Welcome to ICCS30 Conference

30th International Conference on Composite Structures
29 June-2 July, 2027
University of Porto, Portugal

About ICCS30
We welcome you to this event, to share your research and experiences, and to promote contacts for projects, papers and exchange of students and staff.This is the 30th edition of the International Conference on Composite Structures which brings together the latest research on Composite Structures and related fields.It is a hybrid event, with oral / poster sessions, as well as online presentations.
Dates and Location
Dates
29 June - 2 July 2027

Venue
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Rua Dr Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto
Portugal
(https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/en/WEB_PAGE.INICIAL)



Chair

Antonio J. M. Ferreira, University of Porto, Portugal

(Honorary Editor, Composite Structures, and Editor-in-Chief, Composites Part C (Section Composite Structures)

[ Contact: ferreira@fe.up.pt ]

Co-Chairs

Nicholas Fantuzzi, University of Bologna, Italy

(Editor-in-Chief, Composite Structures)

Heng Hu, Ningxia University / Wuhan University, China

(Editor-in-Chief, Composite Structures)

Michele Bacciocchi, University of San Marino, San Marino

(Associate editor, Composite Structures)





The conference is organized as a series of parallel thematic sessions, with a list of topics given below. Each delegate can present 1 contribution and 20 minutes, including questions, will be given for oral presentations. Proposal of new sessions is welcomed.  Researchers/professionals can submit the proposal of new thematic sessions, which has to be sent by email to the conference chairs and will be evaluated by the organising committee. 

One of the following thematic sessions can selected during abstract submission.

  1. Additive manufacturing
  2. Advanced numerical techniques for composite structures and materials
  3. Analysis of natural fibre composites and bio-inspired design of composites
  4. Analysis of sandwich, adaptive, morphing and variable stiffness composites
  5. Beam, Plate and Shell Theories
  6. Composite structures and materials
  7. Composite structures in civil engineering
  8. Composites in concrete-based structures
  9. Composites in innovative applications (Chair: Luigi Solazzi, Univ. Brescia, Italy)
  10. Design and applications of composites
  11. Delamination, damage, fracture, failure and durability of composites
  12. Dynamics of composite structures
  13. Experimental Methods
  14. FRP reinforced structures
  15. Functionally graded and porous materials and structures
  16. Graphene-based composites
  17. Health monitoring and inspection techniques for composite structures
  18. Impact problems
  19. Joints
  20. Multi-scale analysis of composites
  21. Micro- and nano-mechanics
  22. Modelling and characterization of CNT-polymer composites
  23. Optimization techniques and methods
  24. Probabilistic models for composites
  25. Smart composites and structures
  26. Stability of nano, micro and macro composite structures
  27. Thermal problems on composite structures
  28. Sustainable and recyclable and recycled composite materials
  29. Poster session

 


(to be updated)


Keynotes

Professor Weiqiu Chen, Zhejiang University, China

Professor Alfonso Pagani, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Professor Jun Woo Lim, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea

Professor Bruno Castanié, INSA Toulouse, France


Session Keynotes

( Track 11 ) Professor Samit Roy, University of Alabama, USA



Deadline for submission of abstracts = 28 February 2027
Abstracts will be collected and published online in the ICCS30 Book of Proceedings.
Please fill this form to submit your abstract, and then press the button "Submit" at the end of the page.
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To every abstract should correspond one or more registrations.


Online payment of registration fees (and conference dinner) is 30 April 2027.


Fees include participation of all sessions, coffee-breaks, lunches and online proceedings. Payment of conference dinner can be done by choosing Premium Registration or extra payment.


