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Franco‐British Symposium on
Composite Materials 2015
in collaboration with
28th‐29th April ‐ London
The Residence of France
Glass Fiber Composite Cross Section
(changes made), Ceram Research

Introduction
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INTRODUCTION
Background
France and the UK are leaders in the field of composites, an industry that experiences 6% annual growth
since 2010, making important contributions at every stage of the value chain of composites
(formulation of materials, advanced manufacturing, equipment design, and so forth). They also face
similar problems, such as a fragmented industry and gaps in technology transfer and skills, which
hamper innovation.
These two days are aimed to bring together French and British stakeholders from academia, industry
and government to present their activities, to discuss the existing challenges for the transport sector,
to reflect on the issues around material production, recycling and recovery as well as the need to find
sustainable substitutes for current composite materials, and to improving design.
There are numerous opportunities for collaborations between French and British partners within the
European research area. With the increased focus on composites in both France and the UK, it is timely
to kick‐start and/or reinforce the links between the two countries.
Objectives
 Bring together stakeholders from the composites industry in both the public and private sectors
of France and the UK.
 Learn about the research, technology translation and industrial challenges in both countries.
 Share views about supply chain issues in composites.
 Identify synergies and explore the possibilities of bilateral cooperation with a view to creating
Franco‐British leadership in bidding for European projects.

Welcome letter
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DEAR DELEGATE,
Welcome to the Franco‐British Symposium on Composites Materials.
This is the first 2015 bilateral symposium of a series of events organised
by the Science and Technology Department of the French Embassy in
London, which started in 2010, with the view of promoting the
establishment of new partnerships across the Channel.
In the year leading to COP21, all technologies and materials helping the
development of a low carbon economy are particularly relevant. Finding
applications in the aerospace, rail, automotive and marine
transportation, composites will definitely play a role in reducing the
weight of vehicles, and ergo, the carbon emissions.
Both France and the UK possess a strong industrial base in the
composites field for use in the transport sector. Many of these players
are represented here, but many others are not.
Indeed, it was a very difficult task for us to narrow down the themes
and to select the speakers. The interest raised in this conference was so
large that we had to restrict the participation.
I hope it will be an enjoyable event for you.
The hashtag for this conference is: #fbscm15
Join the discussion: #fbscm15
French Embassy
Science and Technology Department
@AmbascienceUK
Dr Mariana Beija – Science and Technology Officer
+44 (0) 20 7073 1392
mariana.beija@ambascience.co.uk
in collaboration with
The KTN
@KTNUK_Materials
Mr Ajay Kapadia – Knowledge Transfer Manager
ajay.kapadia@ktn‐uk.org
Organisers
Mr Cyrille Van Effenterre
Science and Technology
Counsellor
Find all the information:
http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/-Science-Tech-

Timetable
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DAY ONE: Tuesday, 28th April – Afternoon
Session 1 Setting the Scenes
12:00 Registration and Light Networking Lunch
12:55
Welcome address and opening remarks
Mr Cyrille Van Effenterre, Counsellor for Science and Technology, French Embassy
13:00 French perspective – MENESR – Dr Xavier Montagne
13:15 UK National Strategy – Composites Leadership Forum – Mrs Alison Starr
13:30 Q&A
Session 2 RTOs, clusters and networks
13:40 Jules Verne Manufacturing Valley – Mr Sébastien Leroy and Ms Olivia Cahn
14:00 HVM Catapult Centre: National Composites Centre – Prof Peter Chivers
14:10 HVM Catapult Centre: Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre – Miss Elaine Arnold
14:20 Composites Rhône-Alpes – Dr Jean-Marc Feuillas
14:30 Knowledge Transfer Network – Advanced Composites – Mr Ajay Kapadia
14:40 Composites Innovation Cluster – Mr Will Searle
14:50 Q&A
15:00 Refreshments break and networking
Session 3 Challenges in the transport industry – Automotive
15:45
Developments in thermoplastic composites for automotive applications – Faurecia –
Dr Thierry Renault
16:00
Carbon fibre applications in mass-produced automotive structures – Jaguar Land Rover –
Mr Robert Crow
16:15 French composite pilot lines for automotive industry – IRT Jules Verne – Dr Philippe Le Bot
16:30 Novel automotive construction techniques – FAR-UK Ltd – Dr Sophie Cozien-Cazuc
16:45 Composites, performance and the automotive sector – Plastic Omnium – Dr Loïc Adamczak
17:00
Delivering effective automotive composite solutions through industrial academic
interactions – HVM Catapult Centre: WMG – Mrs Helena Simmonds
17:15 Q&A
17:30 End of day one

