.

: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/
: @mehdiasareh

Professor Stephen Eichhorn

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Bristol

Professor Steve Eichhorn graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Leeds in 1993. He then went on to do a Master’s degree and PhD (1995-1998) at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in the Paper Science Department. He was hired as a new lecturer in 2002 in the Materials Science department. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer and Reader and then went on to become Chair of Materials Science at the University of Exeter in 2011. In September 2017 he moved to the University of Bristol. He has been awarded the Rosenhain Medal and Prize in 2012 from the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) for his contributions to Materials Science, the Hayashi Jisuke prize from the Japanese Cellulose Society (in 2017), the Swinburne Medal and Prize (IOM3) in 2020, and was the Chair of the ACS’s Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division.

: www.bristol.ac.uk

Achraf Belkhiri

PhD Student, INP Toulouse

Achraf Belkhiri has two engineering degrees and a research Master's degree. He did an internship on the adaptation of a reactive thermoplastic resin to the RTM process and to the casting process. Achraf has also worked on an academic project about the fabrication of a UD epoxy/glass composite with controlled fiber content by filament winding.

Currently, he is a PhD student at the LGP-Tarbes and ICA-Albi Laboratories in France. His thesis subject is the adaptation of the glass fiber surface to the polymerization and crystallization of anionic PA6 for the improvement of the composite properties. Achraf has developed several competences and knowledge through his academic background and his professional experiences in the field of polymeric materials and polymer matrix composites. Moreover, his PhD project allowed hum to develop new expertise, especially in surface treatments and functionalization and in the control of interactions at the composite interface.

: https://www.inp-toulouse.fr/

Jeeeun Lee

PhD Student, Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland

Jeeeun graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Engineering Science at the University of Auckland in 2019. She is currently studying for a PhD at the Department of Engineering Science, focusing on transverse Liquid Composite Moulding processes.

 

: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/engineering/about-the-faculty/engineering-science.html

Balaji Muthuvel

Student, The University of Auckland

Balaji Muthuvel is a Doctoral candidate (PhD), working with Prof. Simon Bickerton and Distiguished Prof. Debes Bhattacharyya at the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research focus is on the development of the Wet Compression Moulding process to Manufacture Fibre Reinforced Plastic. Before his PhD, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at SRMIST India from 2013-2017. He received a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, 2010 and a Master's in Computer-Aided Design, 2012 at Anna University, India. 

: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en.html
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Bartosz Gackowski

PhD Student, Nanyang Technological University & Agency for Science Technology and Research

Bartosz Gackowski is a fourth-year PhD student from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering within the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore. His main research interest centres on new approaches towards additive manufacturing of multifunctional polymer composites. For his PhD Thesis, he is working under the supervision of Associate Professor Sridhar Idapalapati and Dr Mohit Sharma. His research is sponsored through the Singapore International Graduate Award. He holds a B.Eng. degree in Materials Engineering from Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology (Poland) and a MSc degree in Advanced Materials from University of Nottingham (UK).

: https://www.ntu.edu.sg

Dr Dongmin Yang

Senior Lecturer in Composite Materials, University of Edinburgh

Dr Yang is a Senior Lecturer in Composite Materials at the University of Edinburgh. His current research interests focus on Composites Engineering (materials, manufacturing and structures) and Computational Engineering (multiscale, multiphysics, multiphase coupling). With a background in manufacturing and later experience in structural and materials engineering, his cross-disciplinary research is at the interfaces of underpinning material science, emerging manufacturing technologies and advanced structural analysis and design. He also develops computational techniques and deterministic models to address multiscale, multiphysics and multiphase coupling challenges across engineering disciplines. 

: https://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/

Murat Celik

PhD Researcher, The University of Edinburgh

Murat is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh who is working on the process modeling of powder-epoxy based towpreg manufacture.

Kazi Sowrov

PhD Student, The University of Manchester

Kazi Sowrov is currently working as a PhD researcher at the Robotics and Textiles Composite Group, University of Manchester. Kazi has been working on the mechanics of 3D woven composites with a particular emphasis on binder configuration. His research aims to investigate the influence of binder yarn parameters on the 3D woven composites, from preform manufacturing to composite mechanical properties. Prior to that PhD research, he also worked for the Bangladesh University of Textiles, Bangladesh as an academician as well as in some weaving industries.

