Green Composites

Informationen zum Autor Caroline Baillie is Professor of Praxis in Engineering and Social Justice at the University of San Diego, a highly cited materials engineer, and cofounder of the not-for-profit organization Waste-for Life. Randika Jayasinghe is the Project Coordinator of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade funded project led by UWA: 'Australian-Sri Lankan University partnerships to develop community-based recycling businesses'. Randika has a background in waste management and has recently completed her PhD on the use of waste-based composites.

Autorentext
Caroline Baillie is Professor of Praxis in Engineering and Social Justice at the University of San Diego, a highly cited materials engineer, and cofounder of the not-for-profit organization Waste-for Life. Randika Jayasinghe is the Project Coordinator of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade funded project led by UWA: 'Australian-Sri Lankan University partnerships to develop community-based recycling businesses'. Randika has a background in waste management and has recently completed her PhD on the use of waste-based composites.

Inhalt

1. Green composites: Towards a sustainable future?
2. Designing for composites: Traditional and future views
3. Cellulose fiber/nanofiber from natural sources including waste-based sources
4. Natural fiber and hybrid fiber thermoplastic composites: Advancements in lightweighting applications
5. Recycled synthetic polymer fibers in composites
6. Clean production
7. Green composites for the built environment
8. Engineering with people: A participatory needs and feasibility study of a waste-based composite manufacturing project in Sri Lanka
9. Nanotechnology and the Dreamtime knowledge of spinifex grass