BDDC researchers (14) presented at the 2019 SPE ACCE Annual Meeting, which took place in Novi Michigan September 4 to 6, 2019.

The SPE Automotive and Composites Divisions jointly sponsor the annual Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE). This event is designed to educate and update automotive design and production engineers, sales personnel, and management from transportation OEMs and Tier suppliers about the benefits and expanding importance of thermoset and thermoplastic composites in passenger vehicles, light trucks, and other ground transportation applications. ACCE is the world’s leading automotive composites forum.The event provides excellent networking opportunities and draws over 800 speakers, exhibitors, and attendees from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

The BDDC researchers communicated 1 Featured Talk, 1 Panel Discussion, 4 Oral Presentations, and 10 Poster Presentations at the meeting entitled:

Featured Talk:

1) "Advances in Sustainable Composites for Automotive Applications". Amar K. Mohanty

Panel Discussion:

Professor Mohanty was one of four panel members discussing on the topic of "What We Can Learn from Other Industries".

Oral Presentations (Presenting Author Bolded):

1) "Nano-Enhanced Polyamide Biocomposites with Improved Dimensional Stability for Automotive Applications". Mohamed A. Abdelwahab, Amandine Codou, Andrew Anstey, Manjusri Misra,& Amar K. Mohanty

2) "Improved Utilization of Downstream Corn Oil from Bioethanol Industry: Super Performed Sustainable Flame Retardant for Engineering plastic-based Biocomposites in Automotive Applications". Boon Peng Chang, Suman Thakur, Amar K. Mohanty, & Manjusri Misra

3) "Food Industry Waste-Derived Biocarbon and Biobased Engineering Thermoplastic for Sustainable Composite Applications". Maisyn Picard, Manjusri Misra, Deborah Mielewski ,Amar K. Mohanty

4) "Sustainable Biocomposites from a Biobased Engineering Thermoplastic and Biocarbon through Additive Manufacturing". Elizabeth Diederichs, Maisyn Picard, Boon Peng Chang, Manjusri Misra, Deborah Mielewski, & Amar K. Mohanty

Poster Presentations (Presenting Author Bolded):

1) "Novel composites of industry-waste derived biocarbon and polyphthalamide for aeronautical and automotive applications". Mateo Gonzalez de Gortari, Amar K. Mohanty, & Manjusri Misra

2) "Waste Resource based Sustainable Biocomposites: Mycotoxin Contaminated Distillers' Grain derived Biocarbon filled with Carbon Dioxide Bioplastic based ternary blends". Mal Hedrick, Feng Wu, Manjusri Misra, & Amar K. Mohanty

3) "Sustainable biocomposites from engineering bioplastic and waste-desired biocarbon". Maisyn Picard, Suman Thakur, Manjusri Misra, & Amar K. Mohanty

4) "Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) and Corn Ethanol Industry Coproduct (DDGS) Biodegradable Green Composites for Sustainable Automotive Packaging". Kjeld Meereboer, Akhilesh Pal, Manjusri Misra, & Amar K. Mohanty

5) "Parameters Optimization of Poly(3-hydrxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) / Poly(lactic acid) for Light-Weight Parts using Fused Deposition Modeling". Miguel A. Vigil Fuentes, Boon Peng Chang, Manjusri Misra, & Amar K. Mohanty

6) "Sustainable Biocomposites from poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and agave fibre: Reactive extrusion and performance evaluation". Megan Smith, Drupitha MP, Mohamed Abdelwahab, Manjusri Misra, & Amar Mohanty

7) "Sustainable Biocomposites from Bioplastic Blends and Biocarbon". Peter Zytner, Feng Wu,, Manjusri Misra, & Amar K. Mohanty

8) "Sustainable Biocomposites from Nylon 6,6, Soy Hull Biocarbon and Graphene for Automotive and Advanced Engineering Applications". Thomas Balint, Boon Peng Chang, Michael Snowdon, Amar Kumar Mohanty, & Manjusri Misra

9) "3D Printed Sustainable Biocomposites from a Biobased Engineering Plastic and Biocarbon". Elizabeth Diederichs, Maisyn Picard, Boon Peng Chang, Manjusri Misra, Deborah F. Mielewski, & Amar Mohanty

10) "Performance of Biocarbon and Graphene Nanoplatelet Reinforced Polypropylene Composites for Automotive Applications". Ethan Watt, Mohamed Abdelwahab, Michael Snowdon, Manjusri Misra, & Amar Mohanty