: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/

Thomas Rief

Research Assistant, Leibniz-Institute for Composite Materials

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University in 2011. 

Diplom-Ingenieur (Masters equivalent) in Material Science at Saarland University in 2015.  

Since October 2015 working at IVW in the Field of competence Design of Composite Structures, mostly regarding aeronautical projects using carbon-fiber reinforced thermosets or thermoplastics

: https://www.ivw.uni-kl.de/de/
: thomas-rief-3aa9a7213

William Moses

PhD Researcher, Ulster University

William is a PHD researcher currently working with Dr Edward Archer and Professor Alistair McIlhagger in the field of through-thickness re-enforcement. He has completed his masters studies in mechanical engineering at the Ulster University with secondary masters award from the Hoschule  Augsburg university of applied sciences.

: www.ulster.ac.uk
: william-moses-747a3899

David Castellanos

PhD Student, The Queen's University of Belfast

David Castellanos is a Doctoral Researcher in Rotational Moulding at Queen's University Belfast under the INTERREG VA Programme "Renewable Engine". David is an Associate Member of IChemE with a BEng degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering from Universidad de Las Palmas de Grn Canaria (ULPGC). David's research is in developing novel polymer fibre composites structures for rotational moulding.

: https://www.qub.ac.uk/
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Matthew Collinson

Research Engineer, University of Sheffield AMRC

A research engineer at the AMRC Composite Centre and a 3rd year PhD student at the University of Sheffield. Currently researching multifunctional aerospace materials for sensing and joule heating for curing and anti-icing applications.

: www.amrc.co.uk

Miroslav Stojkovic

General Manager, Airborne UK

Miroslav is a member of the Senior Leadership Team, accountable for delivering technology function, production capability, and business unit operational effectivity.

 

Miroslav has worked on products and managed multi-functional teams from within a variety of sectors. His work includes theoretical, experimental, and practical investigations of performance polymer composite and metallic structures when subjected to a wide variety of loading, process modelling and system engineering.

He has extensive experience in product development, analysis, testing and manufacturing process development of composite structures and systems gained through the 22 years of experience by working in regulated industries and R&D environment.

Miroslav has comprehensive experience in developing products cost effectively and efficiently using variety of available tools, such as: simulation, cost modelling, Value Stream Mapping, experiments, trials, system engineering, etc….

In his current role Miroslav is responsible for effectively developing and deploying automation and digitalisation solution within the composite manufacturing domain.

: https://www.airborne.com/
: miroslav-stojkovic-67304313

Professor R. Byron Pipes

Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Purdue University

R. Byron Pipes is Executive Director of the Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Center of Purdue University.  He was elected to membership of the National Academy of Engineering (1987) and the Royal Society of Engineering Sciences of Sweden (1995). In 2018 at the 150th anniversary of the founding of engineering in the UK, he was awarded the honorary DOCTOREM HONORIS CAUSA by the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.  Dr Pipes is recognized for his leadership in creating partnerships for university research with the private sector, government and academia. He served as President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1993-98 and was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Delaware from 1991-93. He served as Dean of the College of Engineering and Director of the Center for Composite Materials during 1977-91 at the same institution. He was appointed John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Purdue University in 2004.

: https://www.purdue.edu/cmsc/

Helena Pérez-Martín

PhD candidate, The University of Edinburgh

Helena is a mechanical engineering graduate, currently a 3rd-year engineering PhD candidate at the Institute for Materials and Processes at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on high-performance thermoplastic composites manufactured under high-speed processing conditions (namely Automated Tape Placement) and the impact this may have on crystallinity across the thickness of composites. Centred around PEKK and carbon fibre/PEKK composites in particular, Helena has published a literature review on the crystallisation behaviour of these materials (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109127) and is working towards correlating thermal history, crystallinity and crystallinity gradients present with the mechanical properties and chemical resistance of CF/PEKK composites. Helena’s research is funded by the Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering (SRPe REF: NMIS-IDP/009) and Hexcel Composites Ltd.

