External links
Professional Bodies and Trade Associations
Composites Processing Association
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
Composites News and Information
Reinforced Plastics Buyers' Guide
Research and Consultancy
Training
Rycotewood College (Thame, Oxford) is offering a range of practical training courses in composites manufacture appropriate for NVQ Levels 2 and 3. Contact Rodney Hansen (+44 (0) 1844 212501).
Yeovil College are developing composites skills training for aerospace and other industries. Contact Phil Evans (+44 (0) 1935 845439).
Filton College (Bristol) run several basic level composites training courses. Contact Fred Bennett (+44 (0) 117 909 2248).
City of Bristol College are planning NVQ 2 and 3 aircraft maintenance training and have some composites facilities. Contact Ram Naidoo (+44 (0) 7976 931907).
Kay Dawe, Falmouth College.
Phone: +44 (0) 1326 310315
E-mail: k.dawe@cornwall.ac.uk
UK Universities
Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
University of Plymouth links
University of Plymouth home page
Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering
Meetings and Courses Diary
Conference:
Global Pultrusion Conference
6-8 June - Baltimore, USA
www.briskevents.nl
Trade Fair:
International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens
12-14 June - Frankfurt, Germany
www.techtextil.com
Meeting:
FRP Footbridges
20 June - London, UK
ngcc@netcomposites.com
Workshop:
Thermoplastic Matrix Composites
28-29 June - Brindisi, Italy
www.cetma.it/theplac2007
Meeting:
Materials in Bicycles
6 July - London, UK
www.iom3.org/EVENTS/index.htm
Workshop:
NDT Methods for Large-Scale Composite Structures
7 July - Port Talbot, UK
www.iom3.org/EVENTS/index.htm
Conference:
16th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-16)
8-13 July 2007 - Kyoto, Japan
www.jscm.gr.jp/iccm-16/
Conference:
15th International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE-15)
15-21 July 2007 - Hong Kong, China
myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~mmktlau/ICCE/ICCE_Main.htm
Conference:
International Conference on Structural Analysis of
Advanced Materials
2-6 September 2007 - Patras, Greece
www.mech.upatras.gr/~icsam07/
Symposium:
Interface Design of Polymer Matrix Composites
3-6 September 2007 - Roskilde, Denmark
risoe-staged.risoe.dk/conferences/symp28.aspx
Conference:
5th international Conference on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and
Adhesives
7-11 September 2007 - Les Diablerets, Switzerland
www.tc4pca.elsevier.com
Conference:
1st International Carbon Composites Conference in Aerospace Valley
17-19 September 2007 - Arcachon, France
www.avantage-aquitaine.com/
Conference:
Pushing the Performance Limit of Composite Structures
23-28 September 2007 - Madeira, Portugal
www-mech.eng.cam.ac.uk/conferences/composites-madeira2007/
Conference:
4th International Conference on Fatigue of
Composites
26-28 September 2007 - Kaiserslautern, Germany
www.ivw.uni-kl.de/icfc4
Conference:
Composites Innovation 2007
4-5
October - Barcelona, Spain
www.compositesinnovation.com
Short Course:
Introduction to Composite Materials Science
5-9 November - Guildford, UK
D.Saunders@surrey.ac.uk
Conference:
Fibre
Reinforced Composites
9-12 December - Port Elizabeth, SA
ranandi@csir.co.za
Conference:
Flow Processes in Composite Materials 9
8-10 July 2008 - Montreal, Canada
http://cchp.meca.polymtl.ca/fpcm9
