Preliminary Program Syntactic and Composite Foams IV An ECI Conference Series November 2-7, 2014 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Conference Chair: Gary M. Gladysz (Empyreus Solutions, USA) Conference Co-Chairs: Krishan K. Chawla (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA) Aldo R. Boccaccini (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany) Tatsuki Ohji (AIST, Japan) Engineering Conferences International 32 Broadway New York, NY 10004 www.engconfintl.org info@engconfintl.org Sunday, November 2, 2014 05:00 pm – 07:00 pm Conference check-in 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm Meet and Greet Social Monday, November 3, 2014 07:30 am – 08:45 am Breakfast 09:00 am – 09:15 am Opening remarks Gary Gladysz, Conference Chair Ram Darolia, ECI Technical Liaison 09:15 am Session I 09:15 am - 10:00 am Experimental study of the hydrostatic compression behavior of syntactic foams by X-ray microtomography Jerome Adrien, MATEIS, INSA-Lyon, CNRS UMR5510 10:00 am -10:30 am Natural frequency automatic variation in earthquake isolation system Federico Bartorazzli, Civil Engineer & Independent Researcher 10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee break 11:00 am - 11:30 am Dynamic compression imaging of syntactic foams using synchrotron x-ray computed tomography Brian M. Patterson, Los Alamos National Lab 11:30 am – 12:00 pm Multifucntionality in syntactic foams: Engineering mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties Nikhil Gupta, New York University 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Mullite-based thermal insulators prepared by gelation freezing method Manabu Fukushima, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 12:30 pm – 02:00 pm Lunch 02:00 pm Session II 02:00 pm - 02:45 pm Processing of titania-coated glass microballoons and syntactic foams thereof for environmental cleanup K. K. Chawla, University of Alabama at Birmingham 02:45 pm - 03:15 pm Characterization of inclusion clusters by mechanical interactions Phil Daro Krummrich, University of Bremen 03:15 pm - 03:45 pm Coffee break 03:45 pm - 04:15 pm A CFD approach for simulation of the aluminum syntactic foam infiltration process Shizhao Li, Technical University of Denmark 04:15 pm - 04:45 pm Innovative Carbon Nanostructures Grown on Glass Microballoons: Useful Component for Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits in Early Disease Detection Eyassu Woldesenbet, Louisiana State University 04:45 pm – 05:15 pm Daily remarks and discussion of Sessions I and II 05:15 pm – 07:30 pm ad hoc discussions / free time 07:30 pm – 09:00 pm Dinner 09:00 pm – 10:00 pm Social hour Tuesday, November 4, 2014 07:30 am - 09:00 am Breakfast 09:15 am Session III 09:15 am – 10:00 am Enhanced strength and damage tolerance in three-dimensional ceramic nanolattices Meza Lucas R. Meza, California Institute of Technology 10:00 am - 10:30 am Development, characterization and in vitro bioactivity study of 45S5 Bioglass® scaffolds with fibrous morphology for bone tissue engineering applications Preethi Balasubramanian, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 10:30 am – 11:00 am Coffee break 11:00 am - 11:30 am Three-dimensional Bioglass®-based scaffolds developed via replication of natural marine sponges with drug delivery capability for Tissue Engineering Elena Boccardi, Friedrich-Alexander Universität ErlangenNürnberg 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Bioglass®-based scaffolds reinforced by composite coating: preparation and response to mechanical loading Ivo Dlouhy, Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Session III discussions 12:30 pm Pick up boxed lunch 12:45 pm Departure for excursion to Bandelier National Monument Free time for those remaining in Santa Fe 06:30 pm Return to Santa Fe 07:00 pm – 08:30 pm Dinner 08:30 pm – 09:30 pm Social hour Wednesday, November 5, 2014 07:30 am - 09:00 am Breakfast 09:15 am Session IV 09:15 am – 10:00 am Microstructural characterization and simulation of cellular ceramics materials Tobias Fey, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Glass and Ceramics 10:00 am -10:30 am Rapid prototyping of syntactic foams: Powder preparation, characterization, and laser sintering Vinita Chhahira, Honeywell FM&T 10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee break 11:00 am - 11:30 am Microstructures and properties of macroporous ceramics by gelation freezing method Manabu Fukushima, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 11:30 am -12:00 pm Microstructure of titanium syntactic foams Mark Koopman, University of Utah 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Silicon carbide hollow particles and composite structures Oliver Strbik, Deep Springs Technology 12:30 pm – 02:00 pm Lunch 02:00 pm - 04:30 pm ad hoc discussions/free time 04:30 pm – 05:00 pm Coffee break 05:00 pm Session V 05:00 pm – 05:45 pm Ablative heatshield systems – Heritage systems and new approaches for thermal protection of spacecraft entering planetary atmospheres William M. Congdon, ARA Ablatives Lab 05:45 pm - 06:15 pm Innovative low density silicone RT-foams Jessica Hanley, Bluestar Silicones 06:15 pm - 08:00 pm Poster Session/Social Hour Fine-graded glass ceramic composites with controlled micro porosity Alexander Tsouknidas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Ni-Ti SMA foam using pre-alloyed Ni-Ti powder and ammonium bicarbonate as space holder Dehi Pada Mondal, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute Effect of micro balloon content on glass transition temperature of PMMA micro balloon/unsaturated polyester resin syntactic foam Ahmad Reza Farmany, Iran Polymer & Petrochemical Institute Alumina nano-particle reinforced composite foam with finer cell size made through liquid metallurgy route Dehi Pada Mondal, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute Production and mechanical properties characterization behavior in tensile of tin-lead open cell foams Abd-Elmouneïm Belhadj, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene Innovative low density silicone RT-foams Jessica Hanley, Bluestar Silicones 08:00 pm Dinner (on your own) Thursday, November 6, 2014 07:30 am – 09:00 am Breakfast 09:00 am Session VI 9:15 am - 10:00 am Measurement and uncertainty quantification of elastic tensor properties of nearly-singular anisotropic metamaterials Jeffrey Cipolla, Weidlinger Accociates 10:00 am - 10:30 am High strength specialty designed Wollastonite fibers for reinforced polymers Gary C. Phillips, NYCO Minerals Inc. 10:30 am – 1100 am Coffee break 11:00 am - 11:30 am A continuum damage mechanics model for the lifetime prediction of cellular composites under static and cyclic loading Sergej Diel, University of Applied Sciences Landshut 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Development of coated microballoons for additive manufacturing of syntactic foam Anna Walmsley, AWE 12:00 pm Lunch (on your own) 01:30 pm – 05:30 ad hoc discussions/free time 05:30 pm Session VII 05:30 pm - 06:15 pm Analysis of microballoon failure in syntactic foams Maurizio Porfori, New York University 06:15 pm – 06:45 pm A virtual lab for understanding and designing mechanical performance of metal matrix syntactic foams: Concept and first results Dirk Lehmhus, University of Bremen 06:45 pm - 07:15 pm Tailored porosity in fiber and particles: A review of fabrication techniques, structure/property relationships and applications Gary M. Gladysz, Empyreus Solutions 07:15 pm – 07:45 pm Sessions VI and VII discussion 08:00 pm Dinner/Banquet Friday, November 7, 2014 08:00 am – 09:00 am Breakfast 09:00 am Conference Wrap-up (all sessions) 1. Conference Summary 2. Syntactic and Composite Foams-V discussion and planning A. Timing B. Scope C. Format D. Venue 3. Adjourn – 11AM