: https://www.eng.ed.ac.uk

Dr Connie Qian

Senior Research Fellow, WMG, University of Warwick

Dr Connie Qian is a Senior Research Fellow within the Automotive Composites Research Centre at WMG, and is the lead of the simulation team within ACRC. Prior to joining WMG in 2018, she was a PhD candidate and later a postgraduate research fellow based in the  polymer composites group  at the University of Nottingham, where she worked on a number of projects in multi-scale material modelling,  structural analysis and optimisation and manufacturing process simulation for automotive composites.

: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/about/facilities/acrc/

David Aveiga

Research Assistant, IMDEA Materials Institute

David has a master degree in science by University of São Paulo (USP) and a bachelor degree in Aeronautical engineering by Technological University of Peru (UTP). Experienced in Aerospace Engineering, specifically in Aeronautical Structures working with fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, material characterization, experimental testing, composite material, numerical models and computational simulations.

: www.materials.imdea.org
: david-aveiga-996826116

Dr Ross Minty

Development Engineer, Far-UK

Ross joined Far-UK in September 2018. Ross leads innovative projects to develop new processes and components in the field of structural multi-materials. These projects are often large and publicly funded, giving Ross a complete background in demanding research & development roles.

After completing a MEng in Mechanical Engineering, he completed a PhD in composite material science as part of the Advanced Composites Group  the University of Strathclyde, graduating in 2018. His PhD focussed on researching the influence of residual stress on the fibre-matrix interface of a composite material.  

He is the company’s expert in the field of composite adhesion.

: https://www.far-uk.com/
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Dr Shuai Chen

Senior Research Fellow, University of Nottingham

Dr Shuai Chen is a Senior Research Fellow within the Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub, based at The University of Nottingham. His current research focuses on design, analysis, and optimisation of composites forming process for Automotive & Aerospace sectors. He has specialised in the development of composites manufacturing processes and simulations, and is committed to supplying feasible solutions for high-quality and defect-free preforms by material/process optimisation based on finite element simulation. His research is to challenge the boundary of composites manufacturing by fully unlocking the modelling/optimisation capability for development of a next-generation technique, aiming at a significant breakthrough in manufacturing rate.

: www.nottingham.ac.uk

Dr Andrea Codolini

Research Associate, University of Cambridge

Dr Andrea Codolini is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge working on the CIMComp project to develop design simulation tools and process improvements for NCF preforming. Dr Codolni studied Mechanical Engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan (BSc.) and at the University of Manchester (MSc.).

In 2020, Dr Codolini defended his i-case PhD thesis on "Engineering Constitutive Model for Mineral-filled Polymers" thanks to the supervision of Prof. Qingming Li. At the McLaren Composites Technology Centre, he worked on a Hub follow-on project funded by Innovate UK (ALPA2). His current research interest is the exploitation of artificial intelligence to design for manufacturing of composite structures within the aerospace and automotive sectors. 

 

: www.cam.ac.uk

Dr Turlough McMahon

Composite Industrial Technologies Expert, Airbus

Following his studies and research in composite materials processing at the University of Limerick, Turlough joined Airbus in 2000 where he spent 4 years in the Composite Manufacturing R&D leading collaborative composite manufacturing research projects.

With the launch of the A350, Turlough brought his experience to bear leading the Wing Manufacture team, where he successfully oversaw the delivery of the 1st large scale demonstrator components for A350.

For the A350XWB Turlough joined the central project team in Toulouse, where he led the Materials & Manufacturing Process team for the aircraft. Key achievements included, selection of the manufacturing process for the components, development and introduction to production of a new composite material for A350 and on-boarding of new aerostructure partners.

Following A350WB Turlough has returned to Research & Technology where he is implementing the lessons learned to define, develop and demonstrate the next generation of efficient and sustainable composite manufacturing processes and structures for Airbus.

: https://www.airbus.com/
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Dr Andreas Endruweit

Associate Professor, University of Nottingham

Andreas Endruweit obtained a degree in Physics at Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg and a Master's degree in Polymer and Composites Engineering at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He completed a PhD at Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich.

He was Research Fellow in the Polymer Composites research group at the University of Nottingham and is now Associate Professor in Composites Manufacturing. Andreas Endruweit's main research interests are experimental characterisation and modelling of processing characteristics of textile reinforcements and simulation of manufacturing processes for textile composites.

