Professor John Summerscales

Contents

• Service as External Examiner (including research degrees): see Teaching
• Conferences organised: see Publications
• Conference papers: see Personal\Additional Information
• Book reviews: see Personal\Additional Information
• Hobbies and interests: see Personal\Additional Information

Role

• Pathway Tutor for
  BEng/MEng (honours) Mechanical Engineering .. with Composites
  BEng/MEng (honours) Marine Technology .. with Composites
• Consultant Professor to the Mecánica de Laminados Compuestos course at Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (FIUBA) - Argentina
• Head of MAterials and STructures (MAST) research group
• KTP Champion: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in Engineering
• Member of ...
  
• Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre
• Marine Institute
• Sustainable Earth Institute
• formerly Research Co-ordinator for civil and mechanical engineering
• Directory of Chartered Environmentalists
• ORCID profile
• Academia.edu profile
• Google Scholar profile
• ResearchGate profile
• ResearcherID profile

Qualifications

Qualifications

• B.Sc. Applied Sciences (joint honours: Chemistry/Polymer),
  University of Wales Institute of Science & Technology, 1974.
• M.Sc. Molecular Science of Materials,
  CNAA/Thames Polytechnic, London, 1976.
• Ph.D. Carbon Fibre with Glass Fibre Hybrid Reinforced Plastics,
  CNAA/Plymouth Polytechnic, 1984.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Adult Education),
  University of Plymouth, 1998.
• Certificate in Effective Leadership Skills
  Open University, 2009.
  

Professional membership

Professional memberships

• CEng: Chartered Engineer (Engineering Council)
• CEnv: Chartered Environmentalist (Society for the Environment) 
• CSci: Chartered Scientist (Science Council)
• FIMMM: Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Outstanding Service Award 2004.
• FInstNDT: Fellow of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
• FIAQP: Fellow of the International Association of Quality Practitioners
• Professional Member: Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering
• Individual member: International Society of Bionic Engineering
  

Roles on external bodies

Research Funding Bodies

• European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), 2012-2014.
  • MAC-RTM Research for the benefit of SMEs - reviewer. 
• European Commission Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), 2006-2008.
  • BIOCOMP Integrated Project - reviewer.
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC):
  • Structural Materials College/Peer Review College, 1997-2009.
• Faraday Plastics Research and Training Board, 2003-2005.
• LINK Competitive Industrial Materials from Non-Food Crops "CIMNFC" (BBSRC/DEFRA + others), 2002-2007.
• Programme Steering Committee.
• Project steering committees: BioMat .. FibStruct .. NovComps .. TexFlax.
• LINK Renewable Materials (Defra/BBSRC) - reviewer, 2006.
• Department for Trade and Industry (DTI): Technology Programme -assessor/speaker, 2004-2006.
• Enterprise Ireland: Government Advanced Technologies Research Programme Panel, 2001.
• National Research Foundation - South Africa: Grant Application - reviewer, 2003.
• Technologiestichting STW - The Netherlands: Grant Application - reviewer, 2005.
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - reviewer, 2007.
• Enterprise Ireland: Composites Competence Centres - evaluator, 2009.
• Romanian National Council for Research and Development - evaluator, 2011-12.
• Enterprise Ireland: Commercialisation Fund - reviewer, 2012.
• Enterprise Ireland: Irish Centre for Composites Research (IComp) Business Plan - reviewer, 2014.
  
• Kazakhstan: National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation -independent expert, 2014.
  
• Belgium: Industrieel Onderzoeksfonds (IOF) - reviewer, 2015.
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - reviewer, 2016.
  
• Canada: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) - reviewer, 2016.
  
• Romania: Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding - evaluator/rapporteur, 2016.
• Invest Northern Ireland (INI)/Cogent Management Consulting LLP - international expert, 2016.
  
• Enterprise Ireland: H2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie Career-FIT assessment board, 2017.
• Enterprise Ireland: Irish Centre for Composites Research (IComp) mid-term reviewer, 2018.
• Sultanate of Oman: Sultan Qaboos University Towards New Industrial Applications in Oman - evaluator, 2019
• Sultanate of Oman: RIMS reviewer, 2019.
• Austria: Research Promotion Agency (FFG) Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies (COMET) - reviewer, 2020.

Professional Institutes

• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining - IOM3 Composites Leadership Group (CLG, formerly British Composites Society Executive/Composites Division Board)
  • Inaugural Chairman of Committee 02: Education, Professional Development and Recognition (EPDAR) 2009-2014 
  • CLG secretary, 2021 ongoing.
• Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering - UK and Ireland Chapter Committee
  • Student Co-ordinator 2003-2009

Publications

• International Advisory Board: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.
• Editorial Board: Composites and Advanced Materials ~ formerly Advanced Composites Letters (Greece).

Refereeing (most recent update on 07-January-2022)

• Elsevier recognised reviewer
• Publons recognised reviewer

1. Advanced Composites Letters.
2. Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer and Composites Science.
3. Advances in Civil Engineering.
4. Advances in Environmental Research.
5. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering.
6. Advances in Mechanical Engineering.
7. Aeronautical Journal.
8. Aerospace (MDPI).
9. Annals of Occupational Hygiene.
10. Applied Composite Materials.
11. Applied Mechanics Reviews.
12. Applied Surface Science.
13. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology.
14. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
15. Biomacromolecules.
16. BioResources.
17. Carbohydrate Polymers.
18. Cellulose. 
19. Composite Interfaces.
20. Composite Structures.
21. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.
22. Composites Part B: Engineering.
23. Composites Part C: Open Access
24. Composites Communications.
25. Composites Manufacturing.
26. Composites Science and Technology.
27. Construction Materials.
28. Environmental Science and Technology.
29. Experimental Techniques.
30. eXpress Polymer Letters.
31. Fibers.
32. Forests (MDPI).
33. Frontiers in Plant Science: Plant Biophysics and Modelling
34. ICE Green Materials.
35. Industrial Crops and Products.
36. Insight (formerly British Journal of Non-Destructive Testing).
37. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives.
38. International Journal of Advanced Composites.
39. International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering.
40. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning
    
