Programme
- 09.30 Arrival / Registration (Coffee)
- 09.50 Welcome address: Professor F Richard Hall
- Session 1: Needs and Design Challenges for Light-weighting in Aerospace; Chair: Andrew Mair, MAA
- 10.00 Light-weight Materials and Structures for Aero-Engines. Neil Glover, Prog. Manager University Research-Materials, Rolls-Royce Plc
- 10.25 Challenges for Light-weight Design of Aircraft Structure. Jim Banks, Head of Design and Dave Wood, Engineering Manager, BAE Systems
- 10.50 Exciting (Light-weighting) Opportunities in UAVs. Bob Reeve, Manufacturing Advisory Service, MAS
- 11.15-11.45 Coffee Break
- Session 2: Case Studies; Chair: Prof Richard Hall
- 11.45 Low-cost, Low-energy Processing of Composite Materials. Dr Victoria Coenen, Manchester Composites Centre
- 12.05 Air Vehicle Optimisation. Dr John Harris, Senior Engineer, QinetiQ
- 12.25 Near Netshape Manufacture. Prof Xinhua Wu, Professor in Aerospace Materials, IRC in Materials Processing, University of Birmingham
- 12.45 Lunch
- 13.30 Guest Speaker: Per Lindstrand (Balloonist and Aerospace Engineer)
- Session 3: World Class Competitiveness Chair: Jim Coyle, Advantage West Midlands
- 14.00 Keynote: World Class
Competitiveness. Robert Quarshie,
Director, Materials Knowledge Transfer Network
- 14.30 The
Impact of Systems
Integration. Rodney Collins, Chief
Weights Engineer, BAE Systems
- 14.50 Application
of
Light-weighting Technologies. Ben
Scott-Geddes, Design Director, Caparo Vehicle Technologies
- 15.10 Experiences of Automotive Light-weighting. Damian Harty, Technology Consultant – Dynamics, Pro-Drive Automotive)
- 15.30-15.40 Coffee Break
- Session 4: Creation of R&D "Road Map" for Light-weight Design for Aero Sector; Chair: Dr Bob Newman, MAA
- 15.40 Discussion: facilitated by Dr Bob Newman and Julian Spence
- 16.30 Close
