Green Composites for Automotive Applications

Dr. Georgios Koronis is a Post Doc Research Fellow in the International Design Centre of Singapore University of Technology and Design. His current research interests include predicting natural composite durability via nondestructive methods aiming on understanding in more depth the mechanical behavior of natural fiber reinforced composites using both experimental and analytical/numerical methods. He obtained his PhD under a research grant by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology on the Doctoral Program of Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing at the University of Lisbon – Portugal. During that time, he evaluated and investigated in depth a series of green composite materials for automobile applications in order to replace conventional polymer composites. He has been an invited peer reviewer for a number of scientific journals in the area of advanced and natural based composite materials. Arlindo has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and more than 25 years of teaching and research experience. His current research interests rest on engineering design, product development, creativity, materials selection methodologies, additive manufacturing in composite structures, cost modeling and management of uncertainty in design. He published over a hundred papers in journals, conferences and book chapters, more than 50 patents and three books in engineering related topics. He received the MIT-Portugal Education Innovation Award in 2009 and was a Professor of Excellence at the University of Lisbon in 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2015, before joining the Singapore University of Technology and Design as an Associate Professor at the Engineering Product Development Pillar. He was also a Senior Materials Education consultant at Granta Design Ltd, Cambridge, UK, and is an active member of PDMA, ASEE, ASME, INCOSE, DS, and SPEE. He is the current NAMIC (National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster) Hub Director at SUTD, liaising Singaporean companies with SUTD’s expertise in Additive Manufacturing and Composites Technologies through the DManD (Digital Manufacturing and Design) Center. He currently teaches Introduction to Design and develops his research between the SUTD-MIT International Design Center, where he co-leads the Experimental Design Thrust, and DManD.

• Introduction to ‘Green Composites’ in the Automotive IndustryGeorgios Koronis and Arlindo SilvaPart 1:  Processing and Characterization of Green Composites1. Surface modification of natural fibers in biopolymer composites Juliana Cruz, Diana Ferreira and RAUL FANGUEIRO2. Flammability performance of bio-compositesMaya JohnPart 2: Thermosetting and Thermoplastic materials for structural applications3. Green thermoset reinforced biocompositesSamson Rwahwire4. Green composites on automotive interior parts: a solution using cellulosic fibers.Nuno Calçada Loureiro5. Eco-impact assessment of a hood made of a ramie reinforced compositeGeorgios Koronis6. Production and modification of nanofibrillated cellulose composites and potential applicationsMd Nazrul IslamPart 3: Nanomaterials and additive manufacturing composites7. Nanocomposites with nano-fibers and fillers from renewable resourcesNaheed Saba8. 3D-printing technologies and composite materials for structural applicationsRajkumar Velu9. Bio-Composites: Present Trends and Challenges for The FutureZoheb KarimPart 4: Life Cycle Assessment and Risk Analysis10. Risk-sensitive Life Cycle Assessment of natural fibres for automotive applicationsAnja Schmidt11. Ramie and Jute as natural fibres in automotive composite parts – a life cycle engineering comparison with AluminiumPaulo Peças12. Recycling processes and issues in natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites  Sibele Piedade Cestari