Advanced course
30 June - 01 & 03 July, 2011 / Algarve-Portugal
at Hilton Vilamoura As Cascatas Golf Resort & Spa

ABOUT Professor Marc J.M. Abadie:

Currently Marc J.M. ABADIE is “Michael Fam” Visiting Professor at the School of Materials Science & Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Marc J.M. ABADIE was Full Professor (1st class) at University Montpellier 2, Science and Technology of Lanquedoc and Head of Laboratory of Polymer Science and Advanced Organic Materials -
LEMP/MAO

o Doctor honoris causa from "Gh. Asachi" Technical University in Iasi - Romania.
o Emeritus Professor from Université Montpellier II S.T.L. and " POLYTEHNICA " University of Bucharest.
o Member of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences.
o Honour Member from Ukraine Academy of Sciences.
o Emeritus Professor @ Université Montpellier II S.T.L.

Qualification
A Chemical engineer from Pasteur University of Strasbourg (F) in 1961, Professor Abadie received his Master of Science (1961) and PhD 1963 (3rd cycle) and later his Doctorat es Science. on "Oxidative Degradation of PS by gamma Ray" in 1972 at the "Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules" CRM in Strasbourg (F) - Institut Charles Sadron, Pr Henri Benoit as adviser.

Professional Expertise
He was successively :
o Engineer R & D at SNPA/Total (1963 - 1967)
o Research Fellow at CNRS/CRM (1967 - 1972)
o Associate Professor at U. Montpellier (1972 - 1975)
o Senior Scientist Officer at "Propellants, Explosives and Rocket Motor Establishment" PERME/UK Ministry of Defence at Waltham Abbey - UK (1975 - 1976)
o Professor at U. Algiers and Director of Laboratory of Polymer Science (1976 - 1980)
o Professor at U. Montpellier (1980 - 1982 and 1987-2007)
o IBM'er in Endicott NY, USA (1982 - 1986)
o Michael Fam Fellow, Visiting Professor @ NTU, Singapore (2001 & 2005-2011)
o Emeritus Professor at U. Montpellier (since 2009)

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The 3-day intensive course is aimed at presenting and review in depth the three major and essential parts of a composite : matrices, reinforcement agents and interface/interphase of the matrix/reinforcement agent. Relationship between these different parameters and their respective influence on the final mechanical properties will be discussed.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE COURSE:

The course is aimed at engineers and research scientists who are involved in the concept of composite products to solve engineering problems of the aeronautical, automobile, mechanical, civil and other engineering industries.