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IsoTruss Carbon Fiber Tower Winner

of JEC Composites Global Innovation Award 

 

IACMI-member's IsoTruss® Carbon Fiber Tower has been named winner of the 2023 Global Innovation Award by JEC Composites in the Equipment, Machinery & Heavy Industries category.

JEC World 2023, the world’s leading international composites trade show taking place April 25-27 in Paris, France, will display the IsoTruss Carbon Fiber Tower in its prestigious Innovation Planets exhibition.

March is About Women

 

Between Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, March is a great time to celebrate the women who inspire us, challenge us, and lead the way. Nearly 50% of IACMI’s leadership is female, and three of the women on our Workforce Development team have a combined 100 years of experience. 

SAMPE 2023 Provides Great Opportunity
For IACMI to Convene with Industry Experts

(Just ask Brian Rice)

 

As Technical Program Co-Chair for SAMPE 2023, Brian Rice is in his element and can’t wait to engage face-to-face with top industry leaders and innovators in Seattle April 17-20. And, it’s easy to see why. He’s spent 30+ years conducting and directing research and development programs relating to the processing, characterization, and application development for advanced polymers and composites.

 

“SAMPE 2023 is not only the premier advanced materials and process engineering conference and exhibition in North America; it's the only technical conference and expo dedicated to advanced materials and processes,” says Brian, Distinguished Research Engineer at University of Dayton Research Institute and IACMI’s Technical Director for High Rate Aerostructures & Compress Gas Storage.

 

“For IACMI, SAMPE 2023 provides a great opportunity to convene with industry experts who want to connect with us, so we can catalyze growth and innovation in the industries we serve.”

 

Look for Brian and IACMI leaders, as well as many IACMI members, next month at SAMPE 2023. IACMI will have a display at N31.

 

Uday Vaidya Named SPE 2023 Fellow 

 

Congratulations to Uday Vaidya, IACMI’s Chief Technology Officer, on receiving SPE: Inspiring Plastics Professionals' Fellow of Society Award for 2023!
 
Fellow status in SPE is a technical honor and becoming a Fellow requires:

• Proving technical accomplishments that moved the industry
• Showing clear ‘step’ changes or ‘quantum leaps’ in the plastics industry
• Documenting publications and any patents supporting technology change(s)
• Managing groups that provide technology step changes

We’re proud to have Uday on our team and celebrate such an honor and distinction!

High Rate Aerostructures Fabrication Working Group

 

Join us for the next working group meeting on March 20, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, and hear from: 

• Brian Rice, UDRI and Working Group leader – Review and Announcements
• Eric Lang, UDRI - Wind 2.0 – Composite Manufacturing Opportunities in Airborne Wind Energy
• Billy Wood, A&P Technologies -- Rapid Preforming with Braid
• David Judge, Krauss Maffei – Long Fiber Injection for Carbon Fiber Preforms

ICYMI: DOE Announces $30 Million for Materials & Manufacturing to Lower Costs of Large Wind Turbines 

 

As announced in our February newsletter, Department of Energy (DOE) has a $30 million funding opportunity to advance the cost-effective domestic manufacturing of materials, including lightweight composites, that allow wind turbines to produce power more efficiently. Because wind energy is the largest source of renewable power in the United States and one of the most affordable sources of energy today, it is a critical tool for reducing our reliance on fossil energy, and next-generation technologies and manufacturing improvements will help bring down costs even more.

 

Applicants for this funding opportunity are required to submit projects that focus on one of the following topic areas:

• Large Wind Blade Additive Manufacturing
• Additive Manufacturing of Non-Blade Wind Turbine Components
• Large Wind Blades: Advancing Manufacturing, Materials, and Sustainability

The estimated period of performance for the award will be two to three years. Concept papers are due March 23, 2023, at 5 P.M. ET. 

 

IACMI Members who wish to learn more should email Cliff Eberle.

Save the Date - March 20, 2023

 

Innovation Insights is a monthly webinar featuring the latest innovations and products from IACMI members and R&D partners. Each month, we highlight one SME member, one large company member, and one research partner. Join us for our next session March 20, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET.

IACMI SkillCrafters Make Polymer Magic

 

“Now, this is cool!” That’s eighth grader Isabella’s response as she performed a little polymer magic – piercing a balloon with a wooden skewer. Isabella joined 28 of her classmates from Coalfield Middle School in Tennessee last month on a field trip to an IACMI creator lab in Knoxville. IACMI has teamed up with Junior Achievement of East Tennessee to educate and inspire the next generation of leaders about composites. Coalfield School STEM Teacher Matt Jones gave the SkillCrafters event an A+. The field trip scored high marks from the students, too.

It's Time to Register! 

 

Join Composites One and the Closed Mold Alliance, in partnership with IACMI, as they bring By Air, By Land, By Sea - Composites Making an Impact to Knoxville. Make sure to book your hotel at our discounted rate at Embassy Suites, Knoxville West by March 12. Rates will go up!

We will be at JEC World 2023. Come see us at our booth in Hall 6, R31

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