Description
Composites Innovation: Perspectives on Advancing the Industry provides a panoramic view of innovations in the composites industry, including discussions from business leaders and the university research community on advanced applications in North America, advances in recycling of composites, the use of artificial intelligence, nanocomposites, and emerging smart composites technology. The book is arranged in five key segments including: how composites fit into our world; the basics of the technology; customer insights; pushing the boundaries with concepts from outside the world of composites and emerging composites technologies; and paths forward to find competitive and effective solutions in a timely manner.
Key Features
- Considers sustainability and innovation as driving forces for the growth of composites
- Explores materials and process development, including chopped and continuous fiber systems
- Provides a landscape of the status of intellectual property and patents
- Discusses use of artificial intelligence to improve business systems with case studies and a new disciplined approach to ideation and innovation
- Features chapters by an accomplished group of global business and technology leaders
With contributing authors spanning 15 time zones to pioneer new solutions with composite materials, this book provides an excellent resource for composites business leaders, researchers and educators, and industry professionals, as well as new entrants to this vibrant community.
Table of Contents
Background
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Composites by Dave Reed
Chapter 2 - Why a Book on Re-inventing the Composites Industry? by Probir Guha
Chapter 3 - Technological History and Current Patent Landscape by Avery Goldstein, J.D., PhD
Chapter 4 - Establishing & maintaining and Effective Composites Development Program by Mike Siwajek, PhD
The Technology
Chapter 5 - Testing & Characterization of Composites by Dave Krug, PhD; Michael Asuncion, PhD
Chapter 6 - Key Innovations Through the Years - Strengths & Gaps by Probir Guha
Chapter 7 - Applications & Product Design - Composites and Multi-material by Gajendra Pandey, PhD; Vamshi Gudapati, PhD
Chapter 8 - Industry-University-Research Institution Partnerships - A Case Study by Selvum B. Pillay, PhD; Haibin Ning, PhD; Kipp Carlisle, PhD
The Market-Customer
Chapter 9 - The Customer by Jim Plaunt
Chapter 10 - Composite Business Development - Experiences of an Automotive Product Launch by Cedric Ball
Chapter 11 - Composites in Automotive Through the Years by Dave Reed
Pushing the Boundary
Chapter 12 - Recycling of Composites by Selvum B. Pillay, PhD; Kristin N. Hardin, PhD
Chapter 13 - Using Artificial Intelligence - A Paradigm Shift in Data Management by Prateep Guha; Prabir Aditya, PhD
Chapter 14 - Innovation & Improvement from "Inside the Box" by Amnon Levav
Chapter 15 - Emerging New Technology of Smart Composites - Examples and Possibilities by Selvum B. Pillay, PhD; Haibin Ning, PhD; Mehrdad N. Ghasemi Nejhad, PhD; Probir Guha; Prateep Guha
Chapter 16 - Nanocomposites: Influence of Nanotechnology on Composites by Vamshi Gudapati, PhD; Gajendra Pandey, PhD; Mehrdad N. Ghasemi Nejhad, PhD
The Next Level
Chapter 17 - A Path Forward for the Composites Industry by Probir Guha
