SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013 - (Page 2)

Global President’s Message Bruno Beral Application Development Engineering Senior Expert 3M Aerospace and Aircraft Maintenance Division, 3M France bberal@mmm.com It’s the beginning of the term! I hope that you took advantage of the mid-year break to re-energize yourselves from physical and intellectual points of view. Now, I assume your batteries are powerfully refilled to launch innovative projects to support the development of new materials needed for the wide range of industrial domains we serve. This start of new term is particularly exciting because it is the first one for the Global Executive Cabinet and the Global Board of Directors. I feel like a college headmaster nominated to chair a new University, but with the fantastic chance to perfectly know the “pedagogical team”, my colleagues from the Global Executive Cabinet. I am longing to meet the team in September and to start to define the major axis of development and improvement. I feel enthusiastic about achieving our challenges to reinforce the technical excellence brand, the knowledge sharing and networking development of the Global SAMPE. The school bell will ring at Wuppertal, Germany for the Global SAMPE Executive Cabinet. I am sure each member has his ‘school bag’ full of ideas and projects for the benefit of our Society. They are keen contributing on the new Global SAMPE implementation. In the meantime, the regions organize their local events in the coming weeks: SETEC in Europe at Wuppertal where the Global Executive Cabinet will meet to work on the governance strategy and the development roadmap of our association SAMPE Asia in Korea involving the Japan and China Chapters SAMPE Tech in North America at Wichita where the new North America Executive Cabinet will organize its first meeting. This demonstrates the dynamism and the worldwide footprint of our Society. We shall reinforce them by more technical / innovative forum where all experts, industries and universities could share and build partnership. It is one of our major objectives of the new Global SAMPE implementing an international way of working. I’m deeply convinced that we have now all the assets to promote the new SAMPE and to create new Chapters. Each region will promote and communicate about our new Governance. We are starting a new journey where I would like to involve you, the SAMPE members. Feel free to discuss with your representative at the Board of Directors, your Director who represent your Chapter, your Region. Be proactive, propose ideas, you can be an actor of our move towards the future. SAMPE is well known today. I’m convinced we can do more to extend our added value by creating new collaboration serving the material and processes community. Yours faithfully, 2 SAMPE Journal, Volume 49, No. 5, September/October 2013

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013

SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013
Contents
President’s Message
Technical Director’s Corner
Manufacturing Overview of a 2.4 Meter (7.9 Foot) Composite Cryotank
Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members
SAMPE Proceedings
Corporate Partners
SAMPE On-Site Training Seminars
CAMX–The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo
Europe News & Views
SAMPE Europe’s SETEC 13 Wuppertal, Germany
Tech Tidbits
Thermoplastic Composites Technologies for Manufacturing Nose Fuselage Structures
Materials & Products
SAMPE Tech 2013|Wichita, KS
Perspectives
High Temperature RTM370 Polyimide Composites Fabricated by RTM: Characterization and Impact Testing
The SAMPE Foundation
SAMPE Tech 2014|Call for Papers
Industry News
Advertiser’s Index
SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender
Resource Center
Membership Application
SAMPE Proceedings Order Form
Industry Events Calendar
Chapter Contacts

SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013