Program planning committee

Mr. Bryan R. Noton, General Chairman, USA, Mr. Robert A, Signorelli, Vice Chairman, USA, Dr. Kenneth N. Street, Vice Chairman, Canada, Mr. Leslie N. Phillips, Vice Chairman, Europe, Mr. Alexander R. Scott, Administrative Director, UK, Mr. Thomas J . DeSolvo, Conferance Manager, USA

The organization and format for the Second International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM/2) was influenced by ICCM/1 which was a back-to-back type meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland from April 7-11, 1975, and in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., April 14-18, 1975. The plans for this international conference to cover the broadening topic of "Advanced Composite Materials" were conceived by the TMS-AIME Composite Materials Committee. Besides TMS-AIME, members of the committee represented ASM, ASTM, and AIAA. Furthermore, the committee knew of many other technical groups in the United States and abroad with considerable interest in the subject. An ICCM Planning Committee was therefore formed in 1973 to include several engineering societies with active materials committees holding technical sessions on "Composite Materials" at annual conferences. Through a cooperative conference venture, it was hoped to improve interaction between the many countries which we knew were involved in composites research and which were endeavoring to avoid redundancy in this environment of limited financial and other resources. Since ICCM/1, it was evident that considerable interest existed in holding further international conferences on composite materials. It was therefore decided at the first conference that this Second International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM/2) should be organized and held in Toronto, Canada in 1977 or 1978. Engineers and scientists in Canada contributed significantly in serving as chairmen and cochairmen of various sessions, in providing ideas to improve the conference and in presenting papers at ICCM/2.

Furthermore, the meeting was co-sponsored by the following Canadian societies:
The Engineering Institute of Canada (ElC)and its constituent societies:
The Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME)
The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
The Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS)
The Canadian Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE)
Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers (CSCE)
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI)
The following U.S. societies also served as co-sponsors of the ICCM/2:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI)
Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
American Society for Metals (ASM)

The program of ICCM/2 was designed to be broader in scope and more detailed in content than ICCM/1. In addition to a rigorous treatment of the science and engineering of composite materials, ICCM/2 gave increased emphasis to the utilization of these materials. Diversified commercial products, fabrication methods, tool design and nondestructive evaluation were among the topics which expanded the range of technologies which the conference served. In addition to increasing the breadth of the subject matter presented in the paper sessions, ICCM/2 also featured panel discussions and workshop sessions on important and timely subjects to stimulate discussions, interactions, and communications among the participants involving different countries, financial resources and product needs. A variety of topics from basic science and technological aspects through economics and education ensured that all attendees had an opportunity to participate actively in the program. Due to the deadline in April 1978 to print the Proceedings, it was not possible to include all of the summaries of the workshops and panel discussions. However, it is expected that these summaries will become available in the near future and sent to the participants.

Approximately 290 delegates attended ICCM/2 and these were distributed among the countries listed below. It is evident that many people traveled long distances and at great expense to attend ICCM/2 which is an indication of the importance attached to the meeting. The countries represented were:
Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of China, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, U.S.S.R., United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, West Germany.

The International Planning Committee, representing approximately 15 countries, is already making pland to organize ICCM/3 and ICCM/4. These meetings are scheduled tentatively to be held in Tokyo, Japan in 1980 and Moscow, U.S.S.R. in 1982. I have accepted the invitation to serve as the Executive Secretary of this committee and look forward to this activity.

My thanks are due to the co-chairmen for ICCM/2, Mr. Leslie M. Phillips, Dr. Kenneth N. Street, and Mr. Robert A. Signorelli, for their assistance throughout the organization of ICCM/2, as well as to Dr. Karl M. Prewo, Chairman, TMS-AIME Composite Materials Committee and to the members of his committee for their assistance from the outset in the preparation of the Call for Papers and further to Mr. Frank D. Cherry, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, U.S.A., Dr. Irvin Wolock, Naval Research Laboratory, U.S.A., and to Mr. W.J. Walker, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S.A., for their willing and effective assistance to the ICCM/2 Organizing Committee in reviewing the abstracts submitted in response to the Call for Papers. The numbers of abstracts received exceeded 160. The chairman is also grateful to the Session Chairman and Co-Chairman of each session who accepted invitations to serve in these capacities. This enthusiasm made the organization of ICCM/2 an exciting project and it is an indication of the great interest and need for future international conferences on composite materials.

My thanks are also due to the managing society. The Metallurgical Society of AIME, and therefore to Alexander R. Scott, Thomas J. DeSalvo, and to Julie Ann Argila for administrative assistance in organizing this meeting.

Bryan R. Noton
General Chairman

VOLUME 1	SESSIONS
	SESSION lA MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
	SESSION IB MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
	SESSION 2 ADVANCED METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES I
	SESSION 3 FATIGUE AND FRACTURE: ANALYSIS, TEST AND PREVENTION I
	SESSION 4 ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES I
	SESSION 5 MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES II
	SESSION 6 ADVANCED METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES II
	SESSION 7 FATIGUE AND FRACTURE: ANALYSIS, TEST AND PREVENTION II
	SESSION 8 ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES II
	SESSION 9 PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES FOR SPECIAL APPLICATIONS
	SESSION 10 ADVANCED METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES III
	SESSION 11 FATIGUE AND FRACTURE: ANALYSIS, TEST AND PREVENTION IV
	SESSION 12 TESTING OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
	SESSION 13 NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE)
	SESSION 14 FATIGUE AND FRACTURE: ANALYSIS, TEST AND PREVENTION III
	SESSION 15 DESIGN AND PERFOR»MNCE OF JOINTS
	SESSION 16 FABRICATION METHODS
	SESSION 17 PANEL DISCUSSION THE DESIGN/MANUFACTURING INTERFACE: TRANSFERRING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO THE SHOP FLOOR
	SESSION 18 PANEL DISCUSSION ADVANCED COMPOSITES SERVICEABILITY
	SESSION 19 PANEL DISCUSSION HYBRID FIBROUS COMPOSITE MATERIALS: STATUS AND POTENTIAL
	SESSION 20 PANEL DISCUSSION THE TEACHING OF COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES
	SESSION 21 AEROSPACE APPLICATION OF ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
	SESSION 22 COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
	SESSION 23 ENVIRONMENTAL & SERVICEABILITY STUDIES