41. International Journal of Fatigue.
42. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.
43. International Journal of Materials and Product Technology.
44. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow.
45. International Journal of Polymer Science.
46. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering.
47. International Journal of Vehicle Design.
48. International Materials Reviews.
49. International Polymer Processing.
50. Journal of Adhesion.
51. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology.
52. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 
53. Journal of Archaeological Science.
54. Journal of ASTM International.
55. Journal of Bio-Based Materials and Bio-Energy.
56. Journal of Bionic Engineering.
57. Journal of Chemistry.
58. Journal of Cleaner Production.
59. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
60. Journal of Composite Materials.
61. Journal of Composites Science.
62. Journal of Industrial Textiles.
63. Journal of Materials Research and Technology.
64. Journal of Materials Science.
65. Journal of Microscopy.
66. Journal of Multifunctional Composites.
67. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
68. Journal of Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites.
69. Journal of Natural Fibers.
70. Journal of Polymer Engineering.
71. Journal of Polymers and the Environment.
72. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites.
73. Journal of Rheology.
74. Journal of Strain Analysis.
75. Journal of the Textile Institute.
76. Materials (MDPI).
77. Materials and Design.
78. Materials and Technology/Materiali in Tehnologije.
79. Materials Express.
80. Materials Science and Technology
81. Materials Today: Proceedings.
82. Mechanics of Materials.
83. NDT&E International.
84. Ocean Engineering.
85. OMAE Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering.
86. Plastics Rubber and Composites: Processing and Applications.
87. Plastics Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering.
88. Polymer Composites.
89. Polymer Engineering and Science.
90. Polymer Testing.
91. Polymers (MDPI)
92. Polymers and Polymer Composites.
93. Powder Metallurgy.
94. Procedia CIRP
95. Proceedings IMechE Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture.
96. Proceedings IMechE Part C: Jornal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 
97. Proceedings IMechE Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 
98. Proceedings IMechE Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering.
99. Proceedings IMechE Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering.
100. Proceedings IMechE Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology.
101. Proceedings IMechE Part L: Journal of Materials Design and Applications.
102. Proceedings IMechE Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment.
103. Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
104. Science and Engineering of Composite Materials.
105. Sensors.
106. SN Applied Sciences
107. Structural Health Monitoring.
108. Structures (Elsevier/IStructE).
109. Sustainability (MDPI).
110. Symmetry (MDPI).
111. Transport in Porous Media.
112. Tribology Transactions.

Membership of Thematic Networks

• Auxetic Materials Network.
• Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability (BioNIS)
• Sustainable Composites Network (SusCompNet)
• Vegetable Oil Polymers Network (VOPnet)

Teaching interests

Modules taught

Web-pages to support student learning are available via the appropriate links below.
For all current modules, the pages are under continuing development.

 Current courses:

• MEng/BEng 3 MATS 347 (20 credits - module leader)
  Composites Design and Manufacture.
• MEng/BEng 3 MATS 348 (20 credits - module leader) 
  Composites Engineering (coursework module which complements MATS 347).
• MATS500 Advanced Composites Technology
• ... plus student project supervision.

 ... discontinued modules:

• MSc MECH 512 Design for Structural Integrity
   ... specifically Condition Monitoring (CM) - Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
• MSc MECH 513 Smart Materials and Intelligent Structural Systems.
• MSc MECH 524 Composite Engineering Systems
• MEng 4 Advanced Composites Technology
• BEng 3 STAD322 Civil and Structural Engineering - Construction and Design Project
• BSc 3 MST 326 Quality Management and Safety Engineering.
• BSc 2 MATS 232 Marine Composites and Vessel Surveying.
  

Staff serving as external examiners

External Examiner for the jury of Habilitation a Diriger des Recherces

• Université de Bourgogne, 2014

Habilitationsschrift for venia docendi

• Montanuniversität Leoben - Austria, 2018.

External Examiner for doctorate (PhD unless stated)

• Aalborg University - Denmark, 2003.
• Anna University (Chennai) - India (4), 2011/12/16/19.
• University of Auckland - New Zealand, 2013.
• University of Bath, 2011.
• Bolton Institute, 2002.
• Bournemouth University, 2000/02.
• University of Bristol (3), 2003/04/21.
• Brunel University, 2021.
• Cranfield University, 2007. EngD 2020.
• Deakin University - Australia, 2011.
• University of Edinburgh, 2021.
• Imperial College - University of London (3), 2014/15/16.
• Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, 2015.
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2015.
• University of Leeds, 1997.
• Loughborough University of Technology (2), 1991 and 2006/07.
• University of Manchester, 2008.
• University of Mauritius, 2021.
• University of Nottingham, 2017.
• Queen Mary - University of London (2), 2003/2012.
• Universiti Putra Malaysia - Malaysia (7), 2004/05/10/15/18/19.
• University of Sheffield, 2019.
• University of Strathclyde (2), 1998/2005.
• University of Surrey (3 EngD), 2013/19/21 and in prospect 2022.
• Swansea University (EngD), 2015.
• University of Ulster at Belfast, 2009.
• University of Ulster at Jordanstown (4), 2009/11/17/20.
• University of Warwick (2), 1996/98/99.
• University of West of Scotland, 2020.

External Examiner for MPhil

• University of Bath, 2014.
• Leicester de Montfort University (2), 2006.
• University of Manchester, 2005.

External Examiner for MRes dissertations

• Swansea University (3), 2010.

External Examiner for MSc Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation course

• Swansea Metropolitan University, 2008-2013.

External Examiner for MSc dissertations

• Manchester University/UMIST, 1990/93/94/98/99.

External Examiner for MScEng dissertation

• National University of Ireland - Galway, 2007.

External Examiner for MEng dissertations

• University of Limerick - Ireland, 1993/95.
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University – South Africa, 2017.

External Examiner for BEng (honours) Mechanical Engineering course

• University of Ulster, 2004-2008.

Jury du Diplôme d’Université

• IUT de Lannion (Université de Rennes I), September 2001.

Research interests

• Manufacture of continuous fibre reinforced polymer matrix composites,
  especially resin transfer moulding (RTM) and resin infusion under flexible tooling (RIFT).
• Marine applications of fibre-reinforced composites.
• Microstructural characterisation of fibre-reinforced composites.
• Natural fibres as reinforcements for composite materials.
• Non-destructive testing of fibre-reinforced composites.
• Smart materials and intelligent structures, including biomimetics.
• Structure - process - performance relationships for composites.
• Sustainable composites, including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
• Best practice in supervision and support of research degree candidates.

