ORGANIZATION & SPONSOR

(1) Organized and sponsored by
Society of Materials Science, Japan (JSMS),
Doshisha University

(2) Co-sponsored by
Japan Society for Composite Materials,
The 21st Century COE Program "Center of Excellence for Research and Education on Complex Functional Mechanical Systems", Kyoto University

(3) In cooperation with
American Society for Composites,
European Society for Composites,
AMAC (French Society for Composites),
SF2M (French Society for Materials),
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Air Force Office of Scientific Research/Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development and the Office of Naval Research Global,
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers,
The Japan Carbon Fiber Manufactures Association,
The Japan Reinforced Plastics Society.


(4) Organization
Chairmen: T. Fujii (Doshisha Univ.) and N. Takeda (Univ. of Tokyo)
Co-Chairmen: Chairman of Committee on Composite Materials, JSMS, Y. Nakai (Kobe Univ., Representative of Committee on Fatigue of Materials) and K. Kishimoto (Tokyo Inst. Tech., Representative of Committee on Fracture Mechanics, JSMS)
Chairman of Local Organizing Committee: Y. Miyano (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)
Secretaries: M. Hojo (Kyoto Univ.) and K. Okubo (Doshisha Univ.)

(5) Scientific Committee
I. Verpoest (Belgium), J. Renard (France), A. Vautrin (France), N. Himmel (Germany), K. Schulte (Germany), I.Crivelli-Visconti (Italy), C.-G. Gustafson (Norway), A. Torres Marques (Portugal), A. Blom (Sweden), P. Hill (UK), A. Plumtree (Canada), S. Case (USA), W.S. Johnson (USA), T.K. O'Brien(USA), J. Whitcomb (USA), A. Baker (Australia), Y.-W. Mai (Australia), K.S. Han (Korea), I. Lee (Korea), H. Fukuda (Japan), M. Hojo (Japan), T. Ishikawa (Japan), K. Kishimoto (Japan), K. Kageyama (Japan), Y. Nakai (Japan), Y. Miyano (Japan)

(6) Advisory Committee
C. Bathias (France, Founder of ICFC), K. Reifsnider (USA, Founder of ICFC), T. Fukuda (Japan), I. Kimpara (Japan), K. Komai (Japan), K. Tanaka (Japan), M. Zako (Japan) and C.S. Hong (Korea)

(7) Local Organizing Committee
Y. Miyano (Kanazawa Institute of Technology), Y. Takao (Kyushu Univ.), N. Takano (Osaka Univ.), M. Kawai (Tsukuba Univ.), H. Kawada (Waseda Univ.), H. Hamada(Kyoto Inst. Tech.), K. Tohgo (Shizuoka Univ.), Y. Mutoh (Nagaoka Univ. Tech.), K. Nishiyabu (Osaka Pref. Collage of Technology), T. Tanimoto (Shonan Inst. Tech.), K. Hirano (AIST), C. Masuda (Waseda Univ.), S. Ogihara (Sci. Univ. Tokyo), H. Kato (NAL), H. Hyakutake (Fukuoka Univ.), K.Nakama (Toho tenax), Y. Shigegaki (IHI), M. Kageyama (Japan Defense Agency), K. Amaoka (Fuji Heavy Industries), C. Fujiwara (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), M. Imuta (Kawasaki Heavy Industries), A. Kitano (Toray), M. Sugimori (Mitsubishi Rayon)