Title: Towards realisation of carbon composite cars

Dr Leif Asp has been involved in research on composite materials and their
application for 20 years. He holds a PhD and MSc from Luleå University
of Technology. His research has to a large extent focused on the mechanical
performance of carbon fibre composites for aircraft applications, with the ambition
to develop physically based failure criteria and constitutive models. His research has
significantly contributed to the understanding of composite materials performance and
modelling.

Leif is employed at Swerea SICOMP where he is head of research since year 2011.
Leif is well known internationally for his research on failure in composites. He is
currently Vice President of the International Committee on Composite Materials
(ICCM) and the immediate past President of the European Society on Composite
Materials (ESCM).