Solstice Advanced Materials plans to invest $220 million to expand production at its manufacturing facility in Chesterfield ...

Composites have for many years been widely used in highly demanding, safety-critical applications, from aerospace to rail, wind energy and industrial products. Huge, monolithic elements such as wind ...

Additionally, Governor Glenn Youngkin approved a $1.5 million grant from the Commonwealth's Opportunity Fund and a $2 million performance-based Virginia Investment Performance (VIP) Grant to assist ...

Here, Klaus Ritter, Head of the Centre of Excellence for Composites at Huntsman Advanced Materials, looks at how the company is helping to optimise the latest out-of-autoclave manufacturing techniques ...

The award, titled “CAREER: Multiscale Reduced Order Modeling and Design to Elucidate the Microstructure-Property-Performance Relationship of Hybrid Composite Materials,” will allow Zhang’s team at the ...

Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) are made by reinforcing a polymer-based matrix with glass, carbon, or aramid fibers. PMCs are classified into thermosetting and thermoplastic resins based on the type ...

Composite materials, notably those reinforced with carbon or glass fibres, are increasingly utilised in engineering applications due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and durability. However, ...

PCMs are materials that absorb and release thermal energy through changes in their physical state. They can be categorized as liquid-gas, solid-solid, solid-gas, and solid-liquid, depending on their ...

Ottawa, Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global advanced composite materials market size was valued at USD 45.39 billion in 2025 and is predicted to increase from USD 49.22 billion in 2026 and ...

The performance of the final product depends heavily on the degree of cure - making it critical to ensure that the reaction goes to completion for the highest quality and reliability. Achieving this ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recognized Mechanical Engineering Asst. Prof. Marianna Maiaru with the agency’s most prestigious faculty early-career development award, for research that ...