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Zweben Composites and Advanced Thermal Materials

About Zweben Composites and Advanced Thermal Materials

Carl Zweben PhD - Composites and Thermal Materials
Life Fellow, ASME; Fellow, SAMPE & ASM
Associate Fellow, AIAA
62 Arlington Road
Devon, PA 19333-1538
USA
Phone:610-688-1772
c.h.zweben@usa.net

Over 40 years' experience in composites and advanced thermal materials
First to win both GE Astro Space Engineer-of-the-Year and One-in-a-Thousand awards. Astro Space Outstanding Presentation Award and nominee for GE Steinmetz Award.
Distinguished Lecturer for ASME and AIAA.
Invited Lecturer, AIAA 50th Anniversary "Learn from the Masters" series
Numerous publications, including papers and encyclopedia and handbook articles.
Over 250 in-house and technical society short courses on composites and advanced thermal materials presented worldwide.
Extensive experience with polymer matrix-, metal matrix-, ceramic matrix- and carbon matrix composites, including carbon/carbon composites.
Pioneered use of composites in a broad range of aerospace/defense and commercial applications; spacecraft and aircraft structures, rocket motor cases, machine components, electronic and optoelectronic thermal management and packaging, optomechanical systems, marine structures, civil engineering structures, automobiles, rapid transit vehicles, robots, flywheels, wind turbines, antennas, pressure vessels, weapon systems and sporting goods.

How can we help you?

Consulting services on composites and advanced thermal materials.
In-house short courses on composites and advanced thermal materials.
Material development and testing, structural and mechanical design.
Expert witness.

Upcoming public courses and presentations

SPIE Short Course

"Advanced Composite Materials for Optomechanical Systems" - SC218
SPIE Optics and Photonics 2010
San Diego, California, August 3, 2010
http://spie.org/optics-photonics.xml

SPIE Paper

"Advanced Thermal Management Materials for Concentrator Photovoltaic Arrays"
SPIE Optics and Photonics 2010
San Diego, California, August 4, 2010
http://spie.org/optics-photonics.xml

ASME/IHTC Presentation

"Advanced Thermal Management Materials for Heat Exchangers"
Panel Session 6: " Polymer-Carbon Composite Heat Exchangers - Challenges and Opportunities"
ASME International Heat Transfer Conference - 2010
Washington DC, August 9, 2010
http://www.asmeconferences.org/IHTC14/

IEEE/ECCE Tutorial

"Advanced Thermal Management Materials for Energy Conversion"

IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Expo (ECCE)
Atlanta, Georgia, September 12, 2010
http://www.ecce2010.org/

IMAPS Professional Development Course

"High-Performance Thermal Management Materials"
IMAPS 2010
Raleigh Convention Center, Research Triangle, North Carolina
November 1, 2010
http://www.imaps.org/imaps2010/

ASME Short Course

"Design, Analysis, and Fabrication of Composite Structure, Energy and Machine Applications"
ASME Course PD567
May 9 to May 10, 2011 San Francisco, California
http://catalog.asme.org/Education/ShortCourse/Advanced_Composite.cfm

DOWNLOADS (see attachments below)

Slideshare presentation on Composite Materials
Slideshare presentation on Advanced Thermal Materials
My bio
Advancing Microelectronics Paper on Advanced Thermal Materials
Presentation on Advanced Thermal Materials for Heat Exchangers Materials at IHTC