The annual Bristol Composites Institute PGR Symposium will take place on the morning of Tuesday 26 March 2024, in the Bill Brown Design Suite, Queen's Building, at the University of Bristol.

Programme

• Download the BCI PGR Symposium programme 2024 (PDF, 679kB)
• Download the BCI PGR Symposium poster booklet 2024 (PDF, 8,729kB)
• Download the pgr-symposium-2024-graphic-visualisation (PDF, 887kB)

9:00 Registration and poster session  

10:00 Presentations

Introduction and welcome  

Technical Presentations on current PhD research

• Recycling of FRP wind blade waste material in concrete (Meiran Abdo)​
• Searching for excitonic superconductivity using transition metal dichalcogenides and carbon composites (Rikesh Patel)​
• Single fibre micromechanical analysis via in-situ Raman spectroscopy (Cameron Woodgate) ​
• Improving the resilience of benzoxazine-based composite materials for space applications (George Worden)​
• Conjugated microporous polymers for hydrogen storage (John Worth) ​
• Shear Failure of Adhesively Bonded Composite Joints at Cryogenic Temperatures (David Brearley)​
• Implementation of Second-Order Homogenisation using Shell Elements for Woven Composites (Athira Anil Kumar)​
• A study of factors controlling the compressive behaviour of hybrid composites (Aree Tongloet) ​

11:30 Tea and coffee break

 

• Intelligent composites forming: simulations for faster, higher quality manufacture (Siyuan Chen)​
• Forming of aligned discontinuous fibre thermoplastic (HiPerDiF) prepreg for sustainable composite manufacturing (Ogun Yavuz) ​
• Manufacturing with Out-Of-Autoclave prepregs: Ply-by-Ply compaction and Void analysis (Axel Wowogno)​

Two minute quickfire project introductions

Research represents all three themes of the BCI with wide scope and targeting different Technology Readiness Levels. For example, this year the work ranges from the use of biological materials through to bio-inspired composite systems. A key element in our approach is to view and adapt natural approaches to the formation of fibre reinforced composites to maximise mechanical performance. Students will also present research into the development of modern manufacturing techniques. ​

12:30 Buffet lunch and poster session

14:00 Symposium ends