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

• Dayang Habibah Abang Ismawi Hassim, PhD, 2019:
  Fatigue crack growth of recycled rubber in natural/butadiene rubber blend
  
• Aitor Hernandez Michelena, PhD, 2019:
  Natural fibre reinforced composite materials
  
• Mohammad Hossein Khanlou, PhD at Griffith University – Australia, 2018:
  Degradation of flax PLA biocomposites during and after manufacture
  
• Richard Pitwon, PhD, 2017:
  Pluggable optical connector interfaces for electro-optical circuit boards
  
• Vlad Zamorovskii, MPhil, 2017:
  Composite materials filled with ferromagnetic microwire inclusions demonstrating microwave response to temperature and tensile stress
• Mahdi Al-Farttoosi, PhD, 2016:
  Impact Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened or Repaired with Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP)
• Amjed Saleh Mahmood, PhD, 2016:
  Processing-performance relationships for fibre-reinforced composites
• Richard Cullen, PhD, 2014:
  Air permeability of balsa core, and its influence on defect formation in resin infused sandwich laminates.
• David Harman, PhD, 2013:
  An economic evaluation of the robotic tufting process considering the application of a novel composite wing rib post
• Nilmini Dissanayake, PhD, 2011:
  Life Cycle Assessment of flax fibres for the reinforcement of polymer matrix composites.
• Amandeep Singh Virk, PhD, 2010:
  Numerical models for natural fibre composites with stochastic properties.
• Ross Pomeroy, PhD, 2009:
  Permeability characterisation of continuous filament mats for resin transfer moulding.
• Robert Blackburn, MPhil, 2009:
  The manufacture and testing of perforated composite acoustic panels.
• Krongkaew Mighanetara, PhD, 2008:
  Impact of metal mining on the water quality in the Tamar catchment.
• Iosif Progoulakis, MPhil, 2004:
  Heated tooling for composites aerospace manufacture.
• Craig Woodward, MPhil, 2002:
  The application of Poka Yoke to administrative functions within an organisation.
• Joachim Gingele, PhD, 2001:
  Modelling business processes with links to ISO 9001.
• Neil Pearce, PhD, 2001:
  Process-property-fibre distribution relationships in fibre-reinforced composites.
• James Craen, MPhil, 2000:
  Resin infusion under flexible tooling.
• Angela Newbury, PhD, 1994:
  An investigation into the applicability of NMR for cure monitoring of composites.

Grants & contracts

• Development and demonstrators of durable biobased composites for a marine environment
  Interreg 2 Seas Mers Zeeën project, led by CenTexBel (BE), March 2019-February 2023.

• Closing the skills gap and supporting the Industrial Strategy through [composites] curriculum development
  HEFCE Catalyst Fund, led by University of Bristol, January 2018-May 2019.

• To develop a range of innovative composite repair kit solutions that are quick, simple and safe to use in a variety of environments
  Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme 10912 with Alan Harper Composites Limited, calendar year 2018.
• To develop a commercially viable manufacturing process to improve the chemical properties of fine rubber powder derived from reprocessed vehicle tyres
  
• Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Crumb Rubber Limited (with Frank Abraham, Mike Foulkes and Jasper Graham-Jones), 2013-2015.
• InGeCt - An innovative environmentally friendly gelcoating technology for composites for marine and wind-turbine applications to reduce VOC emissions, processing time and cost.
  European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Research for SMEs (R4SME) project 286520, 2011-2013.
• Develop the company Research and Development competence and infrastructure to enhance the understanding of current materials capability and establish a platform for further product development
  Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme 8578 with Lorient Polyproducts Limited (with Mike Foulkes), 2011-2013.
• To embed new design methodologies and material knowledge to produce the next generation security product focussing on the French market
  Knowledge Transfer Partnership Programme 8267 with Spinnaker International Limited (led by Roy Tam with Roberto Fraquelli), 2010-2012.
• To design and manufacture a state-of-the-art resin processing control and delivery system to manufacture composite materials predominantly for the aerospace industry,
  Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme 6608 with Composite Integration Limited, 2007-2009.
• To re-design and update passenger seating furniture using the latest computer aided engineering techniques and developments in materials and manufacturing processes,
  Knowledge Transfer Partnership Programme 6262 with Zoeftig and Company Limited (led by David Grieve), 2007–2009,
• Evaluation of the Cormarent tidal stream energy device to include concept validation
  DTI Technology Programme (led by Ming Dai), 2007-2008.
• Development of innovative in-mould coating technologies for gel coating of composites
  DTI Technology Programme Zero Emission Enterprise call funding, 2005-09.
• Modern mechanical engineering design methodologies, processes and new innovative products for the rail industry
  Teaching Company Programme 3720 with Vortok International - Plymouth, 2001-2003.
• Life assessment for composite structures under various damage states using 'smart' sensors
  EPSRC Doctoral Training Account, 2001-2004.
• Development of innovative materials, tooling, design and production processes for composites used in the low cost manufacture of aerostructure components
  Teaching Company Programme 3067 with GKN Aerospace Limited - Cowes, 2000-2003.
• Process-property-fibre distribution relationships in fibre composites
  EPSRC grant GR/K04699 with Carr Reinforcements Limited and University of Bristol, 1994-1998.
• Resin Infusion under Flexible Tooling
  HEFCE Development of Research Funds, 1994-1997.
• Simulation of the resin transfer moulding process for efficient design and manufacture of composite components
  BRITE/EurAM II BE5477-92 with 10 partners, 1992-1996.

Creative practice & artistic projects

Editor: Plymouth Morris Tradition

Reports & invited lectures

• Dominik Piasecki and John Summerscales,
  Plenary talk: Characterisation of reinforcement fabrics by fractal dimension
  Virtual International Conference on impact of Data Science in Mechanical Engineering (ICDSME 2021),
  Sree Buddha College of Engineering (Kerala), 10-11 June 2021.

• John Summerscales, Invited Lecture: Marine fibre-reinforced plastics composites,
  Annual Assembly of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST),
  Symposium on High-Tech Collaborative Innovation, on-line event, China, 13-14 June 2020.