Timetable
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DAY TWO: Wednesday, 29th April – Morning
Session 4 Challenges in the transport industry – Rail
08:30 Registration and Coffee
09:00 Fire behaviour of composites in transport – NewRail Research Centre – Prof Geoff Gibson
09:15 Issues to introduce composites in the railway sector – ALSTOM Transport – Dr Daniel Cadet
09:30 Q&A
Session 5 Challenges in the transport industry – Aerospace
09:40 Composite application in Airbus – Airbus – Dr Pascal Dublineau
09:55 Innovations in composites at Rolls-Royce – Rolls-Royce plc – Dr John Marshall
10:10 High performance multifunctional materials – IRT Saint Exupéry – Mrs Delphine Carronnier
10:25 Q&A
10:40 Coffee break and networking
Session 6 New composite materials
11:15
Strength and damage tolerance of current and emerging composites –
Imperial College London – Dr Silvestre Pinho
11:30 Graphene in composites – The University of Manchester – Prof Constantinos Soutis
11:45
Design from nanoscale of carbon fiber-based functional composite materials: special
attention on thermoset matrices and interfaces – INSA Lyon – Prof Jean-François Gérard
12:00 Light alternative to black metal – Chomarat – Mr Ebby Shahidi
12:15 Composites: From Flax to Graphene – NetComposites – Dr Matthew Thornton
12:30 High performance ductile composites – ACCIS, University of Bristol – Prof Michael Wisnom
12:45 Q&A
13:00 Networking lunch

Timetable
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DAY TWO: Wednesday, 29th April – Afternoon
Session 7 Design and Manufacturing solutions
14:00
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites (CIMComp) –
University of Nottingham – Prof Andrew Long
14:15
Design of composite structures: from mechanical behaviour characterisation to structural
optimisation – ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab – Dr Christian Fagiano
14:30 Joining technologies for composites – TWI Ltd – Dr Chris Worrall
14:45
Processing of composites through micro-wave heating. A green technology to achieve
high rates of production – LoireTech – Mr Marc Moret
15:00 Advanced composite pipes – Sigma Precision Components – Mr Mike Andreae
15:15 Q&A
Session 8 Recycling/Reuse
15:30 CRECOF - From recyclable to effective recycling – PEP – Mr Mathieu Schwander
15:40
Future directions for the recycling of composite materials –
University of Birmingham – Dr Gary Leeke
15:50 Q&A
16:00 Refreshments break and networking
Session 9 Opportunities for collaboration
16:20
Panel discussion: Horizon 2020
Speakers: Mr Sébastien Leroy (French NCP for Advanced Manufacturing)
Dr Kalyan Sarma (UK NCP for Advanced Materials)
16:50
Panel discussion: Regional collaboration
Speakers: Ms Olivia Cahn (EMC2 - Pays de la Loire)
Dr Jean-Manuel Mas (Axelera - Rhône-Alpes)
Dr Jean-Marc Pujol (Solvay)
17:20 Closing remarks
17:30 End of day two

Speakers
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LIST OF SPEAKERS
Organisation Last Name First Name E-mail
AIRBUS DUBLINEAU Pascal
ALSTOM Transport CADET Daniel daniel-l.cadet@transport.alstom.com
Chomarat SHAHIDI Ebby ebby.shahidi@chomarat.com
EMC2 cluster CAHN Olivia olivia.cahn@pole-emc2.fr
Faurecia RENAULT Thierry thierry.renault@faurecia.com
IDEEL FEUILLAS Jean-Marc jean-marc.feuillas@ideel-factory.fr
INSA-Lyon GERARD Jean-François jean-francois.gerard@insa-lyon.fr
IRT Jules Verne LE BOT Philippe philippe.le-bot@irt-jules-verne.fr
IRT Jules Verne LEROY Sébastien sebastien.leroy@irt-jules-verne.fr
IRT Saint-Exupéry CARRONNIER Delphine delphine.carronnier@irt-saintexupery.com
LoireTech MORET Marc marc.moret@loiretech.fr
MENESR MONTAGNE Xavier
ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab FAGIANO Christian christian.fagiano@onera.fr
Pôle Européen de Plasturgie SCHWANDER Mathieu mathieu.schwander@poleplasturgie.com
Plastic Omnium ADAMCZAK Loïc loic.adamczak@plasticomnium.com
Pôle Axelera MAS Jean-Manuel
Solvay PUJOL Jean-Marc jean-marc.pujol@solvay.com
France
Organisation Last Name First Name E-mail
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre ARNOLD Elaine e.arnold@amrc.co.uk
Axillium Research SEARLE Will will.searle@axillium.com
FAR-UK Ltd COZIEN-CAZUC Sophie sophie.cozien-cazuc@far-uk.com
Imperial College London PINHO Silvestre silvestre.pinho@imperial.ac.uk
Innovate UK SARMA Kalyan kalyan.sarma@innovateuk.gov.uk
Jaguar Land Rover CROW Robert rcrow4@jaguarlandrover.com
Knowledge Transfer Network KAPADIA Ajay ajay.kapadia@ktn-uk.org
National Composites Centre CHIVERS Peter
National Composites Centre STARR Alison Alison.Starr@NCCUK.com
NetComposites THORNTON Matthew matthew.thornton@netcomposites.com
NewRail Research Centre GIBSON Geoff a.g.gibson@ncl.ac.uk
Rolls Royce plc MARSHALL John John.Marshall@Rolls-Royce.com
Sigma Components ANDREAE Mike michael.andreae@sigmacomponents.co.uk
TWI Ltd WORRALL Chris chris.worrall@twi.co.uk
University of Birmingham LEEKE Gary G.A.Leeke@bham.ac.uk
University of Bristol WISNOM Michael m.wisnom@Bristol.ac.uk
University of Manchester SOUTIS Constantinos c.soutis@manchester.ac.uk
University of Nottingham LONG Andrew Andrew.Long@nottingham.ac.uk
WMG SIMMONDS Helena h.c.c.simmonds@warwick.ac.uk
UK

