Perspectives and Provocations
Composites 4.0: Future or fad?
Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on Industry 4.0 — and, by extension, Composites 4.0 — and its future in the composites manufacturing industry.
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Corvette: A multi-material success history
At the launch of the 2020 C8, Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the iterations of multi-material innovation in the manufacture of Corvettes over its history.
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Urban air mobility: The action heats up
Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the current state of the under-development urban air mobility (UAM) market, where it’s headed, and what it all means for the composites industry.
Read MoreHas composites innovation reached "the stall?"
Columnist Dale Brosius reflects that composites innovation, like meat partway through the smoking process, has reached a temporary stalling point.
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The impact of Apollo 11
On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the past and future of advanced composites use in spacecraft.
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Merger mania, part II?
Columnist Dale Brosius considers the surges of company mergers that have affected the composites industry over the years.
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The future of composites: The next generation
Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on what professional societies like SPE and SAMPE are doing to engage the next generation of composites leaders.
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Resilient infrastructure: Starting the dialogue
How does the infrastructure industry — and composites in particular — combat more frequent severe weather events and tidal flooding in coastal communities? Columnist Dale Brosius documents the beginnings of that dialogue.
Read MoreComposites: Irrational exuberance?
Columnist Dale Brosius advises against overoptimism as he reflects that much of the composites technology on display at JEC World 2019 were prototypes and proof of concepts, not revenue-generating products.
Read MoreAn ode to the A380
Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the contributions that the A380 made to the composites manufacturing industry following the recent announcement of its discontinuation.
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