Recent Advances in Smart Self-Healing Polymers and Composites

Dr. Guoqiang Li is the Major Morris S. & DeEtte A. Anderson Memorial LSU Alumni Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University, USA. He is also holder of the John W. Rhea Jr. Professorship in Engineering at the same university. His research interests include: Composite Joints; Grid Stiffened Composite Structures; Infrastructure Composites; Low/High Velocity Impact of Composite Structures; Mechanics of Composite Materials; Particulate-Filled Composites; Repair and Rehabilitation of Composite Structures; and Smart Self-Healing Composites.

Dr. Xiaming Feng is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. He attained his PhD from the University of Science and Technology of China, School of Safety Science and Engineering, Hefei, in 2015. His research expertise includes: nanocomposites, composites; materials- characterization; nanomaterials synthesis; polymeric materials; graphene-based materials; surface functionalization; TEM image analysis; FTIR analysis and TGA.