• John Summerscales, Keynote presentation: A new rule of mixtures for natural fibre composites
  4th China International Composites Technology Conference (CCCM-4), New Composite Materials, Path to the Future
  Zhuhai City (Guangdong) ~ CHINA, 28-30 November 2019.

• Amandeep Singh Virk, John Summerscales and Wayne Hall,
  Plenary presentation: A new rule of mixtures for natural fibre composites,
  Sixth International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-2019),
  Varanasi – INDIA, 25-28 February 2019.
• John Summerscales,  Keynote Talk: Durability of composites in the marine environment,
  International Conference on Sonar Systems & Sensors (ICONS2018), Kochi (Kerala) - INDIA, 22-24 February 2018.
• John Summerscales,  Plenary presentation: Fibre distribution and the process-property dilemma,
  3rd China International Congress on Composite Materials (CCCM-3), Hangzhou ~ CHINA, 21-23 October 2017.
• John Summerscales and Nilmini Dissanayake,
  Keynote lecture: Allocation in the life cycle assessment (LCA) of flax fibres for the reinforcement of composites,
  6th International Conference on Innovative Natural Fibre Composites for Industrial Applications,
  Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome ~ ITALY, 05-06 October 2017.
• John Summerscales, Invited lecture: Durability of composites in the marine environment
  International Conference on Lightweight Design of Marine Structures (LIMAS 2015),
  Glasgow, 09-11 November 2015, pp 7-9. ASRANet Limited, ISBN: 978-0-9930121-3-6.
  
• J Summerscales, AS Virk, and W Hall, Keynote lecture: A new rule of mixtures for natural fibre composites,
  5th International Conference on Innovative Natural Fibre Composites for Industrial Applications,
  Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome ~ ITALY, 15-16 October 2015.
• John Summerscales, Keynote paper: Disposal of composite boats and other marine composites,
  2nd China International Congress on Composite Materials (CCCM-2), Zhenjiang ~ CHINA, 21-23 September 2015.
• John Summerscales, Invited lecture: Standards for Permeability.
  Composites, Adhesives and Polymers 3rd Industrial Advisory Group Meeting,
  National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Wednesday 10 June 2015.
• J Summerscales, NPJ Dissanayake, SM Grove and MM Singh,
  Plenary Lecture: Comparative life cycle assessment for natural vs glass fibre reinforcements,
  Anglo-French days on Materials for Energy Efficiency in Transport (MEET), Paris ~ FRANCE, 30 June – 01 July 2014
• J Summerscales, AS Virk and W Hall, Keynote Paper: Variability in, and property prediction for, natural fibre composites,
  21st Anniversary Conference of the Bio-Environmental Polymer Society, Coventry, 18-20 September 2013.
  
• John Summerscales, Keynote Paper: Durability of composites in the marine environment,
  1st International Conference on Advanced Composites for Marine Engineering (ICACME2013) within
  1st China International Congress on Composite Materials (CCCM-1), Beijing ~ CHINA, 10-13 September 2013, abstracts book page 32 of 122.
  
• John Summerscales, Plenary Lecture: Durability of composites in the marine environment,
  International Workshop on the Durability of Marine Composites, IFREMER/US Office of Naval Research, NANTES - France, 23-24 August 2012.
  
• John Summerscales, Keynote Paper: The potential of composite materials in civil engineering applications,
  2008 COBRAE Annual Members Meeting at the CIVILS 2008 Exhibition, London, 20 November 2008.
  
• RK Cullen and J Summerscales, Invited presentation: The determination of the fibre volume fraction in natural fibre composites,
  Exploratory Workshop on Environmentally Friendly Composites (EnviroComp),
  European Science Foundation Physical & Engineering Sciences Committee, Coventry, 20-21 April 2004.
  
• J Summerscales, NRL Pearce, P Russell and FJ Guild,
  Invited lecture: Characterisation of the mesostructure of woven fabric composites by fractal dimensions,
  University of Cambridge Residential Meeting: Structural Integrity of Composite Materials and Structures, Isle of Capri ~ ITALY, 20-25 May 2001.
  
• John Summerscales, NRL Pearce, P Russell and FJ Guild, Invited lecture: Voronoi cells, fractal dimensions and fibre composites,
  5th International Conference on Microscopy of Composite Materials, Royal Microscopical Society, Oxford, 2-4 April 2000.

Conferences organised

• International Conferences on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM series)
  Edinburgh, 2023-24. West Lafayette, 2022 (cancelled). Luleå, 2018.  Kyoto, 2016.  Enschede, 2014.  Auckland, 2012.  Ascona, 2010.  Montréal,  2008.
  Douai, 2006.  Delaware, 2004.  Auckland, 2002.  Plymouth, 1999 (conference chair).  Aberystwyth, 1996.  Galway, 1994.
• International Conferences on Composite Materials (ICCM series)
  Belfast, 2023. Melbourne ~ Australia, 2019. Xi'an - China, 2017 (International Scientific Committee and Track 6.2 Leader).
  Copenhagen ~ Denmark, 2015 (Track 1-8 co-ordinator). Edinburgh, 27-31 July 2009.
• IoM3 International Conferences on Manufacturing of Advanced Composites (ICMAC series)
  London, 2022-23 (tbc). Online, 2021. Belfast, 2011. Belfast, 2009. Belfast, 2001.
  ... formerly PRI/IoM International Conferences on Automated Composites
  Bristol, 1999. Glasgow, 1997. Nottingham, 1995. Den Haag, 1991 (conference chair).
• International Conferences on Natural Fibers (ICNF series)
  Online, 2021. Porto 2019. Braga, 2017. Azores, 2015 (Scientific Committee)
  
