Composites technology
MSE-440
Media
Sept. 9th : 14h15: Composites technology: Introduction to the course
- MSE440 CompoTech Introduction (File)
- MSE440 CompoTech Projects (File)
- MSE440 CompoTech Constituents (File)
- Course "background on composite processing princip... (Text and media area)
- Week 2: Session 1: Composite-applications (File)
- MSE440 CompoTech Processing part A (File)
- MSE 440 Processing Modelling (File)
- MSE-440 Composite Applications Transcript (File)
Mechanics of composites
- Mechanics of composites (File)
- MSE 440 Exercises Mechanics 2025 (Folder)
- MSE440 Project Your team Your ideas (File)
Lectures on Textile and sandwich composites
Course on load introductions, joining of composites by Prof. Christian Brauner.
For making it more interactive, you are asked to prepare by downloading the freeware: elamx, and you will be asked to answer some questions with Socrative (info in the slides).
Project follow up I
Afternoon of workshop on your project and meeting with teachers in CHB331 according to the schedule for each team given in
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rOpo4XUvnsMO0ddnnhDwqJoY_zVaBDXZi_EYL0t1tRg/edit#gid=0
Course on Biomed and Sport
11th November: Cost modelling of composites for sustainable innovation
- November 12th, at 14h15.This week we examine how:-... (Text and media area)
- MSE-440-cost modelling-session 1&2 (File)
- MSE-440-cost-modelling-tool-session3 (File)
- Excel cost modelling tool (File)
- video using cost tool (URL)
- Transcript (File)
- Link to the video of the cost exercice course 2022 (URL)
18th November: Towards sustainable composites?
Sustainability initiatives for the group projects
_course/section/Sustainability-initatives-template.xlsxZoom recording of 2023 lecture
https://youtu.be/-ZMxOIIdmIM
Transcripts of 2023 lecture
_course/section/2023-Sustainability-NetZero-Circular-economy-transcipt.pdf
_course/section/MSE-440-Towards-sustainable-composites-transcript.pdf
25th November: Workshop of team projects
Workshops with the teachers on your team projects according to the schedule for each team given in
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rOpo4XUvnsMO0ddnnhDwqJoY_zVaBDXZi_EYL0t1tRg/edit#gid=0
Project week, no lectures
Work in team for finalizing your project.
Dec 4rd 23h59: Submission of the team project reports (pdf 10 pages + appendices) by mail to
pierre-etienne.bourban@epfl.ch ; martyn.wakeman@epfl.ch; veronique.michaud@epfl.ch
Tuesday Dec 9th : Presentations of your team projects
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rOpo4XUvnsMO0ddnnhDwqJoY_zVaBDXZi_EYL0t1tRg/edit#gid=0
15 min presentations per team with contribution of each member and then 5 min open questions
Come and learn from the other teams
13 20 team 11 13 40 team 10 14 0 team 9 14 20 team 8 14 40 team 7 15 0 team 2 15 20 team 5 15 40 team 4 16 0 team 3 16 20 team 6 16 40 team 1
December 16th, 90 min written exam
14h15: written exam in CO 1
The exam is open book, only the access to the slides of the lectures provided via Moodle and short manuscripts summarizing them are allowed.
Slides can have your personal annotations.
No internet connection during the exam.