Speakers
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SPEAKER PROFILES
Session 1 Setting the Scenes
Dr Xavier Montagne
Deputy Director of the Sector
« Energy, Sustainability, Chemistry and Process »
MENESR
PhD in Chemistry from University Pierre et Marie Curie –
Paris
Chemical Engineer
From 1986 to 2007, a large experience in research and
development as researcher, head of project and Department
director at IFPEN (French Institute for Petroleum and New
Energies)
From 2007 to 2013 : Deputy Scientific Director of IFPEN.
From 2013 : Deputy Director of the Sector « Energy,
Sustainability, Chemistry and Process »
Ministry Education Nationale, de l’enseignement supérieur
et de la recherché.
Co-author of 70 publications, 15 patents and
6 scientific books.
Teaching at “Ecole Centrale Paris”, University of Saclay, IFP
School.
Mrs Alison Starr
Executive Director Strategy and Business
National Composites Centre
Alison Starr has chaired the Composites Leadership Forum
since its inception, and has an extensive knowledge of the
composite industry. She is the National Composites
Centre’s (NCC) Executive Director - Strategy & Business,
where she is responsible for NCC Strategy, customer
relationships, sales and forecasting. Alison is Chair of
EPSRC's "Manufacturing the Future" Strategic Advisory
Team (SAT). She previously worked for GE Aviation
Systems, where she was Director of Strategic Partnerships,
and has background in research and research engineering
and is well published in the field of human factors
engineering, established relationships with academia,
government and funders.
Sébastien LEROY is Business Development Manager at the
Technological Research Institute Jules Verne of Nantes-
France in charge of Business, Marketing, Technological
Transfer and Partnerships in national and international
level for Research, Training and Innovation programs
developed by IRT Jules Verne and its industrial and
academic members. Merging engineering approaches in
innovation and business development with robust
experience at European level thanks to 12 years at
ARMINES as European Affairs Manager (FP 5 – FP 6 – FP 7
with 30 European Project as coordinator F&L manager),
the Business Development Department of IRT Jules Verne
is focusing on industrial competitiveness by fostering the
technological transfer connecting to use cases.
Prof Peter Chivers
Chief Executive
National Composites Centre
Peter is Chief Executive of the NCC in Bristol, which he has
developed from early concept through to a fully functioning and
continually expanding centre of excellence in composites
technology development. The centre opened a second phase,
which doubled its size, established a knowledge and learning
centre, and provide enhanced capability to meet the needs of the
UK industry in this rapidly developing field of high value
manufacturing. An internationally recognised centre in the field
of composite innovation and technology development, the NCC
works closely with industrial partners as a partner of the HVM
Catapult network.
Peter is a passionate believer in using new technology to bring
value. He is committed to supporting the UK composite
manufacturing industry’s growth and increasing its contribution
to the economy. He is a member of the Composites Leadership
Forum and sits on the Board of Composites UK.
Peter has extensive experience in composites and technology
leadership, having held a number of senior engineering and
business leadership positions in large multinational companies
and SMEs in the aerospace industry. He has been involved in
composite technology and capability development for over
twenty years.
Mr Sébastien Leroy
Business Development Manager
IRT Jules Verne