  
• 13th International Conference on Bioplastics, Biocomposites and Biorefining (ICBBB-2013): moving towards a sustainable bioeconomy
  Guelph ON – Canada, 19-24 May 2014 (International Scientific Committee).
• First International Conference on Advanced Composite for Marine Engineering (ICACME 2013)
  Beijing – China, 10-12 September 2013 (International Scientific Committee).
• 9th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology 2020 Scientific and Industrial Challenges"
  Sorrento – Italy, 24-26 April 2013 (scientific committee).
• 36th MATADOR (Manufacturing, Automation and systems, Technology, Applications, Design, Organisation and management, Research) Conference
  Manchester, 14-16 July 2010 (international conference committee)
• Nature Inspired Methods for Environmental Issues of the EvoApplications Conference
  Istanbul - Turkey, 07-09 April 2010 (programme committee)
• 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems
  Acireale - Sicily, 8-13 June 2008.
• 8th International Conference on Textile Composites
  Nottingham, 16-18 October 2006.
• International Conference of Bionics Engineering (ICBE-06)
  Jilin University, Changchun - China, 17-21 September 2006.
• ACMC/SAMPE Conference on Marine Composites
  Plymouth, September 2003 (conference chair).
• International Conference on Industrial Food Processing - Experiments and Numerical Simulation
  Plymouth, April 2001.
• PRI/IoM International Conferences on Deformation and Fracture of Composites
  Manchester, 1991/1993/1997/2001. London, 1999. Guildford, 1995.
• International Symposium on Acoustic Emission from Composite Materials
  Sundsvall - Sweden, July 1995.
• International Conference of SAMPE European Chapter
  Birmingham, October 1993.
• BINDT Advanced Composites Symposium
  Bristol, 1990.
• PRI International Conferences on Polymers in Defence
  Bristol, 1989. Bristol, 1987.

Additional information

Recent conference papers (in addition to Invited lectures above)

• John Summerscales, Yang Qin, Maozhou Meng, Richard Pemberton and Jasper Graham-Jones
  Monomer selection for natural fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite manufacture by monomer infusion under flexible tooling (MIFT)
  International Conference on Manufacturing Advanced Composites (ICMAC), virtual event, 20-22 October 2021.

• J Summerscales, Yang Qin, Jasper Graham-Jones, Richard Cullen, Maozhou Meng and Richard Pemberton,
  Recyclable structural composites for marine renewable energy,
  7th PRIMaRE Conference, Partnership for Research In Marine Renewable Energy, virtual event, 7-8 July 2020, poster

• Dayang Habibah A.I.H, Frank Abraham, John Summerscales and Paul Brown,
  Fatigue crack growth of natural rubber/butadiene rubber blend containing waste tyre rubber powders,
  7th International Conference on Solid State Science and Technology (ICSSST), Putrajaya, 11-13 November 2019.

• John Summerscales,
  Fibre Area Correction Factors (FACF) for the extended rules-of-mixtures for natural fibre reinforced composites,
  4th International Conference on Natural Fibers (ICNF2019) ~ smart sustainable solutions, Porto ~ PORTUGAL, 01-03 July 2019.

• Dayang Habibah A.I.H, Frank Abraham, John Summerscales and Paul Brown,
  Abrasion resistance and fatigue crack growth in dependence of recycled tyre filler content and its interface morphology,
  13th Fall Rubber Colloquium (KHK), Hannover - Germany, 6-8 November 2018.

• John Summerscales,
  Taking the high energy demand Out of Autoclave Processing of Composites,
  SAMPE Europe 2018, Southampton, 11-13 September 2018, oral presentation. ISBN 978-90-821727-9-9.

• Dominik Piasecki and John Summerscales,
  Characterisation of reinforcement fabrics by fractal dimension,
  SAMPE Europe 2018, Southampton, 11-13 September 2018, oral presentation. ISBN 978-90-821727-9-9.

• Amjed Saleh Mahmood, M Neil James and John Summerscales,
  Process-property-performance relationships in CFRP composites using fractal dimension,
  39th Risø International Symposium on Materials Science 'Fatigue of Composite Materials: Microstructure, Mechanics and Methods',
  Roskilde ~ Denmark, 3–6 September 2018.

• Dominik Piasecki and John Summerscales, 
  Characterisation of reinforcement fabrics by fractal dimension,
  ICMAC 2018, Nottingham, 10-12 July 2018, poster 

• Dayang Habibah A.I.H, Frank Abraham, John Summerscales and Paul Brown,
  The influence of tyre fine waste particles as filler in elastomer matrix on tear strength, abrasion and interphase morphology,
  International Rubber Conference (IRC) RubberCon 2018, Istanbul - Turkey, 10-12 May 2018.

• Dayang Habibah A.I.H., Frank Abraham, John Summerscales and Paul Brown,
  Fatigue properties and fracture morphology of micronised rubber powder (MRP) from waste tyres in unfilled elastomer,
  European Conference on Materials, Mechatronics & Manufacturing (ECMMM 2018), Kraków ~ Poland, 10-12 February 2018.

• Hossein Mohammed Khanlou, John Summerscales, Peter Woodfield and Wayne Hall,
  The degradation of flax/PLA biocomposites,
  3rd China International Congress on Composite Materials (CCCM3), Hangzhou - China, 22 October 2017 

• RK Cullen, SM Grove and J Summerscales,
  Air permeability of balsa core, and its influence on defect formation in resin infused sandwich laminates,
  21st International Conference on Composite Materials, Xi’an – CHINA, 20-25 August 2017, oral 2040.
• John Summerscales and Nilmini Dissanayake,
  Allocation in LCA of flax fibres for the reinforcement of composites,
  21st International Conference on Composite Materials, Xi’an – CHINA, 20-25 August 2017, oral 2039.
  
• Robert Wilkinson, Richard Cullen and J Summerscales,
  Curing resin infused composites in the autoclave,
  21st International Conference on Composite Materials, Xi’an – CHINA, 20-25 August 2017, oral 2043.
  
