Research

Air vehicle conceptual design, uninhabited aircraft systems development, design of lightweight metallic and composite aerospace structures, out-of-autoclave manufacturing of polymer composites, direct digital manufacturing, low velocity impact damage testing and modeling, durability and degradation of polymer composite materials.

Application

Novel aerospace vehicle design; uninhabited aircraft systems; lightweight materials and structures.

Activities

• Member and Academic Coordinator of Unmannned Systems Canada
• Member of Organizing Committee – Unmanned Systems Canada Student UAV/UGV Competition (2007, 2009, and 2011)
• Session developer for Aerospace Structures and Materials Symposium, CASI AERO (2011)
• Session Developer for Conference and Exhibition, SAMPE (2010)

Journal Articles

J. Laliberté, P.V. Straznicky, and C. Poon (2005), “Impact Damage in Fiber Metal Laminates,” AIAA Journal 43(11): 2445-2462.

J. Laliberté, P.V. Straznicky, A. Fahr, and C. Poon (2002), “Post-Impact Fatigue in Fiber-Metal Laminates,” International Journal of Fatigue 24: 249-256

Conference Publications

Mahendran, M., Shashank, P., Straznicky, P.V. and Laliberté, J. “Feasibility Study on Closed Cavity Bag Moulding (CCBM) for Novel Mouldless Manufacturing of Carbon Epoxy Composites” Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute AERO 2009 Conference, Ottawa, May 2009.

A. Fahr, M. Genest, M. Brothers, D. Djokic, J. Laliberté, and A. Yousefpour, “Ultrasonic and Thermographic Non-Destructive Inspection of Composite Laminate Structures”, 7th Canada-Japan Workshop on Composites, Jul 2008.

J. Maley, J. Kratz, J. Laliberté, and P.V. Straznicky, “Low Cost Manufacturing of Carbon Fibre: A Comparison of Manufacturing Methods”, CANCOM 2007, Aug 2007.

K. Schnackenburg, M. Martinez, J. Laliberté, and J. Dawson, “Towards Better Artificial Insect Wings for Flow Visualization and Micro-Air Vehicles” ICAST 2007, Oct 2007.

J. Laliberté, M. Mahendran, D. Djokic, C. Li, and J. Kratz, “Effect of Process-Induced Residual Stresses on Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth in Fibre Metal Laminates”, ICAF 2007, May 2007.

D. Djokic, J. Laliberté, J. Rogers, K. Fisher and K. Nunn, “Adhesive Bonding of Primary Composite Aircraft Structure Using Localized Convective Heating”, SAMPE 2005 Fall Technical Conference, Oct 2005.

Other Publications

A. Johnston, J. Laliberté, L. Petrescue, and P.V. Straznicky, Eds. Proceedings of the 4th Canadian-International Composites Conference (CANCOM 2003), Aug 2003.