Program

COMPO2014 Program

Monday, April 28
Time	Session/Lecture info
17:00-18:45	Registration and Cocktail
17:00-18:45
18:45-21:00	Opening session Chair: H. Daniel Wagner, WIS, Israel
18:45-19:00	H. Daniel Wagner (WIS, Israel) Greetings
19:00-19:45	Eduard Arzt, INM, Germany OPENING LECTURE 1: From biological solutions to active functional surfaces
19:45-20:30	Robert Young, U. Manchester, UK OPENING LECTURE 2: Nanostructures, mechanics and Raman spectroscopy

Tuesday, April 29
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:15-08:45	Coffee/Tea
08:15-08:45
08:45-10:15	Session 1 Chair: Eran Bouchbinder, WIS, Israel
08:45-09:15	Robert Ritchie, Berkeley, USA KICKOFF LECTURE: On the pursuit of damage tolerance using Nature's inspiration
09:15-09:35	Francois Barthelat, McGill, Canada Overcoming brittleness through bio-inspiration and microarchitecture
09:35-09:55	Gerold Schneider, TUHH, Germany Enamel's mechanical properties from nano to macro scale
09:55-10:15	Sam Safran, WIS, Israel Matrix Mechanics: Why cells care
10:15-10:35	Coffee/Tea break
10:15-10:35
10:35-12:05	Session 2 Chair: Francois Barthelat, McGill, Canada
10:35-11:05	Alan Windle, Cambridge, UK KICKOFF LECTURE: Strength of carbon nanotube fibres
11:05-11:25	Karl Schulte, TUHH, Germany The potential of hierarchical fibre reinforced composites with nanoparticle modified matrix for improved mechanical and electrical properties
11:25-11:45	Edith Mäder, Leibniz-Institut Dresden, Germany Multi-functional interphases of hierarchical composites
11:45-12:05	Christian Marotzke, BAM, Germany Limits of the continuum mechanical treatment of problems
12:05-14:00	Lunch +Poster session I
12:05-14:00
14:00-15:50	Session 3 Chair: John Nairn, Oregon State University, USA
14:00-14:30	Yoel Forterre, IUSTI CNRS/Aix-Marseille U., France KICKOFF LECTURE: Fast movements in plants: lessons from the Venus flytrap
14:30-14:50	Rivka Elbaum, HUJI, Israel Hygroscopic movements in Geraniaceae: The structural variations that are responsible for coiling or bending
14:50-15:10	Ingo Burgert, ETH, Switzerland Wood biomechanics & biomimetics
15:10-15:30	Hirofumi Wada, Ritsumeikan, Japan Mechanical basis for the helical pattern in twisting mutants of Arabidopsis
15:30-15:50	Kalman Schulgasser, BGU, Israel How the relationship between density and shrinkage of wood depends on its microstructure
15:50-16:10	Coffee/Tea break
15:50-16:10
16:10-17:40	Session 4 Chair: Ingo Burgert, ETH, Switzerland
16:10-16:40	Brian Wardle, MIT, USA KICKOFF LECTURE: Hierarchical nanoengineered advanced composites - mechanical and multifunctional properties
16:40-17:00	Alessandro Pegoretti, U.Trento, Italy Multi-scale hybrid micro- nanocomposites based on graphite nanoplatelets and glass fibers
17:00-17:20	Reshef Tenne, WIS, Israel Nanocomposites with nanotubes and fullerene-like-WS2 (MoS2)
17:20-17:40	Ignaas Verpoest, KU Leuven, Belgium Hybridization: the rebirth of an old toughening concept in composites?

