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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.

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Engineers from U.S. Army and University of Maryland Develop Technique to Make Adaptive Materials

Engineers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the University of Maryland have developed a technique that causes a composite material to become stiffer and stronger on-demand when exposed to...

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Concordia University Professor Uses 4-D Printing to Manufacture Curved Composites without Molds

Concordia University professor and engineer Suong Van Hoa has developed a quicker 4-D printing method for manufacturing composite materials. In regular 4-D printing, one creates objects with a 3-D printer that...

Washington State Researchers use Recycled Carbon Fiber to Improve Permeable Pavement

Last week, Washington State University news highlighted a new research project that could solve a high-tech waste problem while addressing the environmental challenge of stormwater run-off. WSU researchers...

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UK Researchers to Develop Composite Bridge Pier Inspired by Human Spine

Last week, the University of Southampton (UK) announced that a number of pioneering research projects at the university will be awarded funding as part of a £6.6 million investment by the Engineering and...

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UK Researcher Unveils World’s First Automotive Graphene Composite Component Prototype

Ahmed Elmarakbi, an automotive composites professor at the University of Sunderland (UK), has produced a prototype of the world’s first graphene composite component for an automotive...

Vehicles Could Get “Nerves” that Sense Damage thanks to new Clemson Research

Last week, Clemson University’s College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences unveiled new research detailing how helicopters, tanks and other vehicles could someday be made of “smart materials”...