Program

The tentative program for the workshop is outlined below. This program is subject to change.

Time 19-Aug 20-Aug 21-Aug
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Welcome Breakfast Breakfast
9:00 Plenary: Shu Minakuchi, Noboru Takeda
Optical Fiber Based Monitoring for Intelligent Quality Control of Composite Structures
Plenary: Goran Fernlund
Composites Process Simulation - from Academia to Industry 
Plenary: Ali Yousefpour
Composites in Canada
9:40 Break Break Break
  Session: Testing Techniques Session: Modeling Session: Materials III
10:00 Ahmed Maslouhi (Université de Sherbrooke) Fatigue Damage Monitoring and Stiffness Assessment in Plain Weave Composites by Means of Acoustic Emission and Digital Image Correlation Louis Laberge Lebel (École Polytechnique de Montréal) Out-of-plane Stresses in C/PPS Composite L-Shape Brackets Katherine Hay (McGill University) Dynamic Properties of Hybrid Composite Hollow Cylinders: Application for Mountain Bicycle Handlebars
10:20 Amir Mofidi (McGill University) Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Rods for Rehabilitation of Reinforced-Concrete Beams using Near-Surface Mounted Method Alireza Gorjipoor (Concordia University) Stress Analysis of a Thick Composite Laminate With a Bolted Joint Kazuya Okubo (Doshisha University) Improvement of Fatigue Life of Plain-Woven CFRP Modified With Enhanced Matrix With Sub-Micron Sized Glass Fibers
10:40 Julie Thompson (Canadian Light Source) Micro-Computed Tomographic Synchrotron Techniques for Non Destructive Testing of Out of Autoclave Composite Materials Adam Thompson (University of Bristol) High Fidelity Numerical Simulations of Textile Preform Deformation Afzal Suleman (University of Victoria) SHM of Composite Patch Repairs Using Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating
Sensors
11:00 Masahito Ueda (Nihon University) Comparing Compressive Strength of PAN Based Carbon Fibers by Direct Compression Test Abdolrasoul Sohouli (University of Victoria) Modelling and Optimization of Curvilinear Fiber Composites  Babak Ahmadi-Moghadam (Dalhousie University) Development of Hybridized Graphene Nanoplatelet/Fiber-Reinforced Composites with Enhanced Interlaminar Fracture Toughness
11:20 Denis Rodrigue (Université Laval) Injection Molding of Wood-Plastics Composites using Powder Technology Mojtaba Komeili (University of British Columbia) Current Challenges toward Accurate Forming Simulation of Woven Fabric
Composite Reinforcements: Roadmap for a Probabilistic-Based Design
Tohru Morii (Shonan Institute of Technology) Development of Carbon and Other Fiber Tow Spreading System For Thin Fiber Reinforced Composites
11:40 Leyla Farhang (University of British Columbia) Gas Permeability Measurements: Effect of Measurement Technique Mehdi Darabi (Concordia University) Exact 3-D Stress and Stiffness Analysis of Functionally Graded Cylindrical Shells Luc Leblanc (Université de Moncton) Moisture Effects on Mixed-Mode Delamination of Carbon/Epoxy Composites
12:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
 
