3-6 September 2019 | Athens (Greece)

The EASN Association, the National Technical University of Athens (R-Nano Lab) and the University of Patras organised the 9th EASN International Conference on “Innovation in Aviation & Space” which took place in Athens, Greece from the 3rd until the 6th of September, 2019. Around 450 people attended the conference and shared their innovative ideas, breakthrough concepts and disruptive technologies. In total, 9 Key-Note Lectures and more than 360 technical presentations were distributed in approximately 70 sessions. Also, 40 HORIZON 2020 projects have disseminated their latest research results as well as the future trends on the respective technological field.

In the framework of SMARTFAN project three studies from NTUA in collaboration with IRES and INEGI in collaboration with FORTH were presented:

  • “Challenges and Opportunities On Nano-Enabled Multifunctional Composites For Aerostructures”, INEGI, FORTH
  • “Assessing the Reinforcement Mechanism Through Nanoindentation Mapping Data of Nanoenhanced Composites”, IRES, NTUA
  • “Novel Carbon Nanotube grafting on Carbon Fibres through Chemical Vapor Deposition: Investigation of epoxy matrix/fibre interface via nanoindentation test”, NTUA

The 9th EASN International Conference was accompanied also by an exhibition hall where the overview of the aviation & space ecosystem was presented. R-Nano Lab had a booth, where SMARTFAN’s videos were presented, leaflets and newsletters were shared and composites specimens were exhibited.

Last but not least, a short visit on the R-Nano’s premises was organized from UoB partners, together with colleagues from the University of Science & Technology Beijing from China (Institute of Advanced Materials Technology and Corrosion & Protection Center). The visitors had at a tour in the carbon fibres production and sizing pilot lines, the chemical vapour deposition systems, the chemistry lab, the electrochemistry lab, as well as a presentation of the advanced characterization techniques (nanoindentation, AFM, etc).