PRESENTATIONS

Ruifeng Liang, December 2008

 

 

1. Conference Presentations

 

Manufacture, Design and Implementation of Flat Panels and Structural Shapes

Hota GangaRao, Ray Liang and PV Vijay

NSF I/UCRC Planning Grant Meeting, Morgantown, WV, Oct 21-22, 2008

 

Strength, Fatigue-life Prediction and Durability of Composites

Hota GangaRao and Ray Liang

NSF I/UCRC Planning Grant Meeting, Morgantown, WV, Oct 21-22, 2008

 

Durability of Polymer Composites (a poster presentation)
Saurabh Batra, Ray Liang, Hota GangaRao
NSF I/UCRC Planning Grant Meeting, Morgantown, WV, Oct 21-22, 2008

 

Modeling of GFRP Sandwich Panels

Ashish Bambal (presenter) and Ray Liang

2006 Eastern Regional Chemical and Materials Engineering Graduate Symposium (ERCGS 2006), Lexington, KY, October 14, 2006

 

Applications of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

RUIFENG LIANG and Hota GangaRao (Keynote Presentation by Dr Hota)

RAEM (Recent Advances in Engineering Mechanics) 2006, California State University, Fullerton, CA, Jan 12-14, 2006

 

The Recent Progress on Gas Assisted Full Slip Extrusion of Molten Polyethylene

RUIFENG LIAN

The 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, October 12-16, 2003, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Structural Components Manufactured from High Performance Composite Materials

Hota GangaRao and RUIFENG LIANG

West Virginia Manufacturers Association Compliance Conference, October 3-5, 2002, Morgantown, WV

 

Rheological Characterization of Complex ABS/PC Blends

RUIFENG LIANG and Rakesh Gupta

The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, October 21-25, 2001, Bethesda, MD

 

The Rheological Behavior of “Structured” Fibrid Suspensions

RUIFENG LIANG, Long Han, Deepak Doraiswamy and Rakesh K. Gupta

The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, February 11-15, 2001, Hilton Head, SC

 

Blending Recovered Plastics with Virgin Resins to Achieve Consistent Mechanical Properties

Rakesh Gupta and RUIFENG LIANG

Recycling Engineering Thermoplastics from Used Electronic Equipment Stakeholder Dialogue 6, January 25, 2001, Gordon Institute of Tufts University, MA

 

Rheological Characterization of Recycled PC Melts

RUIFENG LIANG and Rakesh Gupta

The 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, October 17-21, 1999, Madison, Wisconsin

 

Gas Assisted Extrusion Processing of Molten Polyethylene

RUIFENG LIANG and Malcolm Mackley

The 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, October 17-21, 1999, Madison, Wisconsin

 

Examples of Fiber Reinforced Plastics in Construction and Some Fire Safety Issues

Rakesh Gupta, Hota GangaRao, and RUIFENG LIANG

The 28th International Conference on Fire Safety, July 26-29, 1999, Columbus, Ohio

 

Processing and Modeling of Polyethylene Melts

RUIFENG LIANG

EPSRC Network Comppro (Computer Modeling of Polymer Processing) Meeting on Contraction Flows of Polymeric Liquids, University of Wales /Institute of Non-Newt. Fluid Mech., November 26, 1998, Swansea, UK

 

Flow Analysis and Experimental Verification of Gas Assisted Injection Molding

RUIFENG LIANG, Dongyan Wang, Xiaozhong Qu, Rong Chen

The 70th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, October 4-8, 1998, Monterey, California, p37

 

Experimental Observation and Numerical Simulation of Planar Flow within a Confined Slit for Molten Polyethylene

RUIFENG LIANG, Jin Wang and Malcolm Mackley

The 70th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, October 4-8, 1998, Monterey, California, p87

 

Gas-Assisted Polymer Processing

RUIFENG LIANG

The 5th CSCST.UK Annual Conference, 5-6 September 1998, Cambridge, UK, p16

 

Experimental Polymer Processing and Modeling at Cambridge University: An Overview

RUIFENG LIANG

EPSRC Network Meeting on Computer Modeling of Polymer Processing (Comppro),

Bradford University, June 26, 1998, Bradford, UK

 

Electro Rheological Fluids for Engineering Applications (Keynote)

RUIFENG LIANG

North China Symposium on Chemistry, Chinese Chemical Society, July 1996, Baoding

 

The State of the Art of Electrorheology

RUIFENG LIANG

The 1st National Symposium on ER Fluids, Chinese Society of Rheology, November 7-9, 1995, Shanghai

 

Elasticity of Electrorheological Fluids

RUIFENG LIANG

The 1st National Symposium on ER Fluids, Chinese Society of Rheology, November 7-9, 1995, Shanghai

 

Rheological Properties of Filled PP Composite – The Effect of Interfacial Structure

