Composites in the UK (554KB PDF)
Sandy Grom (BIS)

Developments in fibre processing aimed at affordable composite solutions (932KB PDF)
Scott Murray (Sigmatex UK Ltd)

Rapid dry carbon fibre placement – the development of a large automated cell
Paul Frazer (Bombardier Aerospace Belfast)

Development in epoxy/clay nanocomposites (1.87MB PDF)
Suong Van Hoa (Concordia University)

Trends in Composite Processing, Canada and Beyond (649KB PDF)
Michael Hudek (Canadian Composites Manufacturing Research Consortium, Canada)

Engineered Coatings for Composites and Polymers used in Defence & Aerospace - Now and the Future (563KB PDF)
Graham Armstrong (Indestructible Paint Ltd, UK)

Manufacture of the ALCAS composite upper cover using resin transfer infusion
Peter Quigley (Bombardier Aerospace Belfast, UK)

Polyphenylene Sulfide Composites Reinforced with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (897KB PDF)
Zhenyu Jiang, Saul Buchanan, Cesar Gonzalez-Murillo, Rauri McCool, Peter Hornsby (Queen’s University, Belfast, UK)

Manufacture of A350XWB wing stringers with a dedicated 2D AFP machine Manu Motilva (MTorres) Processing and characterisation of elastomeric composites enhanced by carbon nanotubes (553KB PDF)
Rahul Cadambi, Elaheh Ghassemieh (The University of Sheffield, UK)

High-temperature electricallyheated ceramic composite tooling for processing of large structures (1.04MB PDF)
Conchúr M. Ó Brádaigh, Adrian Doyle, Derrick Doyle, P.J. Feerick (ÉireComposites Teo., Ireland)

Impact resistant composites (947KB PDF)
Charlotte Meeks, Andrew Foreman (QinetiQ, UK)

Machining damage in edge trimming of CFRP (1.02MB PDF)
Jamal Sheikh-Ahmad (The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

Integrating materials, manufacturing, design and validation for sustainability in future transport systems (1.76MB PDF)
Mark Price, A Murphy, J Butterfield, R McCool and R Fleck (Queens University Belfast, UK)

Cutting and trimming of carbon fibre reinforced thermoset and thermoplastic composites using high-power solid state laser sources (829KB PDF)
Peter Jaeschke, Fabian Fischer, Uwe Stute (Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany)

Pultrusion of natural fibre composites
Majeed Al-Zubaidy, John Hartley (EXEL Composites Ltd, UK)

Machining of CFRP with abrasive water-jets (1.41MB PDF)
Ralf Möller, (Flow Europe GmbH, Germany)

Polymeric composites reinforced with natural powders and fibers from renewable resource by-products / agricultural waste (1.27MB PDF)
Elisa Guzman Teipel, Sean Conroy, John DeMassa, Walter Bradley (Whole Tree Inc/Baylor University, USA)

Effect of Tool Wear on Hole Quality in the Drilling of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites (396KB PDF)
Ozden Isbilir, Elaheh Ghassemieh (University of Sheffield, UK)

Recycled carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites for low cost composite applications (2.39MB PDF)
Mahmudul Akonda (Tilsatec Ltd, UK)C.A. Lawrence (University of Leeds, UK) B.M. Weager (NetComposites Ltd, UK)

Porosity: how detrimental to strength is it? (922KB PDF)
Alison McMillan (Rolls-Royce/University of Bristol Royal Society Industry Fellow, UK)

Sustainable Thermoforming of Composites (1.08MB PDF)
Raurí McCool, Saul Buchanan, William McEwan, Adrian Murphy, Mark Price (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)

New Fibre Placement Technology for a Resource Efficient Production of Thermoplastic High-Performance Fibre Reinforced Plastics (544KB PDF)
Patrick Schiebel, Lars Freidrich (Faserinstitut Bremen e.V.,Germany)

Thermoplastic Braid Pultrusion
Markus Milwich (ITV Denkendorf)

The continuing development of advanced performing technologies (2.76MB PDF)
Alistair McIlhagger (Univeristy of Ulster)

Novel manufacturing process for complex thermoplastic lightweight structures using adapted consolidation kinematics (1.09MB PDF)
W. Hufenbach, F. Adam, Michael Krahl,K.-H. Modler, U. Hanke, K. Großmann, S. Rehn (TU Dresden,Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology, Germany)

Robotic Winding on Complex Surfaces
Prasad Potluri, D Jetavat, A Walker, P Hogg (University of Manchester,UK) M Rayment (Festo Ltd, UK)

