University

R&D programs at colleges and universities around the world are where composite innovation blossoms. Students can create life-changing applications using composite materials and, with the help of industry leaders, put these applications into practice.

Rowan University Project Will Develop Composite Materials Used to Protect Soldiers

Rowan University will lead a $14.5 million Department of Defense/Army Research Lab project to create new composite materials – and ways to process those materials – that will help modernize the Army and...

New Bio-Based Composite Material Based on Structure of Tiny Crustacean

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new bio-inspired composite material based on the structure of a tiny crustacean. The unique structure, called a helicoid, prevents cracks...

Curiosity Fuels Research

Inquisitive researchers at universities worldwide are advancing composite materials, technologies, processes and applications. American folklorist and author Zora Neale Hurston once said, “Research is...

Sodium-containing Household Compounds Can Help Grow Carbon Nanotube

MIT’s (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics reported that sodium-containing compounds found in common household ingredients such as baking soda and table salt are...

WSU Researchers are Turning Recycled Carbon Fiber into Green Building Materials

Researchers from Washington State University’s (WSU) Composite Materials and Engineering Center (CMEC) are assisting the Composites Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) in Port Angeles to develop new housing...

Understanding Fiber-Matrix Interfacial Shear Strength and Failure in Composites

Given the importance of continuous fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites (PMCs) for the development of light-weight, fuel efficient, tough, durable and corrosion-resistant structures, the National...