SAMPE Journal - March/April 2013 - (Page 2)

President’s Message Dr. Katie Thorp U.S. Air Force Research Lab, WPAFB Katie.Thorp@frontier.com There are times when opportunity presents itself. SAMPE is currently in the middle of two very exciting opportunities for our society. The first is the efforts over the last few years by the SAMPE Board of Directors to create a new SAMPE global organization. As a reminder, the final vote on this plan will take place at our May Board of Directors meeting in Long Beach, CA during SAMPE 2013. The exciting thing about this discussion is we will have a structure that provides representation for our three major geographic areas where SAMPE members live and work. And for the North American members, the new SAMPE North America which will be created will allow us time at our board meetings to have meaningful, strategic conversations on topics most relevant to the SAMPE members in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The second opportunity is about SAMPE’s collaborative growth. At the October 2012 Board of Directors meeting, the directors authorized SAMPE to explore a new joint show with the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA). This new event would take place in the fall and as early as 2014. Much work has already been done with joint exploratory committee meetings starting last July. One of the key drivers in this discussion is how to grow both the memberships and exhibitions for SAMPE and ACMA. New opportunities in the advanced materials industry for products that have the reliability of highly advanced materials (an area of expertise for SAMPE members) yet can be produced at high rates and large quantities (of which ACMA is considered subject matter experts) are best served by our two groups working together at this new event. Many, if not all, of the features and activities you experience at our spring SAMPE show will happen at this new fall event. Plus there will be more. A larger exhibition hall, organized by areas of interest, will make this your one-stop exhibition experience. The conference sessions, a SAMPE brand strength, will be there along with conference programming provided by ACMA. In addition, there will be a new track of programming produced by the new event’s joint programming committee. The SAMPE Fellows Banquet will be held at this fall event making this our premier event of the year. The spring conference and exhibition will look like our current fall SAMPE Tech events – only perhaps a bit larger. The spring show will still feature the student bridge building competition as this activity is part of many schools’ academic programs requiring the academic year to prepare for the competition. More details will be available as soon as they are known. To take advantage of this opportunity, much due diligence is required. Contracts have to be negotiated; some re-renegotiated. Staffing assignments have to be made. The SAMPE and ACMA executive staff teams have been meeting for almost a year. The other members of the SAMPE and ACMA professional staff have been getting to know one another to develop positive, trusting relationships. I am excited for what lies ahead for SAMPE in 2013 and 2014. I am hopeful that an affirmative vote on the globalization proposal will create new growth opportunities for SAMPE. The development of this new conference and exhibition for the fall of 2014 will position SAMPE to assist the industry as it looks for new materials and new processes to fulfill the needs of applications we can only imagine. This is definitely an exciting time for our industry and for SAMPE. 2 SAMPE Journal, Volume 49, No. 2, March/April 2013

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAMPE Journal - March/April 2013

SAMPE Journal - March/April 2013
Table of Contents
President’s Message
Technical Director’s Corner
Chemical Reactivation of Exterior Decorative Aerospace Topcoats
Materials & Products
Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members
SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender
Corporate Partners
Experimental-Comparative Investigation of the Effects of Various Process Parameters on Drilling CFRP
SAMPE Proceedings
Perspectives
Europe News & Views
SAMPE Europe’s SEICO 2013, Paris, France
SAMPE Europe’s SETEC 13 Wuppertal, Germany
Machining and Drilling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) Composites
The SAMPE Foundation
Industry News
SAMPE 2013|Long Beach
SAMPE Tech 2013|Wichita, KS Call for Papers
Advertiser’s Index
Resource Center
SAMPE Membership Application
SAMPE Books & CD’s Order Form
Industry Events Calendar
Chapter Contacts

SAMPE Journal - March/April 2013