On behalf of the ICCST/10 executive committee we are pleased to welcome you to Lisboa for the 10th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology held at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa.
The first edition of the International Conference on Composite Science and Technology took place in 1996 at Durban, South Africa, and in recent years it has been held in UAE (Sharjah), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) and Italy (Sorrento).
The objective of ICCST/10 is to bring together composites scientists, engineers and technologists to exchange ideas, to discuss the latest developments in composites and to present their work to the international composites community. We hope that the conference provides opportunities for scientists and engineers to meet and to discuss current research, new concepts and ideas and that future collaborations can be fostered.
The organizers of ICCST/10 are very pleased to dedicate this Conference in Honour of Professors J.N. Reddy and Carlos Alberto Mota Soares on their 70th Birthday and for their lasting contributions and impact to Research and Education in Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures and Computational Mechanics.
We want to express our appreciation to the authors and participants for their contributions, to all members of the committees involved in the preparation of this conference and to all the staff, with a special note of recognition to Ms. Paula Jorge for her invaluable contribution in all aspects related to the preparation of the conference.
Welcome to Lisboa, enjoy the conference and feel the unique atmosphere of the city behind the early XV century Age of Discovery.