• Alexander Hart, John Summerscales and Hom Nath Dhakal
  Effect of time at temperature for natural fibres
  3rd International Conference on Natural Fibers (ICNF 2017), Braga – PORTUGAL, 21-23 June 2017.
• Hossein Mohammad Khanlou, Peter Woodfield, Wayne Hall and John Summerscales
  Effect of time-dependent processtemperature variation during manufacture of natural-fibre composites
  3rd International Conference on Natural Fibers (ICNF 2017), Braga – PORTUGAL,21-23 June 2017.
• John Summerscales,
  Allocation in LCA of flax fibres for the reinforcement of composites
  3rd International Conference on Natural Fibers (ICNF 2017), Braga – PORTUGAL,21-23 June 2017.
• John Summerscales
  Allocation in LCA of flax fibres for the reinforcement of composites
  Ecocomp 2017: Sustainable Fibres, Polymers and Composites, Coventry, 09-10 May 2017.
• John Summerscales,
  Allocation in LCA of flax fibres for the reinforcement of composites
  “Are biocomposites sustainable?”, Composites UK , NCC Emerson’s Green, 31 January2017.
• Dayang Habibah A.I.H, Frank Abraham and John Summerscales
  Mechanical, dynamic and morphology properties of natural rubber (NR)/butadiene rubber (BR) blends with recycled rubber powder
  12th Fall Rubber Colloquium (KHK: Kautschuk Herbst Kolloquium), Hannover - Germany, 22-24 November 2016.
• Grant Lewin, Richard Cullen and John Summerscales
  Cost reduction in autoclave processing II: curing resin infused composites
  13th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM 13), Kyoto – Japan, 6-9 July 2016, paper 38, oral presentation.
• Gary Prudham and John Summerscales
  Cost reduction in autoclave processing I: heated tooling and cool air pressurisation
  13th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials(FPCM 13), Kyoto – Japan, 6-9 July 2016, Paper 37, oral presentation.
• M Al-Farttoosi, MY Rafiq, J Summerscales, C Williams and T Tapp
  A new instrumented drop-weight test machine for studying the impact behaviour of strengthened reinforced concrete beams,
  17th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Earthquake Engineering (ICCSEE 2015), Barcelona ~ SPAIN, 26-27 October 2015.
  International Science Index, 2015, 17(10) Part XII, 1807-1818. eISSN 1307-6892.
• J Summerscales, A Le Duigou and C Baley
  A checklist for the description of plant/vegetal/bast natural fibre reinforced composites,
  20th International Conference on Composites Materials (ICCM20), Copenhagen ~ DENMARK, 19-24 July 2015.
• A Hernandez Michelena, J Graham-Jones, J Summerscales and W Hall
  Eco-friendly epoxy resin/flax fibre composite system interface improvement with the chemical treatments of the flax surface and resin formulation,
  2nd International Conference on Natural Fibers – From Nature to Market (ICNF2015),
  São Miguel – Azores ~ PORTUGAL, 27-29 April 2015, no presentation. Book of Abstracts pp 269-270. ISBN 978-989-98468-5-2.
• A Hernandez Michelena, J Graham-Jones, J Summerscales and W Hall,
  Eco-friendly epoxy resin/flax fibre composite system as a material for surf boards production (abstract 210)
  2nd International Conference on Natural Fibers – From Nature to Market (ICNF2015),
  São Miguel – Azores ~ PORTUGAL, 27-29 April 2015, oral presentation. CD-ROM Session 13.
  ISBN 978-989-98468-4-5. Book of Abstracts pages 267-268, ISBN978-989-98468-5-2.
• A Hernandez Michelena, J Graham-Jones, J Summerscales and W Hall,
  Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) production of surfboard fins with natural fibres. Part II: experimental work and testing (abstract 209)
  2nd International Conference on Natural Fibers – From Nature to Market (ICNF2015),
  São Miguel – Azores ~ PORTUGAL, 27-29 April 2015, oral presentation. CD-ROM Session 13.
  ISBN 978-989-98468-4-5. Book ofAbstracts pages 265-266, ISBN 978-989-98468-5-2.
• J Summerscales, A Le Duigou and C Baley
  A checklist for the description of natural (bast) fibre reinforced composites (abstract 205)
  2nd International Conference on Natural Fibers – From Nature to Market (ICNF2015),
  São Miguel – Azores ~ PORTUGAL, 27-29 April 2015, oral presentation. CD-ROM Session 7.
  
