Sustainability
ORPC successfully tests river power generation system in Alaska
RivGen Power System powered a micro-grid in a small Alaskan town, and shows potential for remote power supply.
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AIA 2014 Convention report
The ACMA helps American Institute of Architects launch Composites Pavilion at Chicago convention.
Read MorePCB environmental concern: Hit and miss
Efforts to eliminate substances deemed environmentally unfriendly by consumers have already had a significant impact on the printed circuit board (PCB) market.
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Printed circuit boards: A mobile market
Glass fiber/epoxy prepregs have dominated the mammoth PCB market for decades. Will that continue in a time of great change?
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Architectural composites: Rising to new challenges
In North America, Europe, the Middle East and Down Under, architects and engineers are finding composites are a good fit in groundbreaking applications.
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Bio-prepreg guitar: The look, feel, acoustic quality of wood
When the El Capitan, a composite guitar from Blackbird Guitar (San Francisco, Calif.), made its debut this year with the look and sound of a vintage instrument.
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Pultruded window: Glass/polyurethane prototype wins award
Deceuninck Group NV (Hooglede-Gits, Belgium), is at the forefront of composite window frame design and innovation, as evidenced by its recent award for a large, prototype window designed to open like a door.
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CAMX offers unprecedented new product access
CAMX 2014, Oct. 13-16 in Orlando, Fla., promises to be North America's largest ever composites trade show and conference. As a result, exhibitors are coming to the event with a wide array of new and existing materials, machinery, software and technology designed to help make composites fabrication faster, easier and more adaptable. ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ has been gathering information from CAMX exhibitors about what they will be featuring and introducing in their booths. This week's CAMX newsletter offers a preview of some of what you will find on the show floor.
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North American Windpower reports U.S. offshore wind is "embryonic no more"
Plus wind news highlights show that offshore installations worldwide are picking up speed.
Read MoreSPE ACCE scholarship winners announced
The winners are Markus Downey of Michigan State University, Fatimat Oluwatoyin Bakare of University of BoraÌŠs and Sebastian Goris of University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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