13:00 Session: Materials I Panel Discussion Session: Processing II
Shuqiong Lin (National Research Council of Canada) Integration of Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanotubes into Ceramic Materials Tetsuo Kikuchi (Toyugiken Co., Ltd.) Relationships Between Degree of Skill, Dimension Stability, and Mechanical Properties of FRP in Hand Lay-up Fabrication Method
13:20 Ruby Zhang (CanmetMaterials, Natural Resources Canada) The Microstructure Analysis of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT) Reinforced Aluminum Composites Jonathan Belnoue (University of Bristol) Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Prepreg Compaction for Defect  Formation Mechanisms
13:40 Yadienka Martinez Rubi (National Research Council Canada) Integration of Nanotube Paper into UHMWPE Multilayer Structures Tatsuro Kosaka (Kochi University of Technology) In-situ Measurement of Cure Index and Strain of FRP Laminates by Fiber Optic Sensors
14:00 Ghulam Mustafa (University of Victoria) Damage Initiation and Growth in Composite Laminates of Wind Turbine Blade Session: Sensor Development Amirbahram Kaganj (Concordia University) Stamp Forming of S-shape Thermoplastic Composites
Yoji Okabe (University of Tokyo) Highly-Sensitive Fiber-Optic Ultrasonic Sensing Systems For Damage Monitoring in CFRP Laminates
14:20 Mohamed Khay (École de Technologie Supérieure) Experimental Investigation of the Tensile Fatigue Behaviour of Carbon/Epoxy Plain Weave Laminates Suong Hoa (Concordia University) Effects of Distance Between Electrodes, Proximity of Electrodes to Damage, Plate Size, Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Concentrations and Damage Severity on Change in Electrical Resistance For In-Situ Damage Detection, Location and Quantification in Glass Fiber/Epoxy Plates Containing CNT Tadashi Uozumi (Gife University) Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Noncrimp CFRP Pipe by Braiding Technique
14:40 Cagri Ayranci (University of Alberta) A Study on Dispersion of Nanocrystalline Cellulose (NCC) in a Co-Solvent System for Reinforced Composite Material Production Dina Badawy (University of British Columbia) Piezoelectric Zinc Oxide woven Fabric Sensors for Dynamic Force and Damage Sensing Asami Nakai (Gifu University) Pultrusion Process for Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites
15:00 Break Seminar by Agilent Technologies Inc. "From World War II to the Aerospace Industry, FTIR (Fourier Infrared Spectroscopy) as new NDT (Non Destructive Technique) For Composite Analysis" Break, Poster Presentation Session Break, Poster Presentation Session
15:20
  Session:  Processing I Session: Materials II Session: Materials IV
15:40 Rahul Parambath Mohan (Concordia University) The Effect of Processing Parameters on Intra-ply Shear Property of Out-of-Autoclave Carbon/Epoxy Prepreg Hiroshi Suemasu (Sophia University) Effect of Initial Notch-tip Damage on Failure Behavior of Composite Laminates Akio Ohtani (Gifu University) Prediction Method of Internal Structure for Designing Braided Composites
16:00 Kambiz Chizari (École Polytechnique de Montréal) Fabrication of Conductive Filaments and Porous Structures from CNTs/PLA Chunping Dai (FP Innovations) Research and Development of Wood-based Composites in Canada Gen Sasaki (Hiroshima University) Thermal Properties of Titanium Boride Particle Reinforced Pure Aluminum Composites
16:20 Akiko Hirabayashi (Nihon University) Development of Pultrusion Method for Fabricating FRTP and FRP With Phenolic Resin Janna Fabris (University of British Columbia) Knowledge in Practice: The Next Step in Reducing Risk in Composites Manufacturing and Design
16:40 Anh Dung Ngô (École de Technologie Supérieure) Modelling of Compression Moulding Process Cycle Time For Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Flat Panels Tours
17:00
17:20 Reception, Poster Presentation Session
17:40
18:00 Banquet
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
Poster Presentations
Addie Bahi (University of British Columbia) Fabrication and Application of Lignin-Lignin Composites
Shinichiro Kawabata (Soliton Corporation Co., Ltd.) The latest natural fiber composite material research by Kyoto insutitute of  technology and Donghua university
Mengyuan Liao (Kyoto Institute of Technology) A Study of the Effect of Scratch on the Mechanical Property of Injection Molded Polymer and Glass Fiber Composites
Masayuki Kitamura (Hokuriku Fiber Glass Co., Ltd.) Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered 3D Woven Composites
Tetsuo Kikuchi (Toyugiken Co., Ltd) The Genesis of Arts FRP
Wang Zelong (Kyoto Institute of Technology) Japanese “Omotenashi” Mind at Traditional Industries ― A Case Researchof Kanaami 
Sina Amini Niaki, Andrew Stewart, Kyle Farnand (University of British Columbia) An Ongoing Study of Wrinkling in Uncured Unidirectional Prepreg Under Forming Conditions
Kamyar Gordnian, Gabriel Fortin (University of British Columbia) Process-Induced Distortions in Thermoplastic Composites
James Kay, Jeremy Wells, Martin Roy (University of British Columbia) Gas Transport and Void Formation in Out-of-Autoclave Prepregs
Mina Shahbazi, Ofir Shor (University of British Columbia) Damage Modeling in Composites