• AS Virk, J Summerscales and W Hall
  A finite element analysis to validate the rule-of-mixtures for the prediction of the Young’s modulus of composites with non-circular anisotropic fibres (abstract 101)
  2nd International Conference on Natural Fibers – From Nature to Market (ICNF2015),
  São Miguel – Azores ~ PORTUGAL, 27-29 April 2015, oral presentation. CD-ROM Session 11.
  ISBN 978-989-98468-4-5. Book of Abstracts pages 109-110, ISBN978-989-98468-5-2.
• M Al-Farttoosi,MY Rafiq, J Summerscales and C Williams
  Using model updating techniques to assess bond-slip effects on the behaviour of reinforced concrete beams externally strengthened with CFRP
  21st International Workshop: Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE), Cardiff, 16-18 July 2014.
• M Al-Farttoosi, MY Rafiq, J Summerscales and CWilliams,
  Dynamic impact behaviour of reinforced concrete beams externally strengthened with carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP)
  Structural Faults and Repair Conference, Imperial College – London, 08-10 July 2014.
• Zoltán Gombos and John Summerscales
  In-mould gel-coating with a separator layer
  12th International Conference on Flow Processing in Composite Materials (FPCM 12),
  Enschede – The Netherlands, 14-16 July 2014, abstract 60, oral presentation.
• Alan Harper, Zoltán Gombos and John Summerscales
  In-mould surfacing with a silicone membrane
  12th International Conference on Flow Processing in Composite Materials (FPCM 12)),
  Enschede – The Netherlands, 14-16 July 2014, abstract 61, poster presentation.
• D Harman, S Grove and J Summerscales
  The economics of through-thickness fibre reinforcement using single-sided robotic tufting,
  16th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM-16), Seville – Spain, 22-26 June 2014.
• A Mahmood, MN James and J Summerscales
  Using fractal dimensions to quantify the microstructure of fibre reinforced composites
  TexComp-11 conference in Composites Week, Leuven - BELGIUM, 19-20 September 2013/oral.
• A Hernandez Michelena, J Graham-Jones, W Hall and J Summerscales
  Natural fibre treatments review,
  5th International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Polymers and Composites (Ecocomp 2013), Birmingham – England, 03-04 July 2013.
• AS Virk, W Hall and J Summerscales,
  Microstructural characterisation of jute/epoxy quasi-unidirectional composites
  1st International Conference on Natural Fibers: sustainable materials for advanced applications (ICNF2013),
  Guimarães – PORTUGAL, 09-11 June 2013, Session 8a, pages 47-48.
• AS Virk, W Hall and J Summerscales,
  Variability in, and property prediction for, natural fibre composites
  1st International Conference: Natural Fibers: sustainable materials for advanced applications (ICNF2013),
  Guimarães – PORTUGAL, 09-11 June 2013, Session 8a, abstracts book pages 51-52.
• A Hernandez Michelena, J Graham-Jones, W Hall and J Summerscales
  Resin transfer moulding (RTM) fins production with natural fibres
  1st International Conference on Natural Fibers: sustainable materials for advanced applications (ICNF2013),
  Guimarães – PORTUGAL, 09-11 June 2013, Session 8a, abstracts book pages 49-50.
• A Hernandez Michelena, J Graham-Jones, W Hall and J Summerscales
  Ecoboard production with natural fibres
  1st International Conference on Natural Fibers: sustainable materials for advanced applications (ICNF2013),
  Guimarães – PORTUGAL, 09-11 June 2013, poster, abstracts book pages 339-340.
• A Hernandez Michelena, J Graham-Jones, W Hall and J Summerscales
  Resin transfer moulding (RTM) to produce surfboard fins with natural fibres
  ICCST_9, Sorrento – ITALY, 24-26 April 2013/oral: Thursday 25 April 2013 at 15:10.
  DEStech Publications Inc, Lancaster PA, 2013. ISBN 978-1-60595-113-3, pages 577-583.
• Zoltan Gombos and J Summerscales,
  In-Mould Gel-Coating for Polymer Composites
  9th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST-9):
  2020 scientific and industrial challenges, Sorrento – ITALY, 24-26 April 2013/poster.
  DEStech Publications Inc, Lancaster PA, 2013. ISBN 978-1-60595-113-3, page 980.
• AS Virk, W Hall and J Summerscales,
  Microstructural characterisation of jute/epoxy quasi-unidirectional composites
  9th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST-9):
  2020 scientific and industrial challenges, Sorrento – ITALY, 24-26 April 2013/oral: Thu 25/4 at 10:30.
  DEStech Publications Inc, Lancaster PA, 2013. ISBN 978-1-60595-113-3, pages 779-791.
• AS Virk, W Hall and J Summerscales,
  Variability in, and property prediction for, natural fibre composites
  9th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST-9):
  2020 scientific and industrial challenges, Sorrento – ITALY, 24-26 April 2013/oral: Wed 24/4 at 14:45.
• John Summmerscales,
  In-Mould Gel-Coating for RTM and RIFT
  11th Intl. Conference on Flow Processing in Composite Materials, AUCKLAND NZ, 9-12 July 2012.
• N Dissanayake, J Summerscales, SM Grove and MM Singh
  Quantitative life cycle analysis for flax fibres
  4th International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Polymers and Composites (EcoComp),
  Birmingham – England, 07 July 2011.
• J Summerscales,
  A new rule of mixtures for natural fibre composites
  4th International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Polymers and Composites (EcoComp),
  Birmingham – England, 06 July 2011.
• A Virk, W Hall and J Summerscales
  A new rule of mixtures for natural fibre composites
  International Seminar on Strengthening of Collaboration for Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres Research and Development, Secretariat of the International Jute Study Group (IJSG) and the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), DHAKA – Bangladesh, 08-09 June 2011.
• J Summerscales, C Hoppins, P Anstice, N Brooks, J Wiggers, D Yahathugoda, A Harper, C Wood and M Cooper
  In-Mould Gel Coating for Resin Transfer Moulding
  10th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM-10),
  Ascona – SWITZERLAND, 11-15 July 2010.
• Bharaneedharan Muralidharan and John Summerscales
  In-Mould Gel-Coating for Resin Infusion Processes using a Flow Medium.
  10th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM-10),
  Ascona – SWITZERLAND, 11-15 July 2010.
• John Summerscales
  A taxonomy for resin infusion processes
  International Conference on Marine and Offshore Composites, RINA, London,03-04 February 2010.
• J Summerscales, C Hoppins, P Anstice, N Brooks, J Wiggers, D Yahathugoda, A Harper, C Wood and M Cooper
  In-Mould Gel Coating for Resin Transfer Moulding
  International Conference on Marine and Offshore Composites, RINA, London, 03-04 February 2010.
• NPJ Dissanayake, J Summerscales, SM Grove and MM Singh
  Quantitative life cycle analysis for flax fibres
  International Conference on Natural Fibres, London, 14-15 December 2009.
• NPJ Dissanayake, J Summerscales, SM Grove and MM Singh
  Quantitative life cycle analysis for flax fibres
  International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-17), Edinburgh, 27-31 July 2009.
• R K Cullen, S M Grove, J Summerscales
  Resin infusion of sandwich structures - core/skin interactions and void formation
  International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-17), Edinburgh, 27-31 July 2009.
• L Broadbent, R Bland, S Leonard-Williams, S Sharma and J Summerscales
  An advanced resin transfer moulding system for the production of advanced composite materials
  International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-17), Edinburgh, 27-31 July 2009, interactive poster.
