Category: Columns

Unsaturated polyester resins (UPR) were first developed in the late 1920s in the research group of Dr. Wallace Carothers at DuPont. In the late 1940s, coatings made from these...

During the Grand Opening of a new Local Motors facility in National Harbor, Md., the company unveiled Olli – a self-driving, 3-D printed electric car made with CFRP. According...

Adwen, a joint venture between wind turbine OEMs AREVA and Gamesa, partnered with long-time blade manufacturer LM Wind Power (Kolding, Denmark) to produce the longest blade in the world...

NASA recently unveiled details of its first experimental aircraft in 10 years, the X-57 Maxwell. According to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, the X-57 will fly next year to kick...

The highly-publicized world trip by the Solar Impulse 2 – the solar-powered, single-seater plane made with carbon fiber composites – recently received a majority of the headlines last week...

Last week, Carbon Conversions’ process of recycling carbon fiber from bicycles for Formula 1 race cars was featured on the Science Channel’s new series “Made by Destruction.” The premise...

By 2017, Mercedes-Benz will start selling its GLC F-Cell – the world’s first-ever plug-in hybrid fuel cell car. For the GLC F Cell, Mercedes-Benz worked with Daimler to devise...

Russia-based United Aircraft Corporation held an international presentation of its highly-anticipated new aircraft – the Irkut MC-21 – a $3.5 billion jet that is expected to rival the Airbus 320...

A team of Ukrainians won the People’s Choice award in the NASA SpaceApps Challenge 2016 for its “Mars Hopper” design concept for a space probe to explore Mars. The...