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The conference covers four themes, each containing a variety of topics. These are listed below:
- Materials and Applications:
Polymer, Ceramic and Metal Matrix Composites | Polymer, Ceramics and Metals, Bio-based Bio-mimetic Polymers / Composites | Nanoparticles (Carbon Nanotubes, Nano whiskers, Bionano Particles, Graphene, Magnetic Nanoparticles, etc.) |
Fibre Reinforced Composites | Green Composites / Nanocomposites | Particulate Composites |
Interlaminar Reinforcements | Textile Composites | Hybrid Composites |
Interfaces and Interphases | Wood and Paper | Nanocomposites and Nanotechnologies |
Sandwich Structures | Concrete Structures | Novel Materials |
Multifunctional Composites | Composite Prepregs | Resin Systems |
Infrastructure (Rail, Sea, Land, Air, Civil) | Applications in Health / Biomedical / Water | Nanomedicine/ Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Systems |
Energy, Low Cost Technologies | Electronics and Communications (including consumer electronics) | Recycling Consumer / Retail / Textile / Beverages / Food / Food Security |
Nano Mechanical Devices | Nano Bioengineering | Sensors / Nano-biosensors |
- Processing and Characterisation
Manufacturing Technologies (Moulding / Casting / Extrusion / Injection Moulding / Drawing / Blow Moulding / Thermoforming / Compression Moulding / Hand-layup / Other Related) | |
Processing and Manufacturing Technologies | Thermo-mechanical |
Advanced Processing Techniques of Nanocomposites | Crystal Structure / Microstructure / Electronic Structure / Atomic Structure |
Experimental techniques | Crystallisation / Phase Transformation |
NDE Technologies | Optical Properties of Nanostructured Materials |
Repair Technologies | Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Materials |
Machining / Polishing | Rheology & Viscoelastic |
Coatings / Thin Film Technologies | Durability and Ageing |
- Analysis and Optimisation
Damage and Fracture | Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability | Multi-scale Modelling |
Joint and Bearing Behaviour | Probabilistic Design | Finite Element Analysis |
Mechanical and Physical Properties | Mechanics of Composite & Sandwich Structures | Meshless Methods & Novel Numerical Methods |
Structural Design | Progressive Failure Analysis | Dynamics |
Fracture Mechanics | Delamination | Impact |
Fatigue | Optimization | Micromechanics |
Vibration | Standardisation | Modelling and stimulation |
Stability | Friction and Wear | CAD/CAM/CIM |
- Quality Assurance
Risk Assessment | Hazard Characterisation | Company Ethics |
Risk Management | Safety | Country Ethics |
Risk Evaluation | Code of Conduct | Medical Ethics |
Drug Delivery | Strategic Roadmaps | Modelling |
Company Policy | Disposal | Fate |
Licensing Bodies | Recycling | Lifecycle |
Good Laboratory or Good Manufacturing Practice | Standardisation of Practice | Food Security |