Speakers
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SPEAKER PROFILES
Mr Will Searle
Founder and Director
Axillium Research
Dr Jean‐Marc Feuillas
Composites Rhône‐Alpes Manager
IDEEL
Dr. Jean-Marc Feuillas is Composites Rhône-Alpes
Manager for the Institute of Energy Transition - IDEEL,
linked to Solvay group. Prior to joining IDEEL, Jean-Marc
Feuillas was Composites Project Director for the
Engineering Plastics division of Solvay.
He began his career at Arkema France in 1991 as R&D
Engineer and held various positions as Product and Sales
Manager. In 1999 he moved to OMYA as European
Marketing Manager and then had the opportunity to work
as Commercial Director at the Composites Division of
Chomarat in 2001. A post he held until 2006 when he was
hired by Becton Dickinson as European Business Manager
for plastic syringes activity.
Jean-Marc is a Chemical Engineer (School of Chemistry
Lyon, CPE) and is graduated from the University of
Strasbourg, France in 1989 with a Ph.D in Macromolecular
Chemistry. He achieved his post-Doctoral Diploma in
1991 at CSIC Madrid sponsored by Rhône-Poulenc.
Mr Ajay Kapadia
Knowledge Transfer Manager –
Advanced Composites
Knowledge Transfer Network
Ajay Kapadia leads on Advanced Composite Materials for
the Knowledge Transfer Network. He is a Mechanical
Engineer with a post graduate qualification in Advanced
Manufacturing Systems. Ajay has held senior roles within
the Composites Industry in a number of different sectors
over the past 20 years including Marine, Oil and Gas, Civil,
Aerospace, Defence all in developing Materials and
Processes. Prior to joining the KTN full time, he
established TWI’s Adhesives, Composites and Sealants
Contract R&D Department and grew it to 17 staff. Within
the KTN, he has been responsible for the Materials in
Demanding Environments initiative for Innovate UK as
well as supporting a number of companies with
composite and other materials.
Programme Director, Composites Innovation Cluster (CiC)
Will Searle is the founder of Axillium Research, recognised
leaders in open innovation, collaboration management, and
delivery of strategic research programmes.
A former Business Development Director and IBM
consultant, Will founded Axillium in 2007 to support
manufacturing engineering development by providing
innovation management and consultancy services to
companies working to research high value added ICT,
Manufacturing and Advanced Materials technologies.
Axillium has since led a range of successful projects for
clients including GKN Aerospace, Airbus UK, Cytec, Bentley
Motors, Jaguar Land Rover and Cosworth.
As Programme Director of the Composites Innovation
Cluster, Will has led the creation, bidding and day-to-day
management of the programme in close collaboration with
the national composites industry, academic partners and
industrial stakeholders.
Miss Elaine Arnold
Technology Lead (Composite Centre)
Advanced Manufacturing
Research Centre
Graduating from Swansea University of Wales with a degree
in Materials Science and Engineering, Elaine has 9 years of
industrial experience working in the composites field,
primarily focussing on materials process development and
optimisation of manufacture through automation. Much of
Elaine’s work has been as part of collaborative Research and
Development programmes, through Government supported
initiatives. Currently holding a position at the AMRC as
technical lead within the automotive stream in composites,
in-process inspection techniques and up-scaling automated
deposition systems are currently of the technologies she is
focussing on.

Speakers
SPEAKER PROFILES
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Dr Thierry Renault
Senior Expert Composites
Faurecia
Dr. Thierry Renault is the Manager of Partnerships and
Expertise Network at Faurecia Automotive Exterior.
He is senior expert in composite materials and
thermoplastics for the group.
He has been involved in managing collaborative projects
(France FUI, France ANR, France ADEME) and partnerships
in European projects (FP7) in the field of lightweight
composite structures for the last 10 years.
He has a 20 year experience in composites and plastics in
the automotive industry.
He graduated at ENSIC (Nancy France) and holds a PhD in
Chemical Engineering from Clemson University (USA).
Mr Robert Crow
Material Innovation Group Leader
Jaguar Land Rover
Robert has worked in the Materials Engineering group at
Jaguar Land Rover for 11 years joining the business 2003
after completing a degree in Materials Engineering and
Management studies at Loughborough University.
Rob spent the two years on the JLR Graduate Scheme,
subsequently joining the Materials Engineering team as a
Senior Engineer focusing on Aluminium Body Materials.
Working initially on the 2006 XK and then as lead Body
materials Engineer for the 2009 Jaguar XJ. Moving into a
Project Engineer role in 2010, Robert’s work focused on
the development of new Aluminium substrates for the
new Range Rover program.
A chartered Engineer with the IOM3, Rob built on prior
experience of materials development to take up his
current role leading the Materials Innovation Team within
the Materials Engineering group in 2012. In this role his
focus is leading a cross functional team in projects
facilitating the application of new materials in interior,
exterior and powertrain functions.
Dr Philippe Le Bot
Team Leader in Composite Materials & Recycling
IRT Jules Verne
Dr. Philippe Le Bot holds a MSc in Engineering in Heat
transfer and PhD in Engineering Science with a major in heat
transfer during injection molding processes and was
awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at McGill University in
simulation of extrusion/blow-molding processes.
In his current position at the French Research & Technology
Institute, IRT Jules Verne, Philippe manages about 12
Research Engineers, PhD students and Post Docs in the field
of Composite Materials and Recycling. In addition, he is
involved in more than 10 ongoing collaborative R&D
projects mainly supported by industrial partners
(automotive, aeronautics and marine renewable energy
companies). Philippe recently contributed to a European
project: FORTAPE, as a work package leader. He has also
significant experience in collaborative R&D projects in the
field of composite manufacturing and process monitoring in
companies such as PLASTIC OMNIUM, leader in automotive
body components (more than 10 years) and INERGY.
Dr Sophie Cozien‐Cazuc
Technical Programme Manager
FAR‐UK Ltd
Dr Sophie Cozien-Cazuc joined Far-UK Ltd in November
2013 as a Technical Programme Manager. She manages
research projects which are part-funded by the UK and
the European Commission.
Sophie obtained her MSc on Advanced Materials in 2002
at Cranfield University and her PhD on Bio-medical
Composites in 2007 from the Polymer Composites Group
at the University of Nottingham. After holding a Research
Fellow position in the same group, she joined Cytec
Industrial Materials (formerly Umeco Composites
Structural Materials/Advanced Composites Group Ltd) as
a Collaborative Research & Technology Project Manager
in December 2008. Additionally, she has been part of the
committee of the East Midlands Materials Society (EMMS)
which is affiliated to The Institute of Materials, Minerals
and Mining (IoM3) since 2006 and part of the British
Composites Society (BCS) of the IoM3 since December
2014.
Through her research and work experience, she has a
broad knowledge of polymer composite materials.

