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.

New System from UMaine Can Build a Bridge Span in 3 Days

Last week, the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center unveiled a rapidly deployable bridge system that utilizes composite material girders and precast concrete deck panels to reduce...

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Air Force and Cincinnati University Create Clothing to Charge your Phone

Engineers with the University of Cincinnati (UC) are working to create a type of technology typically reserved for super heroes like Iron Man. The university's Nanoworld Laboratories is collaborating with the...

Shifting Paradigms

Five innovative North American university R&D projects highlight composite materials as agents of change. Across the global composites industry, businesses are constantly searching for innovative ways to...

Vienna Researchers Develop Composite Curing Formula that Works Underwater

Researchers at Technische Universität Wien (TU-Wien) in Vienna, Austria, have developed a "special formula" that allows epoxy-based composites to cure underwater. The research group, headed up by Professor...

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MIT Develops Fleet of 3-D Printed Autonomous Boats

Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Senseable City Lab in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) have created a fleet of autonomous...

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New Polymer Curing Process from Illinois Researchers Could Drastically Reduce Costs

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new polymer curing process that could drastically reduce the cost, time and energy needed to manufacture FRP. The researchers findings indicate that...