ICAutoC2018: 2nd International Conference on Automotive Composites S. Miguel - Açores Ponta Delgada, Portugal, October 22-25, 2018 |
Conference website | http://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/icautoc2018/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icautoc2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | April 30, 2018 |
Submission deadline | September 30, 2018 |
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should be submitted online (text only) and should not exceed 350 words.
The deadline for abstract submission is 30th April, 2018.
For abstract submission please click here
No more than one oral presentation can be delivered per each registered author.
Full papers (max. 8 pages) corresponding to accepted abstracts will be due by 30th September, 2018 . Papers received after this deadline will not be included in the conference proceedings.
Authors should upload the full paper in PDF format using the online submission system
The full paper templates for MS-Word and LaTeX , will be available in due course.
List of Topics
ICAutoC 2018 focuses on advanced composites (FRPs, reinforced thermoplastics, carbon-based composites and many others) and how they are designed, processed and utilized in automotive vehicles. It will include technical sessions on advanced composites in vehicle design/analysis and intends to cover all phases of composites design, analysis, modelling, testing, manufacturing and failure analysis. It is also expected to shed light on the performance of existing composites and future developments in automotive materials technology. The term, ‘automotive’, includes passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, vans, trucks, buses and recreational vehicles.
The topics covered by the conference include (but are not limited to):
- Technology developments and applications
- Innovative materials, smart composites
- Repair, recycling and promising process technologies
- Morphing and dynamics
- New lightweight composites for safer, energy-efficient and greener vehicles
- Challenges regarding safety and comfort
- Crashworthiness and failure analysis
- Hybrid composites for structural applications
- Polymer, metal, ceramic matrix and graphene-based composites
- Composites manufacturing processes within vehicle components
- Design and modelling methodologies
- Durability of automotive components
- Simulations of composites behaviour; experimental methods
- Thermal problems in composite structures
- Advanced solutions for processing and automation
Selected papers will also be considered for publication in special journal issues of the International Journal of Automotive Composites.
Committees
International Scientific Committee
- Adali, Sarp (University of KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa
- Ambrosio, Jorge (University of Lisbon), Portugal
- Barton, David (University of Leeds), UK
- Belingardi, Giovanni (Politecnico di Torino), Italy
- Bertocchi, Francesco (Nanesa S.r.l.), Italy
- Bonhomme, Jorge (Universidad de Oviedo), Spain
- Boria, Simonetta (University of Camerino), Italy
- De Prada Martin, Luis (CIDAUT Foundation), Spain
- De-Luca, Julio-Cesar (IRT Jules Verne), France
- Di Cesare, Laura (Adler Plastic SPA, Italy)
- Dias, João (University of Lisbon), Portugal
- Duarte, Isabel (University of Aveiro), Portugal
- El-Hage, Hicham (LIU), Lebanon
- El-Safty, Sherif (NIMS), Japan
- Fan, Tongxiang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), China
- Ferreira, Antonio (University of Porto), Portugal
- Fliegener, Sascha (Fraunhofer IWM), Germany
- Freitas, Manuel (University of Lisbon), Portugal
- Fuchs, Anton (Virtual Vehicle), Austria
- Gao, Xin-Lin (Southern Methodist University), USA
- Garcia, Denise (CTAG – Automotive Technology Centre of Galicia), Spain
- Gutowski, Voytek (CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation), Australia
- Hadavinia, Homayoun (Kingston University London), UK
- Han, Xu (Hunan University), China
- Hargreaves, Ben (NetComposites), UK
- Haufe, André (DYNAmore GmbH), Germany
- Henning, Frank (Fraunhofer ICT), Germany
- Holmkvist, Anders (Inxide), Sweden
- Hu, Ning (Chongqing University), China
- Infante, Virginia (University of Lisbon), Portugal
- Innocente, Franco (Delta Tech S.p.A.) , Italy
- Kan, Cing-Dao (Steve) (George Mason University), USA
- Kasano, Hideaki (Takushoku University), Japan
- Keller, Thomas (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Switzerland
- Kim, Jang-Kyo (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong SAR), China
- Lauter, Christian (University of Paderborn), Germany
- Lee, Dai Gil (KAIST), Korea
- Liew, Kim Meow (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR), China
- Lindsey, Kevin (FAR Composites), UK
- Lukaszewicz, Dirk (BMW Group), Germany
- Mihaela Mihai, National Research Council Canada, Canada
- Martorana, Brunetto (Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A), Italy
- Miranda Guedes, J. (University of Lisbon), Portugal
- Moleiro, Filipa (IDMEC), Portugal
- Mota Soares, C.A. (IDMEC), Portugal
- Mota Soares, C.M. (University of Lisbon), Portugal
- Reddy, J.N (Texas A&M University), USA
- Rodrigues, Helder (University of Lisbon), Portugal
- Shahwan, Khaled W. (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), USA
- Silberschmidt, Vadim (Loughborough University), UK
- Silva, Arlindo (Singapore University of Technology and Design), Singapore
- Sousa, Luís (University of Lisbon), Portugal
- Suleman, Afzal (IDMEC/IST), Portugal and (Univ. Victoria), Canada
- Tabiei, Ala (University of Cincinnati), USATeixeira de Freitas, Sofia (TU Delft), Netherlands
- Tita, Volnei (University of Sao Paulo – USP), Brazil
- Torres Marques, António (University of Porto), Portugal
- van Harmelen, Toon (TNO), Holland
- Reis, Luis (University of Lisbon), Portugal
- Vesenjak, Matej (University of Maribor), Slovenia
- Villaro Ábalos, Elvira (InterQuimica), Spain
Organizing committee
- Ahmed Elmarakbi
University of Sunderland, UK
Editor in Chief of International Journal of Automotive Composites
- Aurélio Araújo
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Venue
The ICAutoC 2018 will be held at Hotel Marina Atlântico, located at Av. João Bosco Mota Amaral n.º1, 9500-767 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.
Contact
Paula Jorge
IDMEC – Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico
University of Lisbon
Av. Rovisco Pais
1049-001 Lisboa
Portugal
Phone: +351 218 419 044
Fax: +351 218 417 915
Email: info@icautoc2018.tecnico.ulisboa.pt