Dr. Leif Asp

Biography

Professor Asp’s research focuses on efficient design methodologies for carbon fibre composite transport applications. With over twenty-five years of experience, his research includes damage tolerance modeling and design certification methods for aircraft composite structures. Asp uses a combined virtual and experimental approach, known as the building block approach, to confirm the effectiveness of composite designs. Physical testing of composite vehicles can be prohibitively expensive, making his focus on lightweight composite materials critical for increasing analytical capabilities, which facilitates more virtual testing and reduces physical testing costs. His work encompasses a broad spectrum of carbon fibre composites, including traditional unidirectional composites, textile-reinforced composites, and short fibre composites, relevant to several transport sector applications, such as automotive and aerospace. Since 2007, Professor Asp has led research into multifunctional composites, particularly structural battery composites designed to both store electrical energy and bear mechanical loads. This work involves material development and characterization, ranging from mechanical properties to electrochemical characteristics of the constituents of multi-cell structures.

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