Paolo Feraboli is assistant professor of aircraft materials and structures at the University of Washington (UW) and the driving force behind a new UW laboratory funded by Italian automaker Lamborghini. A former Lamborghini employee himself, Feraboli discusses why the famous automotive company is moving forward with composites as its key technology for the future.
Collaborations abound this week: Boeing and NASA are teaming to create an airborne observatory. The 17-ton and 9-foot wide telescope (coincidentally also made of composites) is scheduled for take-off in early 2010. Quasar Aerospace entered into a joint venture to develop a new aircraft engine utilizing cool burning high-efficiency engine technology developed and tested...
If you happened to thumb through the latest issue of Popular Science magazine you may have noticed that composites are prominently featured. Berry Plastics Corporation’s X-FLEX Blast Protection System has taken the Grand Award for the magazine’s “Best of What’s New 2009” feature.
Testing, testing, one, two - Zwick is offering a patented new fixture for the testing of fiber-reinforced plastics. The company says its Hydraulic Composite Compression Fixture (HCCF) fixture offers several technical and cost saving advantages compared to existing mechanical fixtures such as Celanese or IITRI devices.
Composites aerospace parts manufacturer Kaman Aerospace Corp. landed a $53 million contract with Texas-based Bell Helicopter, a subsidiary of Textron Inc., to manufacture composite helicopter blade materials for ballistic protection in military operations.
Robert Michelson is a principal research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, a retired adjunct associate professor at the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and president of Millennial Vision LLC. He has worked with various academia and institutions such as Cambridge University and NASA on aerospace projects.
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