Wednesday, April 30
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:15-08:45	Coffee/Tea
08:15-08:45
08:45-10:35	Session 5 Chair: Daniel Cohn, HUJI, Israel
08:45-09:15	Gad Marom, HUJI, Israel KICKOFF LECTURE: Nanocomposites in Structural Applications: Improved Stiffness and Fracture Toughness
09:15-09:35	H. Daniel Wagner, WIS, Israel Provocative views about nanocomposite toughness
09:35-09:55	Frank Jones, Sheffield U., UK Interfaces and interphases in fibre composites: Chemistry and micro-mechanics
09:55-10:15	Jang Kyo Kim, HKUST, Hong Kong, China 2D and 3D graphene/epoxy composites with multi-functional properties
10:15-10:35	Claudio Migliaresi, U. Trento, Italy Composites, micromechanics and interfaces in tissue engineering
10:35-10:55	Coffee/Tea break
10:35-10:55
10:55-12:45	Session 6 Chair: Cecile Zakri, CRPP, France
10:55-11:25	Thomas Scheibel, U. Bayreuth, Germany KICKOFF LECTURE: Structural proteins: bio-inspired polymers for fibers, particles, films, and more
11:25-11:45	Michael Varenberg, Technion, Israel Use of biomimetic hexagonal surface texture in friction against lubricated skin
11:45-12:05	Asa Barber, Queen Mary University of London, UK Interfacial strength in biocomposites
12:05-12:25	Marlene Spinner, Kiel U. Reptile skin: A multifunctional biomaterial
12:25-12:45	Brian Cox, Teledyne, USA How living cells form microstructural patterns as strain-cued automata
12:45-14:00	Lunch +Poster session II
12:45-14:00
14:00-15:30	Session 7 Chair: Robert Young, U. Manchester, UK
14:00-14:30	Huajian Gao, Brown, USA KICKOFF LECTURE: What can we learn from nature about fracture toughening mechanisms in nanotwinned materials?
14:30-14:50	Eran Bouchbinder, WIS, Israel Cellular mechanosensitivity: Cell reorientation under cyclic stretching
14:50-15:10	Benny Bar On, MPI, Germany Hierarchical biological composites
15:10-15:30	Dongsheng Zhang, Shanghai U., China Towards understanding the mechanical behavior of enamel based on its microstructure
15:30-15:50	Coffee/Tea break
15:30-15:50
15:50-17:40	Session 8 Chair: Jean-Francois Gerard, INSA Lyon, France
15:50-16:20	Cecile Zakri, CRPP, France KICKOFF LECTURE: Thermomechanical properties of nanotube/polymer composites
16:20-16:40	Milo Shaffer, Imperial College, UK Versatile and scalable approaches to chemical processing of nanocarbons
16:40-17:00	Maria Paiva, U.Minho, Portugal Simple strategies for stable aqueous suspensions of carbon nanotubes
17:00-17:20	Jonathan Coleman, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Electro-mechanical properties of polymer-graphene composites
17:20-17:40	Jean-Paul Lellouche, BIU, Israel A novel surface functionalization method of hard fullerene - like WS2 inorganic nanotubes
19:30	Departure for dinner
19:30-19:35
20:30-22:30	Festive conference dinner at Cordelia Restaurant in Jaffo, Tel Aviv
20:30-22:30

Thursday, May 1
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:15-08:45	Coffee/Tea
08:15-08:45
08:45-10:15	Session 9 Chair: Reshef Tenne, WIS, Israel
08:45-09:15	Philippe Poulin, CRPP, France KICKOFF LECTURE: In-situ characterization of the solidification of wet-spun fibers
09:15-09:35	Eyal Zussman, Technion, Israel Electrospun thermoplastic polyurethane nanofibers as a new shape memory material
09:35-09:55	Jean-Francois Gerard, INSA lyon, France Carbon nanotubes as nanofillers and yarn-like fibers in epoxy matrices for designing advanced composites
09:55-10:15	Ernesto Joselevich, WIS, Israel How do different nanotubes twist?
10:15-10:35	Coffee/Tea break
10:15-10:35
10:35-12:05	Session 10 Chair: Tsu-Wei Chou, U. Delaware, USA
10:35-11:05	Michelle Lynn Oyen, Cambridge, UK KICKOFF LECTURE: Nanofiber composites as biomimetic soft tissue scaffolds
11:05-11:25	Steve Weiner, WIS, Israel Bone is a combination of two different materials: Three dimensional structural analysis using Serial Surface View
11:25-11:45	Jan-Henning Dirks, MPI, Germany Correlation of material properties and morphology in insect exoskeletons
11:45-12:05	Ton Peijs, Queen Mary University of London, UK Functional fibres inspired by nature
12:05-13:30	Lunch + Poster session III
12:05-13:30
13:30-15:00	Session 11 Chair: Larissa Gorbatikh, KU Leuven, Belgium
13:30-14:00	Ramesh Talreja, Texas A&M, USA KICKOFF LECTURE: Mechanisms based failure criteria for composites accounting for failure of interface between constituents
14:00-14:20	Yibin Li, HIT, China Multifunctional novel structural yarns based on carbon nanotube
14:20-14:40	Oren Regev, BGU, Israel Fracture behavior of nanotube - polymer composites: Insights on surface roughness and failure mechanism
14:40-15:00	Josef Jancar, CEITEC, Czech Rep Controlled nanoparticle dispersion in polymer nanocomposites: scientific problem and technological opportunity
15:00-15:20	Coffee/Tea break
15:00-15:20
15:20-16:50	Session 12 Chair: Michelle Lynn Oyen, Cambridge, UK
15:20-15:50	John Nairn, Oregon State U., USA KICKOFF LECTURE: Modeling short-fiber reinforced nanocomposites including effects of fiber aspect ratio and fiber matrix interface
15:50-16:10	Stepan Lomov, KU Leuven, Belgium Compressibility of random assemblies of carbon nanotubes
16:10-16:30	Larissa Gorbatikh, KU Leuven, Belgium The quest for tougher structural composites challenges today's understanding of material failure
16:30-16:50	Gerhard Kalinka, BAM, Germany Mechanical characterization of the fiber-matrix interface in brittle and ductile polymers by using pull-out and push-out tests
16:50-17:10	Coffee/Tea break
16:50-17:10
17:10-18:15	Closing session Chair: Edith Maeder, Leibniz-Institute Dresden, Germany
17:10-17:55	Tsu-Wei Chou, U. Delaware, USA CLOSING LECTURE:Carbon nanomaterials based composites and energy storage devices
18:00-18:10	Xiaodong He (HIT, China) and H. Daniel Wagner (WIS, Israel) Final comments

Friday, May 2
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:30-16:00	Tour of Jerusalem
08:30-16:00

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