Speakers
SPEAKER PROFILES
Session 4 Challenges in the transport industry – Rail
Dr Loïc Adamczak
Innovation Director
Plastic Omnium
Textile engineer & Doctor es material engineering.
1995-2012: Valeo Friction Materials - Head of various R&D
teams. Head of product line R&D team worldwide for 7
years.
2012-2014: R&I director of Porcher Industries, French
group dedicated to textile reinforcements and composites
for space & automotive industries.
2014-present: Innovation director of Plastic Omnium Auto
Exterior.
Dr Daniel Cadet
Director for External Technical Affairs
ALSTOM Transport
Dr Daniel Cadet got his Master in 1973 at Ecole Normale
Supérieure and his PhD in 1980 at Ecole Polytechnique.
He joined CNRS in 1974. In 1980 he became a Faculty
Member at the Dept of Meteorology at Florida State
University. In 1985 he took up a Senior Researcher
position at CNRS. Between 1999-2001, he was
successively Deputy-Director of the CNRS “Sciences of the
Universe” Dept and the CNRS Director for International
Affairs. In 2001, he joined ALSTOM Transport as the Vice-
President for External Affairs at the TECHNICAL
Directorate.
He is a Member of the Advisory Board of NEWRAIL at the
University of Newcastle and a member of the Editorial
Board of the Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit (JRRT).
He has been active during the preparation phase of the
French RAILENIUM Research Institute (IRT). D. L. Cadet has
actively participated to engage ALSTOM Transport in
more than 40 EU Railway Projects. During the last years,
he has been acting for ALSTOM to create the JTI
SHIFT2RAIL
Prof Geoff Gibson
Research Director
NewRail Research Centre
Geoff Gibson holds the Roland Cookson Chair of
Composite Materials Engineering at Newcastle University.
The researchers that he leads are concerned with all
aspects of the application of composite materials in
transport applications, and the energy industries.
In relation to the present meeting Newcastle University
has led the recently completed EU 7th Framework FIRE-
RESIST consortium, the aims of which were to achieve a
step change in the fire behaviour of composites used in
transport.
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Mrs Helena Simmonds
Project Engineer
WMG, University of Warwick
Helena Simmonds is a Project Engineer at the University of Warwick
with industrial experience of composites in a manufacturing
environment.
After graduating from the University of Birmingham with a Masters of
Research in “The Science and Engineering of Materials”, Helena
joined the Military Air and Information division of BAE Systems on
the graduate scheme. Following the programme in 2008, Helena
managed the production of torsion box assemblies for the Typhoon
aircraft, worked with Quality Engineering reducing inspection of hot
formed parts and finally in Materials Engineering supporting
composites detail manufacture. Helena’s responsibilities at BAE
Systems included the metrology and non-destructive test production
cells, defect characterisation of composite parts and qualification of
materials.
Helena joined WMG at the University of Warwick in 2013; here she
works within the Engineering Materials and Manufacturing
department. The group works alongside industry to identify light-
weighting solutions for high volume automotive applications. Helena
specialises in Composite materials and is investigating the use of
discontinuous carbon fibre composites in high volume applications.
Her work involves mechanical and thermal analysis of materials for
composite applications and then validating the performance using
actual components manufactured in a range of processes such as
compression moulding and Resin Transfer Moulding.

