A Proposal for a Workshop on Design, Modeling, Fabrication and Characterization of Nanotube-Reinforced Composite Materials for Multifunctional Applications: Tallahasse, FL

为了加强碳纳米管增强复合材料研究的学术交流和校业合作，佛罗里达a&m大学/佛罗里达州立大学工程学院的佛罗里达复合材料先进技术中心（FAC2T）将举办一场多功能应用纳米管增强复合材料的设计、建模、制造和表征研讨会。研讨会将在佛罗里达州塔拉哈西的国家高磁场实验室举行。来自学术机构、研究实验室、工业公司和政府机构的约50-60名受邀参与者预计将参加这个为期一天半的研讨会：鼓励和交流使用纳米管作为增强材料制造多功能复合材料和结构的想法。2 .促进、促进和发展纳米复合材料研究的伙伴关系；确定研究目标，确定商业机会，识别技术挑战并制定5年技术路线图。4 .确定降低成本的方法，使加工过程在更多的商业应用中负担得起；确定纳米复合材料在空间和航空航天结构安全、医学、传感器和节能方面的进一步应用。本次研讨会将大大提高纳米技术和制造领域。讲习班的资料将通过网站和文件传播，可能导致进一步推动这些发展的年度讲习班。这些发展有望优化纳米管和制造工艺，以生产轻质、异常坚固的复合材料，这些复合材料可用于许多应用，包括空间和航空航天结构安全、医疗应用和节能。

fTo enhance academic exchanges and university-industry cooperation in the research of carbon nanotube-reinforced composite materials, the Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies (FAC2T) at the Florida A&M University/Florida State University College of Engineering will host a workshop on Design, Modeling, Fabrication and Characterization of Nanotube-Reinforced Composite Materials for Multifunctional Applications. The workshop will be held at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, FL. Approximately 50-60 invited participants from academic institutes, research laboratories, industrial companies and governmental agencies are expected to attend this one and a half day workshop to:1. Stimulate and exchange ideas for using nanotubes as reinforcement in making multifunctional composite materials and structures, 2. Promote, facilitate and develop partnerships in nanocomposite research, 3. Define research goals, determine business opportunities, identify technical challenges and develop a 5-year technology roadmap, 4. Identify methods for reducing costs to make the processing affordable for more commercial applications, and 5. Identify further applications for use of nanocomposites in addition to space and aerospace structural safety, medicine, sensors and energy savings. This workshop will significantly enhance the field of nanotechnology and manufacturing. Information from the workshop will be disseminated via a website and papers, potentially leading to annual workshops to further advance these developments. These developments promise to lead to optimizing nanotubes and manufacturing processes for producing lightweight, exceptionally strong composites that can be used in a host of applications, including space and aerospace structural safety, medical applications and energy savings.