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Composite materials research at Â鶹AV began in 1989 with the hiring of Larry Lessard.Ìý The Structures and Composites Laboratory began soon after with the first graduate student, Mahmood Shokrieh in 1990.ÌýÌýIn 2002, Pascal Hubert joined to expand the group expertise to composites processing. Over the years, the lab has expanded its space, moving out of the MacDonald Engineering building and into larger labs in the Frank Dawson Adams Building.Ìý The Â鶹AV Structures and Composites Laboratory has become a renowned and respected research group worldwide through the work and publications of its members and alumni.Ìý Located in the heart of downtown Montreal, the group has a large network of partners and collaborators from industry, government research centers, colleges and academia.

Time Line: 1989	Larry Lessard hired as Research Associate, founder of the lab 1992	Lab officially named the “Structures and Composite Materials Laboratory†1993	Jim Nemes hired and works with the composites group 1996	Mahmood Shokrieh, first PhD student to graduate 2002	Pascal Hubert hired as Canada Research Chair in Advanced Composite Materials 2002	Laboratory expansion with new equipment acquisition  2004	First Composites Group Mugs awarded to Behnam and Maxime 2013	Organization of ICCM19 with participati

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