Speakers
SPEAKER PROFILES
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Session 5 Challenges in the transport industry – Aerospace
Dr John Marshall
Chief of Commodity Strategy,
Compressor Components
Rolls‐Royce
Mrs Delphine Carronnier
Head of materials department
IRT Saint‐Exupéry
I entered Airbus in 1995 so as to work in the research and
technologies of carbon structures. I worked on several
developments like ATR82, landing gear bays of A320 and
A340-500, ailerons of A340 and A380 and sandwich
structures. Then, in 2001, I started to work on the
composite fuselage, and was leading the French R&T
stress activities when the A350 XWB has been launched.
Thus, naturally, in 2006, I moved to the program as leader
of the stress activities of the fuselage barrel and then as
leader of the A350 fuselage stress. At the end of 2009 I
came back to research, as deputy of the overall physical
design leader, and with this job I got the opportunity to
have an overview on the whole aircraft (structure, cabin
and system integration) for all the Airbus programs.
Last year, I was seconded to IRT Saint Exupéry, so as to
build and lead the materials activities of this new research
institute.
I was educated at Cambridge University and Imperial
College London. I have worked for Rolls-Royce since 1987.
In the early part of my career I was involved in methods for
and application of prediction of aeroelasticity in gas
turbines. I then moved to project management of research
on fans in gas turbines, working with Funding bodies,
Universities and Supply chain partners. This work was on all
aspects of aerodynamics, mechanics, design and
manufacture and culminated in the development of a new
design of light weight Carbon Titanium fan. I then moved to
my current role on the Strategy for the development, supply
and industrialisation of both composite and metallic
components for fans and compressors. I am a Fellow of the
Royal Aeronautical Society and the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers.
Dr Pascal Dublineau
Airbus manufacturing R&T
Airbus
Airbus Group Senior expert composite materials.
Manufacturing Research on technologies for composite
materials.

Speakers
SPEAKER PROFILES
Session 6 New Composite Materials
Prof Jean‐François Gérard
Professor – Materials Science
Vice‐President Research
INSA‐Lyon
Mr Ebby Shahidi
Technology Advisor
Chomarat Textile Industries
Ebby (Ebrahim Ghavam-Shahidi) holds a BSc Hon and
Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering with
emphasis on polymers and composites from the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and
technology (UMIST) and a Fellow of IMMM. After leaving
FR Hitco where he was a senior composites design
engineer, in 1986 he joined ACG Ltd which then became
UMICO and finally Cytec. During his employment with the
company he held several senior posts, resigning as the
main Board Technology Director in September 2013.
Ebby currently work with Chomarat Textile Industries as a
Technology advisor for the composites business. Ebby is
also the Chair of the British Composites Society, technical
division of the IOM3. He is also a member of the Materials
KTN advisory Board. Over the years Ebby has been
involved, directed and managed several high profile, UK,
EU and international programmes in the field of
composite materials and applications.
Prof. Jean-François Gérard after heading the research
laboratory ‘Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères’ is now Vice-
President for Research of INSA Lyon, He got his PhD in
Polymer Science on the synthesis of zwitterionic
polyurethanes based on sulfobetainic diols for self-
emulsifying glass fiber sizing. He joined CNRS as permanent
scientist on designing of interfaces and interphases in
multicomponent polymer-based materials. His expertise
deals with: hybrid organic/inorganic nanomaterials,
nanocomposites, and composites based on thermoset and
thermoplastics with a special attention to the interfacial
phenomena and nanostructuration / self-assembling
processes. He is author of about 250 papers and 250
communications in international conferences. He also acts as
Vice-President of the European Center for Nanostructured
Polymers, President of the French learned society on
polymers (GFP) and was recently elected as President of the
European Polymer Federation.
Prof Constantinos Soutis
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
University of Manchester
Professor Constantinos Soutis is Director of the Aerospace
Research Institute at the University of Manchester. He has
over 25 years experience in working with composites and is
distinguished for his contributions to the science and
technology of the mechanics of composite materials. His
research is innovative and world-leading with its output
used extensively by major companies working with
composite materials. In 2014 he was elected Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Engineering, representing the nation’s
best engineering researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry
leaders. His industrial experience includes work with the
Defence Evaluation & Research Agency (1995-2001), QinetiQ
(2001-2003), Cambridge Consultants, Cytec Materials
Engineering and ABB Research in Switzerland. He is the
author/co-author of over 350 archived articles, and some 25
PhD students have qualified under his guidance. He is a
Deputy Editor of the Journal of Applied Composite
Materials.
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Dr Silvestre Pinho
Reader in Mechanics of Composites
Imperial College London
Silvestre is a Reader in Mechanics of Composites. In 2010,
he received the award for "best young researcher in
Composites active in Europe" from the European Society
for Composite Materials (ESCM). Since 2012, Silvestre has
been a member of the Council and of the Executive
Committee of ESCM. In 2014, Silvestre was awarded an
EPSRC fellowship for designing novel forms of more
damage-tolerant composite structures.
Silvestre leads a group focused on experimental,
analytical and numerical aspects of failure in fibre-
reinforced composites. Other interests include the design
of improved microstructures, recycling, and the design of
graphene-based composites. His research is funded by
both Research Councils and Industry.
In 2013, the blind predictions submitted by a team led by
Silvestre for an international benchmark exercise on
failure prediction of composite structures (2nd World-
Wide Failure Exercise) were ranked top by the organisers
for both the quantitative and qualitative rankings.

