Dr. Stephen W.Tsai, Professor Emeritus of Stanford University, Visits ICC & Delivers Special Lecture

Dr. Stephen W. Tsai,Professor (Research) of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Emeritus, Stanford University and Visiting Professor of Kanazawa Institute of Technology, visited ICC on Wednesday, April 24, and gave a special lecture at the 78th ICC Forum held at ICC on the same day.

Professor Tsai has been engaged in research on composite materials, particularly FRP, based in the United States, and released a great number of laws on FRP stiffness, making a significant contribution to the establishment of the academic system. His achievements are countless, including the establishment of ICCM, the largest and most prestigious international conference in the field of composite materials, and the first issue of the international academic journal Composite Materials.

Despite his age (94 years old this year), he is still traveling around the world and making great contributions to the spread of composite materials, including a scheduled lecture next year at JEC World, the world's largest composite materials exhibition held annually in Paris.

The title of his lecture at the forum was "A new laminate theory : Double-Double," which introduced an efficient laminate theory based on the combination of double bias in contrast to the conventional laminate theory based on pseudo-isotropic target lamination.

During his 90-minute lecture, he gave an impassioned talk about his research without ever sitting down. The participants listened to his lecture with great interest, and the Q&A session was very lively, making the 78th ICC Forum a very valuable and special event.