Composites for a Sustainable World

American Society for Composites 27th Technical Conference
15th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials
ASTM-D30 Meeting
October 1-3, 2012
Sheraton Arlington Hotel, Arlington, Texas

The American Society for Composites (ASC) and the Japan Society for Composite Materials (JSCM) invite you to submit papers within the theme "Composites for a Sustainable World." The Conference will be hosted by the University of Texas at Arlington and held at the Sheraton Arlington Hotel. Arlington, Texas, is the home city of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium and the Texas Ranger Ballpark. Papers with focus on recent research, development, and applications of composite structures and materials are welcome. Topics include but are not limited to:

Conference Themes

• Applications of composites
  
• Automated composites manufacturing
  
• Bio-based/biomedical composites
  
• Biomimetic composites
  
• Carbon and ceramic matrix composites
  
• Damage and fracture
  
• Durability and aging
  
• Elastic tailoring
  
• Energy technology applications
  
• Environmental Issues
  
• Experimental techniques
  
• Fibers, matrices and interfaces
  
• Fiber metal laminates
  
• Impact and penetration analysis
  
• Infrastructures application
  
• Interlaminar reinforcement
  
• Joints and bearing behavior
  
• Life cycle analysis
  
• Mechanical and physical properties
  
• Metal matrix composites
  
• Multi-functional composites
  
• Multi-scale modeling
  
• Nano-scale composites
  
• NDE techniques and reliability
  
• Probabilistic approaches and design
  
• Processing and manufacturing techniques
  
• Recycling
  
• Repair analysis and technologies
  
• Rotating components and dynamic response
  
• Sandwich structures
  
• Standardization
  
• Structure design and analysis
  
• Structural health monitoring
  
• Technology transfer
  
• Textile composites