2023 BCI & NCC Annual Conference: Composites of the Future: Tomorrow’s Materials and Applications.

Bristol Composites Institute & National Composites Centre overview and Q&A. 0:00 – 48:30.

Technical Presentations Agenda:

48:30 - Sustainable/Natural Materials - Exploring how materials of the future will meet the responsibility to reduce embedded carbon and have a smaller environmental impact.
Speakers: Susie Morton and Hannah Swinbourne (Research Engineers, NCC), Iheoma Nwuzor (Research Associate, BCI), Kyle Pender (Advanced Research Engineer, NCC)

1:37:07 - CMCs for High Temperature Applications - Exploring the use of Ceramic Matrix Composites e.g. in a future fusion reactor for clean and abundant energy.
Speakers: Virtudes Rubio (Principal Research Engineer in Advanced Materials, NCC), Luiz Kawashita (Senior Lecturer, BCI)

2:04:25 - Future Structures - Re-thinking how composites can be designed to unlock functions and performance.
Speakers: Michael Wisnom (Professor of Aerospace Structures, BCI), Rainer Groh (Senior Lecturer, BCI), Phil Druiff (Advanced Research Engineer, NCC)

2:52:44 - Keynote Lecture – “How Composites Will Help Disrupt the Future of Air Travel” presented by Alison Green, Head of Structures at Vertical Aerospace Ltd.