Speakers
SPEAKER PROFILES
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Session 6 New Composite Materials
Prof Michael Wisnom
Professor of Aerospace Structures
ACCIS, University of Bristol
Michael Wisnom is Professor of Aerospace Structures and
Director of the Advanced Composites Centre for
Innovation and Science (ACCIS) at the University of Bristol.
He is Director of the Rolls-Royce Composites University
Technology Centre, and a member of the steering board
for the UK National Composites Centre.
He holds a BSc (Eng) in Mechanical Engineering from
Imperial College, London, and a PhD in Aerospace
Engineering from the University of Bristol. He previously
worked for British Aerospace Civil Aircraft Division in
Hatfield, and Structural Dynamics Research Corporation in
London, Cincinnati and Paris before joining the University
in 1987.
He is the author of over 300 refereed journal and
conference publications, and is Editor in Chief and
European Editor for Applied Science and Manufacturing
of Composites Part A. He is a fellow of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers and the American Society for
Composites, recipient of a Royal Society Wolfson
Research Merit Award.
Prof Andrew Long
Director, CIMComp
University of Nottingham
Director of EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in
Composites (CIMComp), led by Nottingham and with core
partners at Bristol, Cranfield and Manchester Universities,
backed by a large industrial consortium including the
National Composites Centre. CIMComp conducts research
into fundamental process science and technology for fibre
reinforced polymer composites, with applications in the
aerospace, automotive and energy generation sectors.
Dr Christian Fagiano
Research engineer
ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab
Christian Fagiano graduated in 2005 from the Polytechnic
University of Turin, in Italy, where he earned a Masters
Degree in Aerospace Engineering. Then, he received his
PhD degree in 2010 at the Aerospace Structures and
Materials Department of the Technical University of Delft,
in the Netherlands, on computational modelling of tow-
placed composite laminates. Then, he obtained a
postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Mechanics and
Technology of Cachan, in France, and his research activity
concerned the meso-scale computational modelling of
thermostructural woven composite materials. Since 2012
he has been working as research engineer at ONERA at
the Composite Structures and Materials Department. His
research activity is mainly on woven polymer matrix
composites, and in particular (i) on multi-scale finite
element modelling, (ii) on characterization and modelling
of damage evolution under different loading conditions,
and (iii) on design and computational modelling of
structural parts.
Session 7 Design and Manufacturing solutions
Dr Matthew Thornton
Project Manager
NetComposites
Matthew joined NetComposites in 2013 as a Project
Manager and is responsible for the management of a
portfolio of both European and UK projects. Prior to joining
NetComposites he spent 7 years at The Institute of
Materials, Minerals and Mining as both a Materials Advisor
in the Knowledge Exchange Team and as the Polymer
Sector Leader for the Materials KTN. Before this he held the
position of KTP Associate at the University of Reading and
conducted research into novel materials for the removal of
mercury from crematoria flue gases.
Matthew has a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry with Chemical
Engineering from the University of Huddersfield and a PhD
in the catalytic deposition of carbon nanomaterials onto 3D
carbon fibre supports for the manufacture of carbon-carbon
composites from the University of Nottingham, the latter
being sponsored by Dunlop Aircraft Braking Systems. He is
a professional member of both The Royal Society of
Chemistry and The Institute of Materials, Minerals and
Mining.

