April 10 - 11, 2008, Weston Conference Centre, University of ManchesterOrganised by TexEng Software Ltd in association with The University of Manchester School of MaterialsConference Chair: Professor John W S Hearle. Co-Chair: Dr Xiaogang Chen

International Advisory Commitee

Chair: Professor Phil Withers, School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK Professor Byron Pipes, John Leighton Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Purdue University, USA Professor Chris Carr, School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK Professor Thomas Gries, Director,Institute for Textile Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Dr Nigel Johnson, Chief, CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology, Geelong, Australia Professor Vijay Kothari,Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India Professor Ryszard M. Kozlowski,Director,Institute of Natural Fibres,Poznan,Poland Professor Stepan Lomov, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Dr Mansour Mohamed, 3TEX Inc, North Carolina, USA Professor Asami Nakai, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan Professor Chris Rudd, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK Professor Isaac Porat, School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK Professor Jack Gillespie, Director, Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware,USA Professor Mu Yao, Xi'an Polytechnic University, China Professor Robert Young, Head, School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK Professor Xiaoming Tao, Chair Professor and Head Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Professor Amotz Weinberg, President, Shenkar College of Engineering & Design. Israel Professor Bhuvenesh Goswami, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA Professor Paul Kiekens, University of Ghent, Belgium

Programme Commitee

Chair: Dr Xiaogang Chen, TexEng Software Ltd and School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK Brian McCarthy, Director, TechniTex Faraday Ltd, Manchester, UK Dr Hugh Gong School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK Dr Kim Gandhi, Consultant, Manchester, UK Dr Prasad Potluri, School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK Dr Richard Day, School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK