IDC Showcase event success1 November 2021The Industrial Doctorate Centre (IDC) in Composites Manufacture held its Showcase event on Tuesday 26 October.
Third international workshop on measuring strength14 October 2021Professor Michael Wisnom of Bristol Composites Institute, together with Professor Yentl Swolfs from KU Leuven and Professor Federico Paris from the University of Seville, organised a successful online workshop on UD Compression Strength on 5 October.
New leadership for the Bristol Composites Institute14 September 2021Professor Michael Wisnom will step down from his role as Director of the Bristol Composites Institute in September 2021. The Institute welcomes new co-directors, Professor Ole Thomsen and Professor Stephen Hallett.
Successful Seminar on Sustainable Composite Materials for Wind Turbine Blades9 September 2021Bristol Composites Institute and Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) hosted a virtual research seminar on Sustainable Composite Materials for Wind Turbine Blades on 6 September 2021. The event was a success, with 200 attendees across six continents.
Dr Bassam Elsaied from Bristol Composites Institute receives EPSRC New Investigator Award5 August 2021Dr Bassam Elsaied, Vice Chancellor's Fellow in the University's Department of Aerospace Engineering and a member of the Bristol Composites Institute, has been awarded a £330,000 New Investigator Award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
ACCIS CDT student wins award at the 48th World Polymer Congress1 July 2021Konstantina Kanari, a final year PhD student from the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Composites for Innovation and Science (ACCIS CDT), won the "Outstanding Online Short Talk Award" at the MACRO 2020+ World Polymer Congress in May
Successful online workshop on Tensile Strength22 April 2021Professor Michael Wisnom, Director of the Bristol Composites Institute, together with Professor Yentl Swolfs from KU Leuven and Professor Federico Paris from the University of Seville, organised a successful online workshop on Tensile Strength on 23 March.
£2M ERC grant awarded to Professor Fabrizio Scarpa from the Bristol Composites Institute21 April 2021A grant of more than two million pounds has been awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) to an international research project, led by the University of Bristol, which will use natural plant fibres, bacteria, enzymes and spider silk to create materials that mimic how the human brain works.
Successful ACM5 Symposium on Automated Composites Manufacturing21 April 2021The Bristol Composites Institute and National Composites Centre (NCC) recently hosted a special programme of on-line keynote presentations and a panel discussion to explore the hot topics in advanced automated composites manufacturing. This was the first time the biennial ACM symposium was held as a virtual event.