Past Events (2006)

The SAMPE UK & Ireland Chapter, in collobration with composites division of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), held their annual student seminar on Monday 20th November 2006 at IOM3 HQ in London. Eight students representing seven universities took part. Each gave an interesting and well-presented talk on their respective research projects.  The presentations ranged from chtosan/ATP hydrogels and the electrial properties of  filled rubber through minimisation of prepreg waste to the Quickstep process and optimised tow placement.

Two students were selected to go forward to the European Student Seminar (prior to and during the SAMPE Conference/JEC exhibition) to be held in Paris during April 2007. They were: (i) Dino Konstantis (University of Newcastle-upon-tyne) who presented "Structural behaviour of composite sandwich panels in fire with and without protection", and (ii) Paul Williamson (University of Nottingham) who presented "Development of a novel multi material energy absorber for improved pedestrian protection". The third place (reserved for the Paris meeting) was awarded to Adrian Gill (Imperial College), who presented "Effect of RTM defects on Mode I delamination behaviour of 5HS woven composites".

The organisers would like to thank IOM3 for the provision of the venue and the audio-visual equipment and SAMPE for funding the refreshments. The judges were Sue Panteny (Materials in Transport), Andrew Long (University of Nottingham), Roy McCarthy (a director of SAMPE UK & Ireland Chapter) and John Summerscales (University of Plymouth).

Any prospective contestants (primarily research degree candidates, but outstanding undergraduate projects are not excluded) for the competition next year should contact the organiser, Dr. John Summerscales at the University of Plymouth, School of Engineering (E-mail: jsummerscales@plymouth.ac.uk). A call for participants will be sent to key UK academics in advanced materials in September 2007. If you did not this invitation this year, then please contact the organiser.

Participants


SAMPE UK & Ireland Chapter Student seminar participants



 
Winners


Winners in the SAMPE UK & Ireland Chapter Student seminar (from left to right: Dino Konstantis, Adrian Gill, Paul Williamson)



 

Past Events (2006)

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