: www.nottingham.ac.uk

Marcel Schubiger

Managing Director, Swiss CMT AG

Marcel is a passionate technologist; he started his business career as a degreed heavy truck mechanic and had been working in various positions. Fascinated by motorsports he went back to university made his “bachelor’s in science” and became a Composites Engineer. Working for EMS-Chemie, Sauber Motorsports and DOW shaped his way of inventing new technologies and manufacturing processes, which he nowadays provides through Swiss CMT.

: www.swiss-cmt.com
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Dr Colin Robert

Chancellor's Fellow, The University of Edinburgh

Dr Colin Robert (CR, Co-I) is Edinburgh Chancellor Fellow and EPSRC Innovation Fellow in the Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub (£274K), leading the development of a robust tapeline for manufacturing powder epoxy based composites. He has also been Co-I  in 3 CAMREG projects: KP3 Fatigue resisting composite materials, KP4 Anti-biofouling and self-monitoring coatings and FP9 Wireless quantum  pressure mapping on tidal blades, as well as an EPSRC CIMComp feasibility study on 3D printing of composites (approx. £60K for each). He has expertise in manufacturing and testing of composites for renewable energy generation.

: https://www.ed.ac.uk/

Dr Han Zhang

Senior Lecturer in Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London

Dr Han Zhang is a Senior Lecturer in Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and heads the Composites research group at QMUL. He obtained his BEng from Beihang University and Ph.D. from QMUL. His expertise in the field of composites range from design and manufacturing to characterisation of advanced composites and nanocomposites, especially of multifunctional composites for future lightweight structural applications. Han received research funding from various sources including EPSRC, Royal Society, EU, Innovate UK, and UK industries.

Han’s current research focuses on the sustainable development of advanced composites, including energy efficient sustainable manufacturing, integrated health monitoring and easy repairing functionalities for extended components’ life. Han has more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Advanced Functional Materials, and Composites Science and Technology. Han is the recipient of the 2010 RH Craven Award from Institute of Materials, Mineral and Mining (IOM3) for his excellence in polymer materials.

Lisa Feuillerat

PhD Student, Institut Clément Ader / IMT Mines Albi

After obtaining a University Technology Diploma in physical mesurements, Lisa got an engineering diploma in materials science and a research master. Today, she is in the last year of her PhD at the Institut Clément Ader in Albi. Her thesis topic is the stability of heat stable matrices and the consequences on the consolidation of commingled composite preforms.

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Machar Devine

PhD Candidate, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh

In 2020 Machar started a PhD project as part of the Wind & Marine Energy Systems & Structures Centre for Doctoral Training (WAMESS CDT), and is currently researching thermoplastic materials for marine energy and shipping applications under Dr Dipa Roy at the Institute of Materials and Processes within the University of Edinburgh. He is making direct contributions to an EPSRC IAA funded project and a Supergen ORE funded project (ThermoTide).  His research areas include the manufacture of sustainable materials and the evaluation of their properties.

: https://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/

Joseph Soltan

EngD Research Engineer, National Composites Centre

Joseph has always believed that engineering creates a better world for us all and he is thankfulto have the chance to contribute. He began his journey into composite engineering as a tooling engineer where he designed reusable vacuum bags and kits used across all composites markets. Joseph then moved to manufacturing process development and found himself gravitating towards research-based projects. During this time he became heavily involved with the IMechE receiving IEng accreditation and arranging outreach as well as knowledge share events. His current working environment at the NCC and University of Bristol grants amazing opportunities to collaborate and apply his creative thinking to solve problems and foster innovation.

: https://www.nccuk.com/
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Alexander Marx

Research Associate, Faserinstitut Bremen e.V.

Alexander studies in mechanical engineering with a major in lightweight engineering at the TU Dresden. 

Since 2017 he has been a research associate at the Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. in the department of composite design and manufacturing technologies.

: https://www.faserinstitut.de/

Bethany Grimes

EngD Postgraduate Researcher, National Composites Centre/University of Nottingham

3^rd Year EngD research student researching the characterisation and optimisation of the braiding process.  The project funded as a collaborative research venture between the National Composites Centre and the University of Nottingham.

Dr Nikos Pantelelis

Director, Synthesites

Nikos has received his MSc and PhD in the mechanical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

He has been working on intelligent monitoring and process control of composite materials production since 2001. In 2009, he co-founded Synthesites which is now the world leader in intelligent process  monitoring in composites production for aerospace, automotive and wind energy markets.