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Carbon Fiber is Propelling Marathon Runners to the Finish Line

Brooks is introducing a new marathon shoe, Hyperion Elite, that offers runners a carbon fiber midsole for lightweight endurance and propulsion. The designers at Brooks started working on a project in...

Creating Flash Graphene for Composites from Carbon-Based Waste

A new process introduced at Rice University can turn bulk quantities of just about any carbon source into valuable graphene flakes using a burst of heat and light. Bulk composites of graphene with plastic,...

NASA Helping Fund Project to Speed Design of Composite Deployable Structures

AnalySwift LLC has received a grant from NASA to be used to further develop its SwiftComp software, a technology that provides efficient, high-fidelity modeling of deployable structures made of high-strain...

Lightweight Composite Seat Back Developed for Electric Concept Car

Covestro has partnered with the Research and Development Center of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. to develop a lightweight composite seat back for the Chinese car manufacturer's latest electric concept...

Griffith University Racing Team Succeeds with Composites

The Griffith University Racing Team car, known as GRT19 Bronte, was designed and engineered by students at Griffith with the help of the ATL Composites team to compete in the Formula SAE...

Designing with Composites

When designing with composites, a key question must be addressed up front: Why composites? The answer to this question is likely to determine the direction taken to optimize the design while leveraging the...