Theoretical analysis of deformation behaviour of thermoforming parts from continuous carbon fibre reinforced polyphenylene sulfide composite sheet materials (565KB PDF)
Peidong Han, J. Butterfield, M. Price, A. Murphy (Queen’s University Belfast,UK)

Magnetized carbon preforming for automotive composites
Antony Dodworth (Bentley Motor Cars Ltd, UK) P Potluri, V Koncherry, K Rashed, T Sharif (University of Manchester,UK)

Forming thermoplastic pre-pregs in textile reinforced inorganic phosphate cement composite moulds (1.02MB PDF)
Johan Blom, J. van Ackeren, J. Wastiels (Vrije Universiteit Brussels MeMc, Belgium)

Reproducible manufacturing of textile-reinforced thermoplastic composites based on databasedriven
modelling of innovative process chains (1.09MB PDF)
Werner A Hufenbach, K. Großmann, H. Wiemer, J. Weller,
M. Helbig, F. Adam, M. Krahl, T.Heber (Technische Universität Dresden, Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology, Germany)

Use of genetic-causal cost modelling within a knowledge-based architecture for integrated design of thermoplastic aero-structures (776KB PDF)
Ricky Curran (Technical University of Delft)

Forecast of the Composites industry 2011–2023 (4.5MB PDF)
Andrew Walker (Manchester University)

Thermoplastic Composites, changing structural assembly (1.64MB PDF)
Michel van Tooren (Fokker Aerostructures, The Netherlands)

Some Applications of Advanced Composite Fabrication to Airframes (3.17MB PDF)
Alan Prichard (Prichard Consulting, USA)

An insight into the development of temperature and its effects on ultrasonic welding for thermoplastics
Syed Farhan Raza (The University of Sheffield)

Evaluation of prepreg and resin infusion manufactured carbon fibre composite laminates
Anthony Comer, K.B. Katnam, W.F.Stanley, T.M. Young (IComp, MSSI, University of Limerick, Ireland)

An investigation of joining carbon fibre reinforced Polyphenylene Sulphide (CF/PPS) laminates via coconsolidation (305KB PDF)
S. Buchanan, Z. Jiang, R. Wilson, C.Murillo, Martin Gillen, A. Murphy, R.McCool (Queen’s University Belfast,UK)

Manufacturing of composite parts reinforced throughthickness by tufting (1.03MB PDF)
Giuseppe Dell’Anno (Cranfield University)

Investigation of the influence of surface properties of PAN-based carbon fibres on interfacial interactions of elastomeric matrix system at the single fibre level (977KB PDF)
Su Bai, K.K.C.Ho, A Bismarck (Imperial College London, UK) G Knox (Gates Corporation, USA)

Latent Acid Catalysts for Thermoset Process Control in Advanced Composites
Graham Murray (Bac2, UK)

Structural bonding of composite joints in hot drape former (2.28MB PDF)
Kali Katnam , A.J. Comer, W.F. Stanley, M. Buggy and T.M. Young (IComp, MSSI, University of Limerick, Ireland)

Conductive Heat Transfer And Real-Time Cure Control For Bonding and Repair of Composite Structures (1.01MB PDF)
Rick Cole (National Research Council Canada, Institute for Aerospace Research, Canada)

Unidirectional fibre reinforced polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) composites: Impact of constituents’ modifications on the macro-mechanical properties of composite (1.11MB PDF)
Siti Rosminah Shamsuddin (Imperial College London)

In-situ process monitoring and quality control for advanced liquid composite moulding (741KB PDF)
Nikos Pantelelis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) Trevor Millar (Bombardier Aerospace Belfast, UK)

Stochastic description of fibre reinforced composites (823KB PDF)
Frank Gommer, Andreas Endruweit, Andrew C. Long (University of Nottingham, UK)

Modeling resin flow, preform deformations and residual stresses in RTM manufacturing (772KB PDF)
Mohammad Rouhi, Ragnar Larsson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) Maciej Wysocki (Swerea-Sicomp,Sweden)

Short Glass Fibre Reinforced polyvinylidene fluoride: plasma modification and manufacturing (810KB PDF)
Kingsley Ho (Imperial College London)

Further Education within the Composites Industry on the Island of Ireland (630KB PDF)
James Kerlin, Martin McNeill, Findhan Strain (Belfast Metropolitan College,UK) Alan Blair (ANIC)

Structural characterization and mechanical behavior of carbon fiber/epoxy composite for aeronautical field
Raluca Voicu (INCDT COMOTI)

Composites education to promote concurrent Engineering in the composite Industry
Edward Archer, A.T. McIlhagger, J.P.Quinn (University of Ulster, UK)

Swinburne Lecture

Making composites without matrix (2.82MB PDF)
Ton Peijs (Queen Mary University of London, UK)