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Airborne on Air – New Webinar Series 2021
Stories of Pioneers in Composites
2021 Fast Pace Webinars on Stories by Pioneers in Composites
Are you a bit bored and tired of all the standard webinars with company presentations and more of the same?
Do you want to be inspired again by the dialogue between composite innovators and futuristic thinkers?
We do! Get prepared for a new format.
Fresh new ideas in 30 minutes: Quick & Personal
Looking for personal, inspirational, ambitious and futuristic ideas by young innovators? Here it is!
We have developed a format that should feel something like TEDx x Webinar x Fast Pace Train. Makes you curious? Join us!
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In 30 minutes you’ll hear and see fresh ideas in compelling, personal talks. Like to interact? Feel free to add a question upfront!
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MAY 20th 2021
WEBINAR #5: Composites as a Battery
4PM CET | 10AM EST | 7 AM PST
Recently researchers from Chalmers University of Technology announced to have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fibre that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material. Their latest research breakthrough paves the way for essentially ’massless’ energy storage in vehicles and other technology.
The batteries in today’s electric cars constitute a large part of the vehicles’ weight, without fulfilling any load-bearing function. A structural battery, on the other hand, is one that works as both a power source and as part of the structure – for example, in a car body. This is termed ‘massless’ energy storage, because in essence the battery’s weight vanishes when it becomes part of the load-bearing structure. Calculations show that this type of multifunctional battery could greatly reduce the weight of an electric vehicle.
Prof. Leif Asp, who is leading this project, estimates the battery could reach an energy density of 75 Wh/kg and a stiffness of 75 GPa. This would make the battery about as strong as aluminium, but with a comparatively much lower weight.
In this webinar we will discuss this fabulous pioneering research and the possible impact of this great breakthrough for ’massless’ energy storage
Guest of Honour: Prof. Leif Asp of Chalmers University
Since 2007, Professor Asp leads research activities on multifunctional composites. In particular, the research group performs research on structural battery composites, a material that can simultaneously store electrical energy and carry mechanical loads. The work comprises material development and characterization, ranging from mechanical and electrochemical characterization of constituents to cells and multi-cell structures.
Professor Asp’s research is focused on efficient design methodologies for carbon fibre composite transport applications. The research relies on more than twenty-five years’ experience in damage tolerance modelling, design and certification methods for aircraft composite structures. Composite design and verification rely on combined virtual and experimental approaches in a so-called building block approach. The experimental test campaign required to complete and verify a composite vehicle is costly. The research in Lightweight composites materials and structures aims to increase analysis capability to allow increased virtual testing, and hence reduce cost related to physical testing. The research will address a wide range of carbon fibre composites, from traditional UD-composites via textile reinforced to short fibre composites, and as such will be relevant for applications across the transport sector, e.g. automotive, aero engines and aircraft structures.
JUNE 10th 2021
WEBINAR #6: Continuous spoolable pipe concept for the Energy market
4PM CET | 10AM EST | 7 AM PST
Strohm is the world’s first and leading manufacturer of fully bonded, Thermoplastic Composite Pipe. The lightweight, high strength and corrosion resistant composite pipes provide cost and operational benefits in subsea production & oil field service applications.
As a pioneer in the Oli & Gas industry Strohm will be talking about the technology of their TCP addressing e.a.:
- No corrosion, lower cost, less CO2
- High performance, highly advanced manufacturing, in-situ consolidation
- Lighter, more durable, superior performance with a direct impact on sustainability
- Applications in both the traditional energy sector and in renewables, such as hydrogen transport and CCUS
In this webinar we will discuss this pioneering company and groundbreaking technology.
Guest of Honour: Martin van Onna
In 2007 Martin van Onna started Strohm, (formerly Airborne Oil & Gas) as the world’s first and leading manufacturer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipe. In the role of General Manager he developed the start-up, set up pilot production and successfully introduced our technology and products in a very conservative Oil & Gas market. In 2014, following the company’s relocation and establishment as independent company, he became statutory director and moved to his current role of Chief Commercial Officer and, recently, Deputy CEO, for what is now a successful scale-up in the Oil & Gas and Renewables markets.
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Host of Webinar Series: Marcus Kremers, CTO of Airborne
All webinars are hosted by Airborne CTO Marcus Kremers. Marcus has 25 years of experience in the composites industry, with a strong focus on industrialisation and technology development and a passion for how composites can make the world more sustainable. Biobased composites is a recent field of personal interest.
