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How Washington became a global epicenter for advanced carbon fiber
Thursday, April 1, 2021 UW ME News Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum, carbon fiber materials are one of the key enabling technologies of the 21st century. They play an especially important role in Washington, the world leader in carbon fiber composite manufacturing. Just as silicon is the material that underlies the innovation ecosystem…
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ACC researchers wins Best of BTEC Awards
Advanced Composites Center (ACC) researchers have won the Best of BTEC award for two consecutive years at the Boeing Technical Excellence Conference where hundreds of the Boeing company’s engineers gather each year to discuss innovations. The 2019 Best of BTEC award went to the work on “Improved Tow-End Recognition for Fiber Placement Inspection using Machine Learning ” by…
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A Factory-Centric Workforce Development Approach for Aerospace Industry
Navid Zobeiry presented A Factory-Centric Workforce Development Approach for Aerospace Industry through the SAMPE Virtual Series. Given the rapid transformation of the aerospace sector in the last decade, teaching practices should prepare engineers to face fast-paced industries that are dealing with exceedingly complex problems. Now more than ever we need engineers who are capable of…
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ACC awarded $1.2 million to advance composites
Clean Energy Funds UW has received $1.2 million from the Washington State Department of Commerce’s Energy Research, Development & Demonstration Program’s Clean Energy Fund to help launch the Advanced Composites Center (ACC) . The project is one of ten selected this year out of 52 total applicants. The award – along with additional funding from…