13 October 2025

39th International SAMPE Europe Students Seminar

Master student Ilse ten Bruggencate and PhD student Bruno Santos are the proud winners of the 40th International SAMPE Europe Students Seminar.

  • Repetitive Mechanical Recycling of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polyphenylene Sulphide by Ilse ten Bruggencate, Saxion|TPAC, Netherlands
  • Arrest of Unstable Compressive Cracks in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Polymers Using Local Ply-Discontinuity, by Bruno Pereira Santos, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

This annual Seminar was held at the SAMPE Europe Conference 2025 in Amsterdam. 16 selected students from 10 countries were invited and presented their thesis to an International Experts Jury.

Ilse ten Bruggencate, Saxion|TPAC, Netherlands
Bruno Pereira Santos, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Jury 40th SE Students Seminar 25

Chairman: Christian Weimer, SAMPE Germany

Vice Chairman: Charlotte Salaun, SAMPE France

Members: Carwyn Ward, SAMPE UK & Ireland | Matthias Geistbeck, SAMPE Germany | Markus Zogg, SAMPE Switzerland | Adrie Kwakernaak, SAMPE Benelux | Jim Johnson, SAMPE USA | Norm Wereley, SAMPE Global