MARINCOMP International Symposium is held in Cork
MaREI Director Prof Jerry Murphy welcomes delegates to Symposium
The MARINCOMP International Symposium, “Novel Composite Materials and Processes for Offshore Renewable Energy”, was held in the National Maritime College of Ireland, Cork on Friday 1st September 2017. Featuring a number of internationally renowned speakers, presentations from MARINCOMP researchers and a panel discussion, the event was attended by over 60 delegates. The day also include a tour of the MaREI Beaufort Building and LIR National Ocean Test Facility.
Presentations from the event can be downloaded here:
- Prof Conchur Ó Brádaigh, University of Edinburgh – Introduction to MARINCOMP International Symposium
- Prof Dayakar Penumadu, University of Tennessee – Low Cost Carbon Fiber and Novel Resin Systems for Marine and Hydrokinetic Composite Structures
- Dr Peter Davies, IFREMER, Brest – Durability of composites for MRE considering environmental impact
- Prof Janice Barton & Prof Ole Thybo Thomsen, University of Southampton – Towards a New Paradigm for High-Fidelity Testing and Integrated Multi-Scale Modelling of Composite Substructures and Components
- Klaus Gleich, Johns Manville – IACMI – 9m Thermoplastic Demonstration Blade
- Dr Jamie Goggins, NUI Galway – Advanced modelling and physical testing of composite tidal turbine blades
- Dr Vesna Jaksic, University College Cork – Upscaling of Tidal Turbine Blades: Glass or Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers?
- Conor Glennon, EireComposites – EireComposites and MARINCOMP Project
- Dr Tony Zhao, Ulster University – Sensing into Composite Materials: Structural Health Monitoring for Composite Blades
- Dr Shafqat Rasool, Ulster University – Woven Fabric Composite Materials: Powder-epoxy processing of composites for turbine blades
- Dr Thomas Dooher, Ulster University – Cost Modelling of wind turbine blades
- Pierre Luzurier, TORAY CFE – TORAY and MARINCOMP Project
- James Maguire, University of Edinburgh – Material Understanding & Characterisation
- Dr Parvez Alam & Dr Colin Robert, University of Edinburgh – TOWPREG processing – an extra-autoclave technology
- Dr Dimitrios Mamalis, University of Edinburgh – A Carbon Fibre Reinforced Powder Epoxy Manufacturing Process for Tidal Turbine Blades
- Finlay Wallace, Scotrenewables Tidal Power – Scotrenewables and MARINCOMP Project