First European Summer School on Bio-based Composites
The European Summer School on Bio-based Composites (ESBBC) is a unique event in Europe for master students, PhD students and young researchers working on bio-based composites wishing to learn, exchange experience and technical information on this multidisciplinary scientific field.
The event has been a great success with about 150 participants. The quality of the several presentations and the interesting discussions that derived from it made this event even better and rewarding.
Best Flash-Presentation Award Winners
Three prices were awarded with 4 ex-aequo presentations for the 3rd price. The First Award winner will receive 300€, the Second Award winner will receive 200€ and the 3rd Award winners will receive 150€ each.
Winners:
1. Jason GOVILAS - University Franche-Comté, France
Investigation of the mechanics of interface between individual plant fibers using micro-mechatronics
2. Emmanuelle RICHELY - INRAE Nantes, France
Combined experimental and numerical approaches to grasp the mechanical behaviour of flax fibres and bundles
3.
- Ana Carolina CONSTANCIO TRINDADE - PUC-Rio, Brazil
Natural fiber-reinforced geopolymers exposed to accelerated aging tests
- Delphin PANTALONI - University of South Brittany, France
Are biodegradable polymers suitable as matrix for biodegradable flax composites ?
- Farzin JAVANSHOUR - Tampere University, Finland
Interfacial Toughening of Flax Fibre Reinforced Composites for Better Impact Resistance
- Alexandros PRAPAVESIS - KU Leuven, Belgium
Full-field 3D Strain Mapping of Flax Fibre Composites by Means of 4D X-CT Digital Volume Correlation
Research on bio-based composites has developed at national and international levels during the last decades. Several European projects focused on bio-based composites are currently funded via H2020, Interreg or Era-NET. In this context, ESBBC aims at creating a critical mass and momentum about this important research topic by gathering the main academic and technical players around a new Summer School completely dedicated to the field of bio-based composites and their development.
This first edition is organised under the auspices of the European projects SSUCHY, FLOWER, NETFIB and FiberNet and hosted by the FEMTO-ST Institute at the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon, France.
The event will cover three main topics:
- Testing
- Manufacturing, design and durability
- End of Life management, sustainability assessment, circular bioeconomy
Highlights and Provisonal Programme
- Keynote lectures given by European experts
- Lectures & hands-on tutorials
- Presentation of European projects associated with ESBBC
- Flash presentations from selected student attendees
- Workshop dedicated to scientific journal writing
- Social events (for onsite participants)
8 Sessions
- Bio-based materials design, perception and emotional aspects
- Plant and wood fibres
- Biochemistry of plant fibres
- Advanced functionalities of bio-based composite materials and structures
- Bio-based composites and materials applications
- Workshop on scientific journal writing – Darshil Shah, Alain Bourmaud
- Plant cultivation, harvesting and processing
- Circular Bioeconomy
→ Consult the detailed programme here
Participation
The summer school will run from 6th to 8th of July 2021 fully online*: