Interviews

Conversations with industry leaders about the latest trends and achievements in composites

Georgia Tech Research Could Bring New Growth Across All Composites Market Segments

Chun “Chuck” Zhang, Ph.D.Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems EngineeringAffiliated Faculty Member, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute The...

Muscle Training with the Strength of Composites

Gordon L. Brown CAPT, USNR (Ret.) President, Flexi-StiX, LLCM Co-Owner, Tsunami Bar, LLC Those in the composites industry know how strong composite materials are, so why not use their strength and...

Composite Foundations Build Stronger Infrastructures

Ever since ACMA unveiled the first-ever Composites Pavilion at the recent American Institute of Architect (AIA) convention in Chicago, the architecture industry has been buzzing about composite solutions. One...

FRP System Both Strengthens and Repairs Bridges, Pipes

Mo Ehsani, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, University of Arizona President of QuakeWrap, Inc. While many maintenance tactics simply keep up with corroding pipes and bridge piles, a...

The Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB

R. Byron Pipes, John Bray Distinguished Professor of Purdue University Collaboration is a key component of composites design but it is all too often neglected, resulting in missed opportunities. The newly...

ACMA Releases First Ever Fiberglass Grating Manual Standard

ACMA, an American National Standards (ANS) developer, has issued a new Fiberglass Grating Manual Standard to educate engineers, designers and end-users about the properties, performance and uses of fiber...