• NPJ Dissanayake, J Summerscales, SM Grove and MM Singh
  Life cycle impact assessment of flax fibre for the reinforcement of composites
  Second International Conference on Innovative Natural Fibre Composites for Industrial Applications,
  Rome – ITALY, 15-18 April 2009.
• John Summerscales
  A taxonomy for resin infusion processes
  International Conference on Manufacturing of Advanced Composites, Belfast, 18-19 March 2009.
• John Summerscales, C Hoppins, P Anstice, N Brooks, J Wiggers, D Yahathugoda, A Harper, C Wood and M Cooper
  In-Mould Gel Coating for Resin Transfer Moulding
  International Conference on Manufacturing of Advanced Composites, Belfast, 18-19 March 2009.
• NPJ Dissanayake, J Summerscales, SM Grove and MM Singh
  Life cycle impact assessment of flax fibre for the reinforcement of composites
  International Conference on Manufacturing of Advanced Composites, Belfast, 18-19 March 2009.
• NPJ Dissanayake, HN Dhakal, SM Grove, MM Singh, J Summerscales
  Optimisation of energy use in the production of flax fibre as reinforcement for composites
  International Conference on Flax and Other Bast Plants (Fiber Foundations - Transportation, Clothing and Shelter in the Bioeconomy),
  Saskatoon (Saskatchewan), CANADA, 21-23 July 2008, Abstract #10, pages 47-58. ISBN-13: 978-0-9809664-0-4.
• RK Cullen, SM Grove, J Summerscales and HN Dhakal
  Flow convergence and void formation in resin-infused cored sandwich tructures
  The 9th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM-9), Montréal (Québec) – CANADA, 8-10 July 2008. CD-ROM/pdf/ri1/2.pdf. Book of abstracts page 10.
• NPJ Dissanayake, J Summerscales, SM Grove, MM Singh
  Infusion of natural vs. synthetic fibre composites with similar reinforcement architecture in the context of a LCA
  The 9th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM-9), Montréal (Québec) – CANADA, 8-10 July 2008. CD-ROM/pdf/z_poster/19.pdf. Book of abstracts page 124.
• NPJ Dissanayake, J Summerscales, SM Grove and MM Singh
  Comparative life cycle assessment for natural vs glass fibres as reinforcement for composites
  Composites Innovation 2007 - improved sustainability and environmental performance, Barcelona, SPAIN, 4-5 October 2007.
• J Summerscales
  Low pressure (vacuum infusion) techniques for moulding large composite structures
  Composites Innovation 2007 - improved sustainability and environmental performance, Barcelona, SPAIN, 4-5 October 2007 – poster paper.
• NPJ Dissanayake, J Summerscales, SM Grove and MM Singh
  Comparative life cycle assessment for natural vs glass fibres as reinforcement for composites
  Conference: Sustainable Materials, Polymers & Composites, U.Warwick at Coventry, 11 September 2007. PowerPoint.
• R Pomeroy, S Grove, J Summerscales, Y Wang and A Harper
  Measurement of permeability of continuous filament mat glass-fibre reinforcements by saturated radial airflow
  8th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials, Ecole des Mines de Douai, Douai, FRANCE, 11-13 July 2006.
• R Pomeroy, S Grove, J Summerscales, Y Wang and A Harper
  Preform characterisation for Resin Transfer Moulding
  Composites Processing 2006, Composites Processing Association, Haydock (Merseyside), 27 April 2006.
• John Summerscales
  The effect of permeant on the measured permeability of a reinforcement
  7th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials, University of Delaware, NEWARK USA, 7-9 July 2004, pp 471-476.
• J Summerscales
  A comparitive assessment of resin infusion processes
  Seminar on Advanced Processes and Manufacture of Composite Structures
  IMechE Aerospace Materials and Structures Technical Activity Committee, BRISTOL, 9 June 2004.
• Matthew W Arney, Stephen Grove, Iosif Progoulakis, Tim Searle, David Short, Julian Spooner & John Summerscales
  Integrally-heated tooling for the manufacture of fibre-reinforced composites
  Composites Processing 2004, Composites Processing Association, BROMSGROVE, 23 April 2004
• CM Leavey, MN James, J Summerscales and R Sutton,
  Damage detection in CFRP using wavelet scale correlation,
  5th Int Conf Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis, GLASGOW, 9-11 September 2003.
  Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis: Materials Science Forum 440-4: 211-218 (2003).
• KJP Menadue, DJ Grieve, RS Burns and J Summerscales
  Materials for low investment tools for plastic injection
  18th National Conference on Manufacturing Research, LEEDS Metropolitan University, 10-12 September 2002.
  In K Cheng and D Webb, Advanced in Manufacturing Technology XVI,
  Professional Engineering Publishing Limited, Bury St Edmunds and London, 2002, pp 417-422.
• Maria Papakyriacou, Mark Russell-Stevens, Peter Schulz, David C Plane and John Summerscales
  Mechanische Eigenschaften eines kohlenstofffaserverstärkten Mg-Verbundwerkstoffes bei erhöhten Temperaturen
  Proceedings of Conference 2 at Ranshofener Leichtmetalltage - AUSTRIA, 24 - 26 April 2002.
  Eds. H. Kaufmann, A. Wahlen, P.J. Uggowitzer (2002), pp.46-57 (refereed in Gießereiforschung).
• John Summerscales, Paul M Russell, Stepan Lomov, Ignaas Verpoest and Richard S Parnas
  The fractal dimensions of tomographic sections of a woven composite
  Sixth International Conference on Microscopy of Composite Materials, OXFORD, 25-26 March 2002.
• J Summerscales
  Clean efficient manufacture of composites using resin infusion under flexible tooling (RIFT)
  Composites Processing 2002, Composites Processing Association, Birmingham Airport, Paper 4, 24 January 2002.
• M Russell-Stevens, DC Plane, J Summerscales, P Schulz and M Papakyriacou (refereed in MS&T)
  Effects of elevated temperature on mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of a short carbon fibre reinforced magnesium composite
  8th International Conference on Metal Matrix Composites: Metallic Composites and Foams, Institute of Materials, LONDON, 26-27 November 2001, Session 5: Processing and Properties of Fibre-Reinforced MMCs.
• John Summerscales, Felicity Guild, Neil Pearce and Paul Russell,
  Process-property-structure relationships for woven fibre composites,
  8th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Composites, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, 13-15 September 2000, pp 121-130.
  ISBN 1-85573-550-4.
• J Summerscales
  Clean efficient manufacture of composite vessels using resin infusion under flexible tooling (RIFT)
  International Conference on Lightweight Construction – Latest Developments,
  Royal Institution of Naval Architects, LONDON, 24-25 February 2000, paper 2, pp 1-8. ISBN 0-903055-56-2.

Book reviews

• Güneri Akovali - Handbook of Composite Fabrication
  Materials World, April 2002, 10(4), 25.
• C Ageorges and L Ye – Fusion Bonding of Polymer Composites
  Materials World, September 2003, 11(9), 36.
• K Worden, WA Bullough and J Haywood - Smart Technologies
  Materials World, January 2005, 13(1), 51.
  
• Jasprit Singh - Smart Electronic Materials
  Materials World, February 2007, 15(2), 43.
• Bjorn Backman - Composite Structures, Design, Safety and Innovation
  International Journal of Fatigue, August 2007, 29(8), 1577.
• C Hellio and DM Yebra - Advances in marine anti-fouling coatings
  Materials World, November 2010, 18(11), 44. 

Hobbies and interests

• The future and whether mankind can survive the twenty-first century
  See An Inconvenient Truth and The 11th Hour
• Dancing Cotswold and Border Morris
  
• Plymouth Inter-Varsity Club
  
• Wildlife: butterflies and birds