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Newsletter, Volume 4

Researcher’s Night 2018

NTUA opened its gates on Friday, September Demonstration of a composite panel, the specimens of
28th 2018 for the 5th year, to hold the which were used for mechanical testing
Researchers’ Night at the emblematic Averof
building at the Patission historic complex. The
aim of the event was to re-invent the connection
between Academia and Society, by inviting the
public of Athens, to meet hundreds of
researchers and understand that research is
“serious” but can also be fun. MODCOMP
project was on the core side and its main
achievements so far were presented during the
event. Carbon fibres, composite panels, carbon
nanotubes and dispersions were demonstrated
to the public.

ICEAF V, Chios 2018

The series of the International Conference of En- Dr. Elias Koumoulos presenting at ICEAF V
gineering Against Failure (ICEAF) aims to provide
on a bi-annual basis a Forum to present relevant • D. Semitekolos, P. Goulis, D. Batsouli, E.
scientific and technological achievements and Koumoulos, L. Zoumpoulakis, C.A. Chari-
discuss with an audience of international ex- tidis: Enhancement of mechanical integrity
perts. The scope of the Conference was to at- of advanced composites using PMAA-elec-
tract interdisciplinary work dedicated to prevent tropoymerised CF fabrics.
and design against the engineering failure. In
ICEAF V, two MODCOMP studies were orally pre-
sented, namely:

• Elias P. Koumoulos, Panagiotis Kainourios,
Costas A. Charitidis: Assessing the integrity of
CFRPs through nanomechanical mapping: the
effect of CF surface modification.