Manatee Technical Institute (MTI) is a vocational and adult education school located at the mouth of Tampa Bay in southwestern Florida. For years the school has specialized in programs ranging from law enforcement to nursing and web design. Its fundamental skills are well known, since they regularly participate in an organization called SkillsUSA, described...
Entropy Surfboards, a division of Entropy Sports, Amroy Europe (Amroy) Ltd., and Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) LLC teamed up to deliver a new line of custom-made surfboards that incorporate carbon nanotubes. Entropy is using Hybtonite, an advanced epoxy system from Amroy that incorporates Baytubes carbon nanotubes from Bayer MaterialScience, resulting in composite structures it says are...
Work will to continue at the Composites Innovation Centre (CIC) in Winnipeg, Canada. The non-profit organization is set to receive $11.6 million in government funding over the next four years for future composite projects and initiatives, including aerospace and renewable energy.
Composite materials continue to penetrate into various bridge projects across the country. A new balsa-cored composite bridge deck opened to traffic over the Pierre Part Bayou in Assumption Parish, La. The parties involved in the project included the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LA DOTD), Louisiana State University (LSU), Crescent City Composites, and...
Offshore wind energy is one step closer to becoming a reality for the U.S. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) conducted a 10-month study, upon the request of the North Carolina General Assembly, on the viability of installing wind turbines off the coast of N.C. The study focused on the analysis...
A new technological research center opened recently in the Port’s Waterfront District, as a result of combined effort between the Port of Bellingham and Western Washington University (WWU). The $1.7 million, 10,000 square foot development technology center facility is part of the Innovation Partnership Zone implemented by Governor Christine Gregoir to create technological partnerships...
SPE recently awarded two graduate students $2,000 scholarships each to further composites research for ground transportation. Gregorio Manuel Velez-Garcia plans to use his scholarship to further research of a new method for predicting fiber orientation in fiber-reinforced, injection-molded thermoplastics, a project in the works since 2006. He is earning his doctorate in mechanical engineering...
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