HQP presented their work at the Society of Plastics Engineer's (SPE) Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) on September 7-9, 2022 in Novi, MI, USA. 

The conference theme was “Composites: The Key to Electriv Vehicles - Mobility and Sustainability" and included three days of presentations and posters highlighting how the automotive and transportation industries are advancing with composited playing a key role in the development of electric vehicles and sustainability initiatives worldwide. 

Poster Presentation authors include:
Kaitlyn Root - 1st place undergraduate poster - "Poly (butylene succinate-co-butylene adipate) based biodegradable composites for sustainable automotive packaging".

Victoria Muir - 2nd place undergraduate poster - "Ocean recycled nylon and lignin biocarbon-based sustainable biocomposites for auto-parts uses".

Kiara Mohr - 3rd place undergraduate poster - "Cork waste in sustainable composites uses: Performance comparison between biodegradable composites and polypropylene-based composites".

Rachel Lewis - "Performance evaluation of thermoplastic polyolefins and composites manufactured with recycled polypropylene and almond shell".

Zohrah B. Varsally - "Sustainable biocomposites from ocean recycled nylon and lignin-based biocarbon".

Arturo Rodriguez-Uribe - "Upcycling of biomass and food wastes in engineering PP-based biocomposites for auto-parts uses".

Oral Presentation authors include:
Haftom Weldekidan - "Advanced bio-carbon from waste burlap biomass for improved thermal management of biocomposites".

Neelima Tripathi - "Sustainable recycled polycarbonate (rPC) based blend and their biocomposites".

Maisyn Picard - "Food Industry Waste-Derived Biocarbon and Biobased Engineering Thermoplastic for Sustainable Composite Applications".

Mohamed A. Abdelwahab - "Nano-Enhanced Polyamide Biocomposites with Improved Dimensional Stability for Automotive Applications".

Boon Peng Chang - "Improved Utilization of Downstream Corn Oil from Bioethanol Industry: Super Performed Sustainable Flame Retardant for Engineering plastic-based Biocomposites in Automotive Applications".

Elizabeth Diederichs - "Sustainable Biocomposites from a Biobased Engineering Thermoplastic and Biocarbon through Additive Manufacturing".