Session 10. Thermal/Fire Retardant Composites

Session Information and Topics

Thermal management composites have attracted much attention in the fields of electronic devices, human health, and energy-saving buildings, which are of importance to improve the quality of modern life and develop green, efficient and intelligent heat-related technologies and systems. The development of new fire-retardant composites and technologies is extremely important to people’s life, property safety, and economic growth. With the implementation of mandatory flame retardant regulations in many countries around the world, fire-retardant materials and technologies are of interest in academia and industrial circles for years. The session will focus on the following topics:

Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs)   Thermally Conductive & Insulating Materials   Thermal Energy Storage & Conversion Materials   Heat Transfer Mechanisms   Thermal Test & Characterization Methods   Theoretical Simulations & Calculations

Fire-Retardant Composites  New Fire Retardants  Fire Behaviors & Fire-Retardant Mechanism  Fire-Retardant Fibers & Textiles  Fire-retardant Plastics, Elastomers & Rubbers  Fire-Retardant Coatings & Foams  Toxicity, Smoke & the Environment

Organizations

Organizers

Zhejiang University; Chinese Society for Composite Materials.

Executive Organizers

Sichuan University

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

University of Southern Queensland

Session Chairs

Prof. Wei Yang

Sichuan University

Dr. Wei Yang is a professor of Polymer Materials and Engineering at Sichuan University (People's Republic of China). He studied polymer processing at Sichuan University where he earned his Ph.D. degree and was promoted to be associate professor (2006) and full professor (2011). His current research interests focus on processing-structure-performance relationship of polymer composites. He has coauthored some 250 research papers and book chapters and is the first inventor of more than 50 filed patents.

Co-Chairs

Prof. Xi Shen

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dr. Shen is currently an assistant professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and serves as the programme leader of BEng (Hon) in Aviation Engineering. Before joining HK PolyU, he was a Humboldt research fellow at the Institute for Composite Materials in Kaiserslautern, Germany and a research assistant professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research centers on the rational design of polymer nanocomposites from architected nanofillers with tailored multifunctional properties for emerging optical and thermal management applications. He has written one book chapter, more than 50 peer-reviewed journal papers in high-impact scientific journals, including Progress in Materials Science, Matter, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Nano, Nano Letters. His contribution to the materials science and composites community has been recognized by numerous awards including Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (2011-2015), Humboldt Research Fellowship (2017-2018), Best Oral Presentation Award (ACCM-9, 2014), Tsai Award (ICCM-20, 2015), and Editor's Top Reviewer Award (Composites Part A, 2020).

Co-Chairs

Prof. Haibo Zhao

Sichuan University

Dr. Hai-Bo Zhao is a professor at the College of Chemistry, Sichuan University. He is the associate director of the National Engineering Laboratory for Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan). He received his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics (2014) and B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Sichuan University (2009). He continued his research at the China Academy of Engineering Physics (2014-2017). In 2017, he joined Professor Yu-Zhong Wang's group at Sichuan University, and his current research interests are focused on the design, synthesis, and properties of flame-retardant polymers and functional foam materials. He has published more than 60 SCI papers and authorized 20 invention patents. He received various awards including the Chinese Chemical Society Young Chemist Award (2020), the national second-class prizes in natural science from the State Council of China (2019), and the first-class prizes in natural science from the Education Ministry of China (2018). He was selected for Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology.

Co-Chairs

Prof. Pingan Song

University of Southern Queensland

Dr Pingan Song (Male) is currently a Full Professor and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow in the School of Agriculture and Environmental Science of University of Southern Queensland (Australia). His research interests include the creation of next-generation cost-effective fire retardants，high-performance and functionalization of polymers and polymer composites, including fire-retardancy, strengthening and toughening, etc., and the understanding of their structure-property correlations as well as the exploration of their real-world applications in the areas of electronics, building and constructions, energy, transport, and robots. To date, Dr Song has published two fire-retardant polymer-relevant book chapters, and over 180 peer-refereed scholar articles in international journals, e.g., Science, Advanced Materials, and Macromolecules. These publications have received a total citation over 8700, yielding an H-index of 59 so far (Google Scholar). Meanwhile, he has also filed over 20 patents. Dr Song is currently serving as Associate Editor of Frontiers (Frontiers), Academic Editor of Journal of Nanomaterials (Hindawi), and Editor Board Member of Composites Part B- Engineering (Elsevier).