Should you be interested in a webinar with Marcus or like to know more about any subject he talked about, please reach out via LinkedIn of Marcus Kremers.
Webinar #1: Arris on Additive Molding & 3D Printing | FEBRUARY 18TH 2021
Arris Composites is a new, exciting start-up from California who have developed a breakthrough technology ‘Additive Molding’ that enables the manufacturing of complex, organic designs in composites in high volume in thermoplastic composite. They have been in stealth mode for some years but are now bursting onto the scene, so we are very curious to hear more!
This webinar features Arris Composites CTO Riley Reese & Airborne CTO Marcus Kremers.
Riley Reese, Arris Composites CTO, is a repeat entrepreneur having co-founded robotic 3D printing company Arevo before co-founding Arris Composites. His experience with innovation in 3D printing began nearly a decade ago as a master’s student at UC Berkeley building biodegradable heart tissue scaffolds. He cofounded Arris Composites. As CTO, he leads R&D on Arris’ novel manufacturing process that enables scalable manufacturing of high-performance composite products.
Webinar #2: Kunal Masania TU Delft on Bio-Inspired Materials | MARCH 11TH 2021
Kunal Masania carried out his PhD at Imperial College London on nanoscale toughening of thermosetting polymer composites. His ground-breaking work in on size effects has been widely adopted by academia and industry since. In the Shaping Matter Lab, he likes to look for ways to leverage shaping freedom to enhance performance and properties of interesting new materials. Typically, he achieves this by combining nanoscale self-assembly with macroscopic shaping using additive manufacturing to generate lightweight structures with hierarchical architectures at application relevant scales. In this webinar he takes us to the future of composites.
This webinar features Dr. Kunal Masania, Associated Professor at TU Delft Aerospace Engineering & Airborne CTO Marcus Kremers.
Kunal Masania is Associated Professor at TU Delft on hierarchical bioinspired materials with contradicting properties (e.g. tough and strong, stiff and dissipative). Using 3D printing, he exploits directed- & self-assembly of natural or carbon-based materials across multiple length scales in order to study the role of anisotropy and porosity and apply these microstructural designs to large structures.
Webinar #3: Yannick Willemin 9T Labs on the complexities of anisotropic materials | APRIL 1st 2021
This webinar is with Mr. Yannick Willemin of 9T Labs. 9T Labs automates and digitizes composite manufacturing at scale. Founded in 2018 by a team of pioneers, passionate about bringing the next generation of high performance manufacturing, 9T Labs aspires to mass produce high performance composites as easily as metals by automating and digitizing the production workflow of composite production at the most innovative companies. In this webinar we discuss the latest on the complexities of anisotropic materials and the manual process in manufacturing carbon composites – and how to simplify this by automation and building a SaaS suite.
This webinar features Yannick Willemin, Head of Marketing & Business Development at 9T Labs & Airborne CTO Marcus Kremers.
Yannick is into innovation and technology topics with deep experience in the composite and advanced materials field. He has both an engineering degree in mechanics and an MBA in entrepreneurship. During his 13 years at SGL Carbon,he acquired both composites and managerial competencies through his roles in R&D, Sales, Procurement, and Innovation Strategy. In January 2020, he joined 9T Labs as Head of Marketing & Business Development.
Webinar #4: Régis Voillat of Bcomp on natural fibres composites | APRIL 22nd 2021
This webinar will be with Bcomp. Bcomp is the leading solutions provider for natural fibre reinforcements in high performance applications from race to space. The company started as a garage project in 2011 with a mission to create lightweight yet high performance skis. The bCores™ were launched and successfully adopted by some of the biggest names in freeride skiing. The founders, material science PhDs from EPFL, used flax fibres to reinforce the balsa cores and improve shear stiffness. Impressed by the excellent mechanical properties of flax fibres, the development to create sustainable lightweighting solutions for the wider mobility markets started.
This webinar features Régis Voillat, R&D manager at Bcomp & Airborne CTO Marcus Kremers.
Guest of Honour: Régis Voillat
Régis Voillat graduated in 2017 with an M.Sc. in Materials Science and Space Technology from EPFL and Imperial College London. He has since been involved with Bcomp as an R&D engineer focusing on Aerospace applications, fundamental R&D and Life Cycle Assessments. Since early 2021, he oversees all thermoset-related developments and is the R&D Manager at Bcomp.
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