Patents
Uncured prepreg recycling methodology
Adam Smith, Pascal Hubert
US20220305696A1, US Patent, 2022
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles & Theses
Reduction of high-performance thermoplastic prepregging line waste through upcycling of tape edge trim
H. Pattery, A.W. Smith, J.P. Canart, I. Tabiai, M. Dubé
Composites Part B (In preparation - August 2023)
Towards sustainable aerospace manufacturing: Scale-up of a novel prepreg recycling framework
Adam W. Smith, Pascal Hubert
Composites Part A (In preparation - August 2023)
Lightweighting of an aluminum airplane seat bracket using compression moulded carbon-fibre/PEI strands
A.W. Smith, R. Martin, L. Cormier, L. Laberge-Label and M. Dubé
Composites Communications (In preparation - July 2023)
A novel recycling framework for transforming uncured aerospace prepreg offcuts into a strand-based compression moulding compound with adjustable flow-compaction and curing behaviours
Adam W. Smith, Pascal Hubert
Composites Part A, 2023 (Under Review)
Adam W. Smith, Pascal Hubert
Development of a Recycled Compression Moulding Compound
Adam W. Smith
Adaptation of material deposition parameters to account for out-time effects on prepreg tack
A.W. Smith, A. Endruweit, G.Y.H. Choong, D.S.A. De Focatiis, P. Hubert
Non-Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Recycling of Uncured Prepreg Waste via Long Discontinuous Fibre Compression Moulding: A Study of Flow Phenomena Interaction
A.W. Smith, P. Hubert
Out-of-autoclave manufacturing: benchmarking of an integrally heated tool-plate
S. Payette, A.W. Smith, K. Goyette, C. Kazanas, P. Hubert
Conference Papers & Presentations
Mechanical sieving of carbon-fibre/PEEK prepreg trim waste and its influence of compression moulded panel properties
H. Pattery, A.W. Smith, J.P. Canart, I. Tabiai, M. Dubé
23rd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23), 2023, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Exploring tensile properties of FGF printed filaments: Cross-sectional variation and filament direction
M. Shokrollahi, A.W. Smith, M. Dubé, I. Tabiai
13th Canada-Japan Workshop on Composites, 2023, Québec City, Canada
Geometric characterization and sieving of unidirectional carbon-fibre/PEEK prepreg trim waste
A.W. Smith, A. Legait, L. Plouzeau, J.P. Canart, I. Tabiai, M. Dubé
12th Canadian-International Conference on Composites (CANCOM12), 2022, Frederiction, Canada
In-situ contact evaluation in fused filament fabrication
A. Correa, J. Lengaigne, A.W. Smith, I. Tabiai, M. Dubé
12th Canadian-International Conference on Composites (CANCOM12), 2022, Fredericton, Canada
Development of a versatile recycled compression moulding compound made from uncured aerospace prepreg offcuts
A.W. Smith, P. Hubert
22nd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM22), 2019, Melbourne, Australia
A unidimensional flow and consolidation characterization of recycled prepregs
A.W. Smith, P. Hubert
10th Canadian-International Conference on Composites (CANCOM10), 2017, Ottawa, Canada
Multi-zoned heated tooling for out-of-autoclave processing of variable thickness composite laminates
S. Payette, A.W. Smith, K. Goyette, P. Hubert
Canadian-International Conference on Composite Materials (CANCOM2015), 2015, Edmonton, Canada
Evaluation of Laminate Quality for Out of Autoclave Manufacturing for Complex Shaped Crew Door
E. Quinlan, S. Hughes, A.W. Smith, J. Kratz, T. Centea, S. Héroux, L. Farhang, J. Kay, R. Desai, G. Fernlund, S.V. Hoa, P. Hubert
American Helicopter Society Annual Forum and Technology Display, 2014, Montreal, Canada
Development of a heated tooling solution to improve process flexibility for out-of-autoclave prepregs
A.W. Smith, K. Goyette, C. Kazanas, P. Hubert
SAMPE Tech, 2013, Wichita, USA
Invited Presentations
An Introduction to Composites Sustainability
A.W. Smith
Composites Knowledge Network AIM Webinar, 2023
From Ply-Cutter to Press: Aerospace Prepreg Recycling Re-Imagined!
A.W. Smith
JEC World Composite Challenge, 2019, Paris-Nord Villepinte, France