Speakers
SPEAKER PROFILES
Session 7 Design and Manufacturing Solutions
Mr Marc Moret
President
LoireTech
Mr Mike Andreae
Director of Technology & Improvement
Sigma Precision Components
Mike has a mechanical engineering background and
worked for HS Marston (part of United Technologies) for
18 years, gaining broad experience through a number of
senior functional and management roles up to Managing
Director.
He joined Sigma in 2008 to head up Business
Development and grow business for the company’s
metallic pipe assembly products in the UK and China. In
2014, Mike became Sigma's Director of Technology and
Improvement to spearhead Sigma’s newly formed R&D
capability and generate intellectual property. The
successful EU funded COMPipe project to develop
composite pipes for aero engines was the first of three
funded R&D programs awarded to Sigma and lead by
Mike and his team.
Marc Moret, President of Loiretech, is a graduate from the
Ecole Centrale de Nantes, one of the French top ranked
engineering schools. He is specialized in manufacturing
technologies for metallic and composite structures for
aerospace, naval and automotive applications. He has
worked in the field of tooling for over 20 years and has
developed the Loiretech Company mainly in the field of
large molds for preforming and curing of composites.
Dr Chris Worrall
Principal Project Leader
TWI Ltd
Chris Worrall is a Principal Project Leader at TWI’s main
laboratory in Cambridge. Since joining TWI in 2009 he has
lead activities on joining composites, design, manufacture
and testing. He is an Imperial College (London) Metallurgy
and Materials Science graduate, with a PhD on the impact
of composite sandwich materials from Liverpool
University.
Chris has spent 10 years in Japan working in the
automotive, aerospace, rail and renewable energy
industries. Before leaving the UK he worked in a research
laboratory on the development and characterisation of
novel thermoplastic composite materials. His expertise
covers the joining of thermoplastic composites,
microstructure characterisation, mechanical testing, finite
element analysis, electromagnetic simulation, and design
and manufacture using advanced composite materials.
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Speakers
SPEAKER PROFILES
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Session 8 Recycling/Reuse
Dr Gary Leeke
Reader in Low Carbon Technologies
University of Birmingham
Gary Leeke is a Chemical Engineer in the School of
Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham,
where he leads the Clean Technology and Sustainable
Processing Group. His research focuses on sustainable
carbon processing and resource efficiency spanning
applications in Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy,
Pharmaceuticals, Composites and Food.
An area of significant importance is the investigation of
processes to deconstruct and remanufacture materials
from fibre reinforced composites at end-of-life; processes
of interest include the application of supercritical fluids
and other thermo-chemical techniques. He sits on the
Composites Leadership Forum Sustainability Working
Group for Composites UK.
Mr Mathieu Schwander
Composites project manager
Pôle Européen de Plasturgie (PEP)
Materials engineer - Graduated 2005 from
INSA Lyon.
Composites projects leader at PEP - Technical
Center for Plastics & Composites (Bellignat
and Le Bourget du Lac).
Coordinator of CRECOF, French national
committee for composites recycling.
Since mid-2013, Olivia is responsible for European and
International affairs for the EMC2 cluster, including
assisting members (more than 300 companies and
research providers) to elaborate best proposals for
European funding, implement a strategy for
interclustering at the international level and manage the
synergies expected between regional innovation strategy
(smart specialization) and European schemes and policies.
Current interests of EMC2 ecosystem include the NMPB
program, in particular the Factory of the Future topics, as
well as some Mobility for Growth and ICT (robotics-
linked) lines.
Since her Master in international Economics &
Management, Olivia was Principal Consultant for
European projects in the field of sustainable development
for 4 years. She was responsible for proposals leadership
for consortia addressing EU call for proposals and for
non-technological workpackages of running projects,
including management, communication, dissemination
and results exploitation.
Ms Olivia Cahn
European & International Project Manager
EMC2 Cluster
Dr Kalyan Sarma
NCP ‐ Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials
Innovate UK
Kalyan is the H2020 National Contact Point for
Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (N&M) at
Innovate UK. His role is to advice UK organisations
engaged in Horizon 2020 calls on participation rules and
proposal procedures.
Kalyan has many years of experience in technology
transfer, and worked in projects ranging from UK regional
development agencies to technical and market analysis
for business and academic groups in Micro and Nano
Technology.
He also worked for a Singapore based technology
incubator, which aims to develop a high technology
investment portfolio in the UK and Singapore. His
principal role was to develop the company as a
technology incubator and evaluate a number of projects
from technical and business planning perspectives.
Kalyan has a B.Eng in Electrical and Electronics
Engineering from the University of Madras, and a PhD in
Biotechnology from the University of Cambridge.

Speakers
SPEAKER PROFILES
Dr Jean‐Marc Pujol
Scientific Deputy Director
Solvay
Jean-Marc Pujol, is Deputy Scientific Director for Solvay
Research & Innovation. In charge of R&I External Affairs, he
coordinates collaborative innovation relationships with
several innovation stakeholders. He is Vice President of
ACDV, association for the development of biobased
chemistry. He holds a chemical engineering degree from
Ecole de Chimie de Strasbourg and a PhD in polymer
synthesis. He held several R&D management positions,
including R&D Pole Leader Europe for Surfactants, Polymers
and Solvents, as well as for Polyamides & Isocyanates, and
Silicones Synthesis, Formulation and Application Labs at
Lyon and Cranbury. Before joining the industrial group in
January 1990, he worked with 3M in the USA, developing
products for electronics.
Dr Jean‐Manuel Mas
Managing Director
Axelera
A chemist by education, Jean-Manuel Mas is a graduate of
the Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon (1981)
and a PhD in organic chemistry (University Claude Bernard
Lyon 1, 1985).
Jean-Manuel Mas began his career in 1985 as a
development chemist at Rhône Poulenc Research Center
(Lyon, France) then in 1998 he joined Rhodia Sillicones as
head of technology department before being transferred
overseas in 2005.
From 2005 to 2009, Jean-Manuel Mas headed the Rhodia
research center in Shanghai, and then became R&I Director
for Rhodia Novecare Asia in Singapore between 2009 and
2011, and between 2011 and 2014, back to Shanghai, for
Solvay Aroma Performance.
Since July 2014 Jean-Manuel Mas is the managing director
of Axelera, the competitiveness cluster of the chemical and
environmental sectors of the Rhône-Alpes region, France.
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