Payments until 15 December 2026

Online (zoom): 400 euro

Oral or poster presentation: 650 euro

Premium participation: 750 euro (includes conference dinner)

(Extra) Conference dinner: 150 euro


Payments after 15 December 2026 and until 30 April 2027

Online (zoom): 500 euro

Oral or poster presentation: 750 euro

Premium participation: 850 euro (includes conference dinner)

(Extra) Conference dinner: 150 euro


Payments at the conference desk (credit card only)

Oral or poster presentation: 850 euro

Premium participation: 950 euro (includes conference dinner)

(Extra) Conference dinner: 150 euro


Payment of Conference Fee are accepted by bank transfer or credit card.

Online link for payments:https://www.congressospco.abreu.pt/ICCS30-42197.aspx

Secretariat
Maria João Coelho

VIAGENS ABREU, S.A.
tel.: +351 222 043 571

M.: +351 93 169 9477

fax: +351 222 043 693

maria.j.coelho@abreu.pt

Refund policy: fees and conference dinner payments will not be refunded under any circumstances.



This is the current list of members of the ICCS30 scientific committee. It is updated regularly.

Abdul Sheikh, Adelaide University, Australia

Alfonso Pagani, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Amélia Joja, ISEL, Portugal

Ana Neves, University of Porto, Portugal

Anthony Waas, Arizona State University, USA

Aurelio Araújo, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Bo Liu, Beihang University, China

Bruno Castanié, INSA Toulouse, France

Carlos Santiuste, University Carlos III Madrid, Spain

Christian Mittelstedt, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Domagoj Lanc, University of Rijeka, Croatia

Eelco Jansen, University of Applied Sciences in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Erasmo Carrera, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Fabrizio Greco, University of Calabria, Italy

Fabrizio Scarpa, University of Bristol, UK

Farid Abed, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Fernando Fraternali, University of Salerno, Italy

Filipa Moleiro, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Flávio Marques, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Francesco Ascione, University of Salerno, Italy

Francesco Fabbrocino, University of Pegaso, Italy

Francesco Tornabene, Università of Salento, Italy

Frédéric Lebon, Aix-Marseille University, France

Gerald Kress, ETH Alumnus, Switzerland

Giovanni Zucco, University of Limerick, Ireland

Hom Dhakal, University of Portsmouth, UK

Holm Altenbach, Otto von Guericke Universitat Magdeburg, Germany

Huang Qun, Wuhan University, China

Humberto Almeida Jr, LUT University, Finland

Jaroslaw Bienias, Lublin University of Technology, Poland

João Ramôa Correia, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

João Reis, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

José Mantari Laureano, UTEC, Peru

Jun Woo Lim, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea

Juri Majak, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Justas Slaitas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

Lei Zu, Hefei University of Technology, China

Luigi Solazzi, University of Brescia, Italy

Luis Durão, ISEP, Portugal

Lyazid Bouhala, LIST, Luxembourg

Mantas Atutis, Klaipeda University, Lithuania

Marco Gigliotti, University of Pisa, Italy

Marco Montemurro, ENSAM, France

Maria Cinefra, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Marianna Maiaru, Columbia University, USA

Mehdi Hojjati, Concordia University, Canada

Myriam Kaminski, ONERA, France

Olivier Polit, Université Paris Nanterre, France

Patrizia Trovalusci, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Paul Weaver, University of Limerick, Ireland,  and University of Bristol, UK

Pedro Santana, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Pier Luigi Colombi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Philippe Vidal, Université Paris Nanterre, France

Raul Campilho, ISEP, Portugal

Reinaldo Ramos, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba

Ricardo de Medeiros, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Brazil

Riccardo Vescovini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Samit Roy, University of Alabama, USA

Seong Su Kim, KAIST, Republic of Korea

Seung-Hwan Chang, Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea

Shuxin Li, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China

Sylwester Samborski, Lublin University of Technology, Poland

Tao Zeng, Harbin University of Science and Technology, China

Tomasz Kubiak, Łódź University of Technology, Poland

Thomas Keller, EPFL, Switzerland

Victor Eremeyev, University of Cagliari, Italy

Volnei Tita, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Xuefeng Yao, Tsinghua University, China