Category: Columns

Early in my composites career, I owned a small shop focused exclusively on manufacturing whitewater racing kayaks and canoes, which was really just an excuse to support my own...

In June 2010, the U.S. Army took a chance by investing in a hybrid blimp/plane/helicopter for its Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) project. Known as the HAV304, the aircraft...

Students from the Stevens Institute of Technology recently won the 2015 Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon with its SURE HOUSE – a solar-powered home made with composites repurposed from...

Last week, Coast Composites LLC, an Ascent Tooling Group company, announced it won a contract from Boeing to manufacture the largest-ever wing skin molds for the Boeing 777X. According...

Three 3-D printed drones designed by Chris Green and manufactured by The University Of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre’s (AMRC) Design and Prototyping Group (DPG) are now on display as...

Last week, via an Oct. 7 press release, BMW introduced its 2016 M4 GTS – the first production road car in the world to feature a water-injection system. The...

BMW announced it will loan its electric i3 car to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for evaluation over the next 12 months. The evaluation will mark the i3’s...

The Port of Port Angeles, Wash. is moving forward with plans to launch a Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) at the composites manufacturing campus in Port Angeles, Wash. The Port...

After extensive laboratory research on glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) as internal reinforcement of concrete, graduate students at the University of Miami are working with Moss Construction Management to...