The SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Expo (ACCE) team is announcing its Call for Papers, Sponsors & Exhibitors for the 23rd annual event September 6 - 8, 2023 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan. “Composites: the key to EV - Auto and Air mobility” is the theme for the 2023 event. “Composites continue to play a key role in the development of electric vehicles, from safety to range to ergonomics, so we’re continuing with our 2022 theme and expanding it to include air mobility which is the next frontier for transportation and composites,” said Dr. David Jack, professor, Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University and ACCE 2023 co-chair.
“The inherent lightweight strength, manufacturability, and design flexibility of composites make them the ideal material to take both ground and air transportation to the future, from the highway to the skyway,” added Jack. “The industry speeding towards e-mobility is driving an increase in innovative composites applications,” said Dr. Christoph Kuhn, assistant to EVP & Chief Engineering Officer, Volkswagen Group of America and ACCE 2023 co-chair. “Composites will soar like never before as air mobility vehicles take flight,” continued Kuhn. “We’re adding a new ‘Composites in Air Mobility’ session to feature and highlight the role composites are playing in this next transportation wave,” said Dr. Mehdi Tajvidi, associate professor, Renewable Nanomaterials at The University of Maine and ACCE 2023 Technical Program co-chair.
“Last year’s ACCE had 10 presentations in the new ‘Composites in Electric Vehicles’ category, and 5 keynotes on EV applications,’’ said Dr. Dana Gabriela Miloaga, senior research scientist, Corporate R & D at Johns Manville and ACCE 2023 Technical Program co-chair. “The ACCE 2023 new session on ‘Composites in Air Mobility’ will greatly enhance the program enabling a spark of ideas for e-mobility and composites technology transfers between automotive and aerospace industries and other markets.”
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07 April 2023
