Global president – Yiping Qiu, Ph.D., FSAMPE, professor and director, Shanghai Key Laboratory, College of Textiles, Donghua University
Global immediate past president– Tsuyoshi Ozaki, Ph.D., president and director, Composites R&D Company Ltd.
Global executive vice president – Allan Crasto, Ph.D., FSAMPE, senior advisor, research initiatives, University of Dayton Research Institute
President, North America region – German Reyes-Villanueva, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn
President, Europe region – Conchúr Ó Brádaigh, Ph.D., vice president and head of faculty, School of Engineering, The University of Sheffield
President, China region – Xiaosu Yi, Ph.D., FSAMPE, professor, China Carbon Composite Innovation Center
President, Japan region – Kiyoshi Uzawa, Ph.D., professor, Innovative Composite Materials R&D Center, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Global secretary – Rebekah Stacha, CAE, CEO, SAMPE
The 2024-2025 SAMPE global board of directors are:
Past Presidents:
Europe past president – Luigi Torre, Ph.D., FSAMPE, professor, Material Engineering Center, University of Perugia
North America past president – Jerome Berg, technology and development manager, Northrop Grumman, Aeronautics Systems
North America region:
Robert Brushaber, director of materials science and engineering, Texas Research Institute Austin Inc.
Stephen Scarborough, product development manager, Air Liquide
Scott Stephenson, director, JSS Composites LLC, and senior advisor of 47G UAMMI Institute
Paul Wienhold, principal professional staff, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Europe region:
Arnt Offringa, FSAMPE, director, Global Tech Center Netherlands, GKN Fokker
Guy Larnac, Ph.D., R&T technical coordinator, Ariane Group
China region
Zhenghua Cao, Ph.D., professor and director, Composite Material Center of AVIC Manufacturing Technology Institute, AVIC Composite Corp. Ltd.
Yan Li, Ph.D., FSAMPE, professor and dean, School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University
Japan region
Kazuto Tanaka, Ph.D., professor, Doshisha University
Congratulations to SAMPE’s dedicated volunteers for their continued service to its members and the industry.
