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Events 
meetings • conferences relating to biocomposite
materials
SusCompNet Meetings
SusCompNet 10
The Tenth meeting of the SusComp Network will take place on Friday
June 8th 2007 at the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland.
Further details and a registration form will appear here shortly.
SusCompNet 8
The Eighth meeting of the Sustainable Composites Network - SusCompNet
8 - was held on Wednesday May 4th 2005 at the University of Wales,
Bangor, Gwynedd.
Previous SusCompNet meetings
The Seventh Sustainable Composites Network meeting was held at the University
of Bath on October 11th 2004. The meeting was hosted by Dr Martin Ansell
in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
The meeting was hosted by Dr Martin Ansell in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering.
Dr Martin Ansell and Dr Paridah Tahir at SusCompNet 7
 Networking
during a break in presentations.
Some participants at SusCompNet 7
The Sixth Sustainable Composites Network meeting was held at the University
of Warwick on 19th April 2004 and was hosted by the International Manufacturing
Centre. Dr Nick Tucker welcomed guests to Warwick University.
The Fifth Sustainable Composites Network meeting was held at Manchester
Materials Science Centre on the 9th September 2003 and was hosted by Dr
Steve Eichhorn. The event attracted around 40 delegates who were welcomed
to UMIST by Dr Eichhorn.
SusCompNet 4
 The
fourth Sustainable Composites Network meeting was held at Queen Mary,
University of London on the 22nd January 2003 and was hosted by the Department
of Materials (http://www.materials.qmul.ac.uk/).
Professor Paul Hogg, Head of Materials at QMUL, welcomed around 40 delegates
to the one-day event. The meeting attracted a varied audience of industrialists,
academics and other interested parties, including representatives of UK
government departments and funding bodies. Members of the entire supply
chain were represented including growers, processors, manufacturers and
end users. Once again the event was attended by individuals from other
European countries, including Denmark, Poland, Spain and Sweden.
Professor Paul Hogg welcoming delegates
to SusCompNet 4
 The
formal presentations were preceded by lunch, giving delegates an opportunity
to exchange ideas and views, to renew old acquaintances and to make new
ones. Two sessions of presentations followed. In the first session, Paul
Hogg provided an overview of the Department and its involvement in sustainable
composite materials. Joint SusCompNet administrators Drs Nick Tucker and
Mark Hughes reviewed the activities of the network since the previous
meeting. The main outcomes have been the completion of the new website
and the formation of new collaborations. The network now boasts a mailing
list in excess of 450 individuals, 40% of whom are from industry and 10%
from Europe.
 Dr
Robert Elias from CARM (the Centre
for Advanced and Renewable Materials) presented, for the first time,
the findings of a recently completed market study on the potential for
renewable materials as feedstock for sustainable products. This study
was commissioned by the Welsh Development Agency and executed by CARM.
The executive summary and full report are available as free downloadable
documents in our information
section.
- An opportunity to discuss ideas and form new links
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 In
the second session, presentations were given by Dr Ton Peijs of the Department
of Materials at QMUL and Mr Daniel Kenning of Splendid Engineering (http://www.splendid.gb.com/).
Ton presented an alternative way of achieving sustainability in composites
through easily recycled, novel, all (thermoplastic) polymer composites.
Daniel presented work undertaken by Splendid Engineering on a sustainable
concept car.
After the presentations, there was lively debate on a number of the issues
raised during the talks.
- SusCompNet 4 delegates -
SusCompNet would like to extend its thanks to the hosts - the Department
of Materials at Queen Mary, University of London (http://http://www.materials.qmw.ac.uk/)
and to the sponsors of the event - the Composites Processing Association
(http://www.composites-proc-assoc.co.uk).
Finally thanks to all the delegates who took part in the meeting, some
of who travelled considerable distances to take part.
SusCompNet3
The Summer 2002 meeting was held on the campus of the University of Wales,
Swansea (http://extraweb.swan.ac.uk/)
and was hosted by the IRC in Computer Aided Materials Engineering (irc.swan.ac.uk)
in collaboration with the Materials Technology Forum for Wales (http://www.mtfw.org.uk).
With over 30 individuals attending, a number of stimulating presentations,
posters and networking opportunities, the event proved to be a great success.
 Front
row:
(from left to right): Prof. John Evans (Head, Swansea
IRC), Ms Beatrice Otto (Sustainable Design Catalyst),
Dr Zhong Yi Zhang (University of Portsmouth) and Dr Brett
Suddell (Swansea IRC)
Back row:
(from left to right): Dr Paul Fowler (The BioComposites
Centre), Dr Andrew Clarke (University of Warwick), Dr
Leonard Mwaikambo (University of Warwick), Dr Mark Hughes
(The BioComposites Centre) and Dr Nick Tucker (Warwick
Manufacturing Group).
- Speakers and organisers of SusCompNet 3 -
SusCompNet 2
The second meeting, hosted by the Advanced Composite Manufacturing Centre
(http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/sme/acmc/index.htm)
at the University of Plymouth (http://www.plym.ac.uk/),
was held on the 28 November 2001. SusCompNet2 attracted around 40 individuals,
with representatives from Poland and Finland attending. The event consisted
of informative presentations, an open debate and an opportunity to network.
SusCompNet 1
The inaugural meeting of the Sustainable Composites Network was held
at the BioComposites Centre, University of Wales, Bangor, North Wales
on the 28 June 2001. Academics and industrialists involved in fibre and
composites processing, manufacture and agriculture attended the meeting.
The meeting took the form of an open discussion, and helped to focus the
future direction of the Network. This inaugural event was deemed to be
a great success with around 30 delegates supporting the initiative.
- Delegates attending the inaugural SusCompNet meeting
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Presentations at Previous SusCompNet Meetings :
SusCompNet 1 (Bangor)
None available
SusCompNet 2 (Plymouth)
None available
SusCompNet 3 (Swansea)
- "Introduction to SusCompNet and Update" - Nick Tucker
(Warwick Manufacturing Group), Mark Hughes (The BioComposite Centre)
- "Welcome to Swansea IRC / Introduction to IRC and MTFW"
- Prof. John Evans (IRC in Computer Aided Materials Design)
- "Chocolate and Cod Liver Oil" - Beatrice Otto (Sustainable
Design Catalyst)
- "Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Non-Woven Hemp Reinforced
Phenolic Composites" - Dr Zhong Yi Zhang (University of Portsmouth)
- "Bioresins Work at Warwick" - Andrew Clark (Warwick
University)
- "Agricultural Products and By-products - Biopolymer Sources"
- Paul Fowler (The BioComposites Centre)
- "Characterisation of Cashew Nut Shell Liquid for Composite
Manufacture" - Leonard Mwaikambo (Warwick University)
SusCompNet 4
- "Welcome to QMUL" - Paul Hogg (Head of Department)
- "Review of SusCompNet" - Nick Tucker (Warwick Manufacturing
Group), Mark Hughes (The BioComposite Centre)
- "Renewable Feedstock for Sustainable Materials" -
Rob Elias (CARM)
- "Green Cars" - Ton Peijs (QMUL)
- "The Splendid Ecocar Project" - Daniel Kenning (Splendid
Engineering Ltd)
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