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.
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*: