26 JEC Americas Innovation Awards Programme 31 C-Ply - Opportunities with C-Ply 36 Laminates design - Experimental measurement of C-Ply lamination parameters 39 Testing - Utilization of digital image correlation to improve and reduce material testing 42 Properties - Using trace to scale the properties of composite materials 46 Optimization - Optimization of composite beams using the Profile Rank method 49 OHT tests - Reducing the number of OHT tests: observations on strain to failure of composite laminates 52 Design - LamRank, a laminate design tool Special JEC Americas - Spring edition 2014 24 Gain insight into the JEC 2014 l.C.S. Americas programme 55 ATM - Effects of water absorption on time-temperature dependent strength of unidirectional CFRP 57 BVID - Designing for damage tolerance 62 Application - VX Aerospace's VX-1 KittyHawk™ No88 April 2014 / jec composites magazine 23http://www.selcom.com