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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • 21-23 February 2012 SAMPE Asia 2012 The third bi-yearly SAMPE Asia Conference and Exhibition was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in a region where materials and process engineering are enjoying rapid growth within the Asia-Pacific marketplace. The successful technical program and exhibition were defined and lead by Drs. Allan Crasto and Tia Benson Tolle as the General Co-Chairs, and, by Dr. Klaus Drechsler (Germany), Dr. Bronwyn Fox (Australia) and Ms. Maziah Mohamad (Malaysia) as the Technical Program Co-Chairs. Several off-site activities preceded the conference under SAMPE sponsorship that involved local student competitions in several areas. Three participating schools combined to conduct the following events: • • • Super Light Weight Bridge Structure (Natural Fibers) Super Light Weight Wings Structure (Synthetic Fibers) Poster Session of Graduate Research Technology in Materials and Process Engineering The participating schools were: University Technology Malaysia (UTM), University of Perlis (UniMAP) and University Putra Malaysia (UPM). The technical program included a total of six sessions, two panels and two interacting forums. The technical sessions, which included 24 paper presentations, focused strongly upon the regional interest in natural fiber materials and green composites applications. Sessions on composite material technologies and global composites applications also rounded out a more advanced technology within the program. Dr. Tia Benson Tolle (Air Force Research Laboratory) provided a keynote address regarding “Composites and Engineered Materials: Opportunities and Challenges.” Her talk discussed some of the critical areas within our technology grasp as we enter a materials era that in the future will involve materials that are often “engineered” and designed to function based upon a materials construction at levels much closer to the atomic scale than in the past. The two panels, one on “Trends in Natural Materials” and the other on “International Trends in Composites”, sparked considerable audience and panel interaction and interest. The final day involved two forums on green materials, a topic of much interest within the conference Asia-Pacific region. The first forum covered “Drivers and Early Opportunities with Green Materials.” This forum set the stage for the second one which went into considerable depth to discuss the “Technical and Business Challenges of Green Materials.” Exhibitors were set up for the two primary conference days with all of the breaks and lunch served within the exhibit hall, allowing for a strong interaction between attendees and exhibitors. Roughly 50 percent of the exhibitors represented the Asia-Pacific region. SAMPE thanks the following for their endorsement of SAMPE Asia 2012. 52 SAMPE Journal, Volume 48, No. 3, May/June 2012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAMPE Journal - May/June 2012

SAMPE Journal - May/June 2012
Contents
President’s Message
Technical Director’s Corner
Improving mechanical Performance of Automotive Underbody Shield with Unidirectional Tapes in Compression-Molded Direct-Long Fiber Thermoplastics (D-LFT)
2012 SAMPE Lubin Award
SAMPE Europe’s SETEC 2012, Lucerne
2012 SAMPE Fellows
Europe News & Views
SAMPE Europe’s SEMAT 2012, Munich
The SAMPE Foundation
SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender
SAMPE Proceedings
Co-molded, Metallic components for Thermal Barrier Protection in TRM Composite Valves for Internal Combustion Engines
Corporate Partners
Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members
Materials & Products
SAMPE LinkedIn Communities
SAMPE Tech 2012|Charleston, SC
Perspectives
Industry News
Tech Tidbits
SAMPE 2013|Long Beach Call for Papers
SAMPE 2012|Baltimore
SAMPE 2012 Exhibition
SAMPE Asia 2012 Review and Photos
SAMPE Books & CD’s Order Form
SAMPE 2012 Exhibitors
SAMPE 2012 Exhibitor Listings
Advertiser’s Index
Resource Center
Membership Application
Industry Events Calendar
Chapter Meetings Dates and Contacts

SAMPE Journal - May/June 2012