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2012 ASC 27th Technical Conference Recap – Arlington, TX

By Navid Zobeiry, Communications Editor, American Society for Composites, Last updated: May 9, 2025

The 27th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites (ASC) was held from October 1–3, 2012, at the Sheraton Arlington Hotel in Arlington, Texas. The conference was organized jointly with the 15th US–Japan Conference on Composite Materials (JSCM) and ASTM Committee D30, and was hosted by the University of Texas at Arlington.

Chaired by Prof. Wen Chan (UT Arlington), with co-chairs Prof. Stefan Dancila (University of South Carolina) and Prof. Seiichi Nomura (University of Tokyo), the conference brought together an international community of researchers and practitioners under the theme “Composites for a Sustainable World.”

The technical program included 157 peer-reviewed papers across a diverse range of topics such as automated manufacturing, nano-scale composites, energy applications, interlaminar reinforcement, bio-based materials, structural health monitoring, and life cycle analysis. 

For more details, you can access the list of papers below:

Conference Themes

  • Applications of composites
  • Automated manufacturing
  • Bio-based and biomimetic composites
  • Carbon and ceramic matrix composites
  • Damage, fracture, and durability
  • Elastic tailoring and energy applications
  • Environmental issues and recycling
  • Experimental methods and NDE
  • Fibers, matrices, and interfaces
  • Fiber metal laminates and sandwich structures
  • Impact analysis and dynamic response
  • Infrastructure and rotating components
  • Interlaminar reinforcement and joints
  • Mechanical and physical properties
  • Metal and nano-scale matrix composites
  • Multi-functional composites and modeling
  • Probabilistic design and standardization
  • Repair technologies and structural health monitoring
  • Textile composites and technology transfer

By the Numbers

  • 157 technical papers presented
  • 3 days of conference programming
  • Jointly hosted with JSCM and ASTM D30
  • Participants from the U.S., Japan, and beyond
  • 1 sustainability-driven conference theme

Organizing Committee

  • Conference Chair: Prof. Wen Chan (University of Texas at Arlington)
  • Conference Co-Chairs: Prof. Stefan Dancila (University of South Carolina), Prof. Seiichi Nomura (University of Tokyo)