Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Wind/Energy 18 Mar 2015

Known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns

JEC Europe 2015, March 10-12 in Paris, shed some light on where composites are, and where they're headed.

Defense 3 Mar 2015

Cobham Composites: San Diego, CA, US

An aerocomposites force since the dawn of the 1980s, this fabricator’s Big Idea is to move from quality control to in-situ process control on the strength of metrics powered by Big Data.

Thermoplastics 2 Mar 2015

Looking for Lindberghs

Every paradigm-shifting invention throughout human history has been met with skepticism. CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says the composites industry has need of those willing to attempt what most believe impossible.

Aerospace 3 Feb 2015

Learjet 85 is tabled, but what of the technology that created it?

The Learjet 85 is has been put on hold by Bombardier, but a lot of effort went into the composites processes that helped create it. What will become of those?

Wind/Energy 2 Feb 2015

Exelis Aerostructures: Salt Lake City

Braided composite shafts and struts for aircraft are its specialty, but there’s much more to this Utah, US-based rising star.

Focus on Design 1 Feb 2015

Managing weight in emergency medical transport

Repetitive strain risk for first responders sends emergency equipment provider back to the drawing board to develop more ergonomic cot.

Wind/Energy 1 Feb 2015

Can IACMI propel us out of adolescence, into adulthood?

On Jan. 9, the US Department of Energy (DoE) announced that it will add US$70 million to the US$189 million already committed to the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) for composites R&D. CW's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan asks, "What will come of this investment?"

Out of Autoclave 6 Jan 2015

Welcome to CompositesWorld magazine

CW editor-in-chief introduces the inaugural issue (published online and in print) of CompositesWorld magazine, the new, combined publication that, beginning Jan. 1, 2015, replaces its predecessors, High-Performance Composites and Composites Technology.