RUIEFNG LIANG and Yuanze Xu

The 4th International Conference on Composite Interfaces (ICCI-IV), May 1992, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Rheological Characterization of Some Water Free ER Fluids

Yuanze Xu, RUIFENG LIANG

The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, October 21-25, 1990, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2. Invited Seminars

 

Load-Bearing FRP Composite Panel Systems:

Process Development, Manufacturing, Modeling and Evaluation

Indian Institute of Technology, Centre for Polymer Science & Engineering, New Delhi, India, Feb 13, 2008

 

Characterization of Durability of FRP Composites

Stanford University, Steve Tsai Micromechanics of Failure Team, Stanford, CA, January 8, 2008

 

Thermo-Mechanical Properties of FRP Composite Panels with Carbon Foam Core

ONR/Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, May 24, 2007, Arlington, VA

 

Pultruded GFRP Panel and Carbon Panel vs. VARTM Panel

ONR / Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, October 30, 2006, West Bethesda, MD

 

Structural Composites for Naval Applications: The Pultrusion Program

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, December 7, 2005, Ocean Springs, MS  

 

Joint Efficiency of Pultruded Panels vs VARTM Panels

CFC-WVU and Bedford Reinforced Plastics Inc., October 5, 2005, Morgantown, WV

 

Production and Characterization of Sandwich Composite Panels

Office of Naval Research/ Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Dec. 6, 2004, West Bethesda, MD

 

Commercialization of Advanced FRP Composite Materials for Poles, Posts, Pipes and Panels

ManTech e-IC, October 20, 2003, Fairmont, WV

 

Composite Structural Shapes and Systems for Naval Facilities – 3D Fabrics and Nano Resins

Office of Naval Research/ Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Aug. 18, 2003, West Bethesda, MD

 

The Gas-Assisted Extrusion of Molten Polyethylene: A Possible Approach to Eliminate Extrusion Instability

Society of Plastics Engineers, WV- SE Ohio Section, April 19, 2001, GE Plastics /Washington, WV

 

The Gas-Assisted Extrusion of Molten Polyethylene: Flow Visualization and Numerical Simulation

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Polymer Division, Dec. 6, 2000, Gaithersburg, MD

 

Experimental Observation and Numerical Modeling of Gas Assisted Extrusion

University Of Cambridge, Department of Chemical Engineering, March 4 1999, Cambridge, UK

 

Development and Experimental Observation of Gas Assisted Extrusion

University of Wales, Department of Mathematics, November 25, 1998, Aberystwyth, UK

 

Gas Assisted Extrusion Processing

University of Cambridge, Department of Chemical Engineering, November 19, 1998, Cambridge, UK

 

Extrusion Rheology of Polyethylene Melts

MIT, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, September 28- October 3, 1998, Cambridge, MA

 

Gas-Assisted Injection Molding

University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, May 11, 1998, Oxford, UK

 

Gas Assisted Injection Molding

University of Cambridge, Department of Chemical Engineering, January 22 1998, Cambridge, UK

 

Mold Design of Gas Assisted Injection Molding

Rong Shi Da Molds Ltd, October 5 1997, Hefei, China  

 

Constitutive Description of Extrusion Behavior of Polyethylene Melts

Sydney University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, August 7, 1997, Sydney, Australia

 

Rheological Properties of Electrorheological Suspensions

Queensland University, Department of Chemical Engineering, August 5, 1997, Brisbane, Australia

 

Modeling Convergent Flow and Die Swell of Polyethylene Melt Extrusion

RMIT, Department of Chemical Engineering, August 1, 1997, Melbourne, Australia

 

Technology and Applications of Gas Assisted Injection Molding

Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holding Co., Ltd., Kelon Group, June 7-8 1997, Shunde, Guangdong, China

 

Engineering Plastics and Gas Assisted Injection Molding for Furniture Parts Applications

The 4th National Furniture Exhibition, April 18-23, 1997, Zhengzhou, China 

 

Advanced Rheological Characterization for Material Development, Process Design and Quality Control

International Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition, Oct 7 1996, Shanghai, China

 

Gas Assisted Injection Molding: Principles and Technology

Chendu Aeronautics Plastics and Rubber Group, Ltd, September 8 1996, Chendu, China  

 

The Role of Polymer Rheology on Polymer Processing

Resin Research Institute of Qilu Petrochemical Co., February 9 1996, Lingzhi, Shangdong

 

Rheology, Processing and Modeling of Polymer Melts

Beijing Yuanshan Petrochemical Co., May 1995, Beijing 

 

Electro Rheological Fluids for Engineering Applications

The 84th Anniversary Seminar Series of Tsinghua University, April 1995, Beijing

 

Rheology, Characterization and Modeling of Polymer Melts Flowing into, through and out of a Slit Die

State Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, February 1995, Beijing