Biography
Professor Ignaas Verpoest visited the Center for Smart Materials and Structures (CSMS), and gave a talk about Recent Development In Research at The Composite Materials Group of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven : From Nano-engineered To Textile Composites. Professor Ignaas Verpoest, from the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (MTM) at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven where he got his Masters degree (1972) and PHD degree (1982). From 1997 to 2000, prof. Verpoest was President of the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM), and from 2003 to 2005, he was president of the International Committee on Composite Materials.
His research interest include Composite Materials (fibre reinforced plastics), Textiles and Textile Based Composites, Innovative Processing of Thermoplastic Composites, Fibre Reinforced Composites, Sandwich Materials and Continuously Produced Honeycomb Cores (paper and plastic based).
Topic of Invited talk
1. The Introduction of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Department Metallurgy and Materials Engineering);
2. Recent Development In Research at The Composite Materials Group of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven : From Nano-engineered To Textile Composites.
