FCCI Workshop

Program and presentations

Workshop Program (Day 1 – Technical Presentations)

Monday 1 December 2008

Venue: Allison Dickson Lecture Theatere, USQ

08.30 – 09.00	Registration
09.00 – 09.15	Opening Ceremony
09:15 – 09:35	R&D on Engineered Fibre Composites – Past, Present and Future Thiru Aravinthan, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
09.35 – 09.55	Development of Hybrid FRP Composite Girders Hiroshi Mutsuyoshi, Saitama University , Japan
09.55 – 10.15	A Highly Sustainable Fibre Composite Building Panel Gerard Van Erp, LOC Composites Pty Ltd, Toowoomba, Australia
10.15 – 10.30	Discussion
10.30 – 10.50	Morning Tea
10.50 –11.10	Research and Development Works on Fibre Composites carried out by PWRI Itaru Nishizaki, Public Works Research Institute Inc, Japan
11.10 – 11.30	Use of Pultruded Sections in Civil Infrastructure Michael Kemp, Wagners CFT Manufacturing Pty Ltd, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
11.30 – 11.50	Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composite Strengthening of Concrete Structures – Specification, Surveillance, Inspection and Monitoring Fred Andrews-Phaedonos, VicRoads, Melbourne, Australia
11.50 – 12.10	Review of Design Guidelines for FRP-Strengthening Design of RC Structures Scott T. Smith, The University of Hong Kong, China
12.10 – 12.30	Discussion
12.30 – 13.20	Lunch
13.20 – 13.40	Development and Application of New Materials by Japanese Construction Company Yoshihiro Hishiki, Kajima Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
13.40 – 14.00	Designing Highway Bridges in Fibre Composites – Proposed Acceptance Criteria John M. Fenwick, Department of Main Roads Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
14.00 – 14.20	State of the Application of CFRP for Civil Engineering in Japan Takahiro Matsui, Toray Industries Inc, Tokyo, Japan
14.20 – 14.40	Fibre Composite Railway Transom Peter Prasad, Australian Rail Track Corporation, Sydney, Australia
14.40 – 15.00	Discussion
15.00 – 15.20	Afternoon Tea
15.20 – 15. 40	Overview on functionality of fibre optic sensor against strain gauge Sanhti S. Santhikumar, Roads and Traffic Authority NSW, Parramatta, Australia
15.40 – 16.00	Experimental and Analytical Studies on a Pedestrian Slab Bridge Using GFRP Pultrusion Profiles Hitoshi Nakamura, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
16.00 – 16.20	Pultrusions: Offering Sustainable Solutions for the Minerals Processing & Water Industries Hank Van Herk, Exel Composites, VIC , Australia
16.20 – 16.40	Exploitation of Plant Resourced Materials for Industrial Application Leonardo Y. Mwaikambo, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
16.40 – 17.00	Discussion
17.00	Closure

Workshop Program (Day 2-Technical Tour)

Tuesday 2 December 2008

	Bus 1	Bus 2
08.30 – 09.00	Registration & Assembly
09.00 – 09.40	Fibre composite windmill structure University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus	New generation fibre composite bridge University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus
09:40 – 10:20	LOC Composites Pty Ltd Toowoomba	Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus
10.20 – 10.40	Morning Tea (in bus)
10.40 –11.20	Wagners Composite Fibre Technologies (WCFT) Toowoomba	Buchanan Advanced Composites Toowoomba
11.20 – 12.00	Australia's first fibre composite bridge Wagners Quarry, Wellcamp	LSM Advanced Composites Toowoomba
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 13.40	New generation fibre composite bridge University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus	Fibre composite windmill structure University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus
13.40 – 14.20	Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus	LOC Composites Pty Ltd Toowoomba
14.20 – 14.40	Afternoon Tea (in bus)
14.40 – 15. 20	Buchanan Advanced Composites Toowoomba	Wagners Composite Fibre Technologies (WCFT) Toowoomba
15.20 – 16.00	LSM Advanced Composites Toowoomba	Australia's first fibre composite bridge Wagners Quarry, Wellcamp
16.00	Closure