Advanced composite materials engineering is one of the most important area of research and development at the present time. Composite materials are a mixture of two or more different components, whose properties complement each other, and the result is a material with superior properties to those specific to each component. The utilization of composite materials is growing fast in strategic fields such as the aircraft, automotive, biomedical, naval and space industries, as well as in textile, paints, magnetic fluids, high-quality paper coatings, and microelectronics. These Proceedings of the...