Recognizing Excellence in Technical Papers
And the 2012 Winners Are...
- Best Overall and Best in Design & Engineering
A Novel Approach to Manufacturing Foam-Filled Honeycomb Sandwich Structures.
Presented by Matthew Lowry, Director of Research and Development, M.C. Gill Corporation.
- Best in Pultrusion
Advances in Polyurethane Pultrusion: Cure Modeling and “Second Generation” Resin Systems.
Presented by Michael Connolly, Product Manager for Urethane Composites, Huntsman Polyurethanes.
- Best in Materials
A Study of Novel Alternatives to Cobalt Metal Complexes in Unsaturated Polyester Resin Systems.
Presented by Anthony Bennett, Technical Development Manager for AkzoNobel Polymer Chemicals LLC.
- Best in Market Applications
Glass Fiber Corrosion Study: Some Unexpected Results.
Presented by Kevin Spoo, Research Associate, Owens Corning.
- Best in Manufacturing
Flame Spray Deposition of Electrically Conductive Traces on Polymer Substrates for System Integrated Composite Structures.
Presented by Pierre Mertiny, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta.
- Best in Green
Probabilistic Development and Application of a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Dataset for Pultruded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites.
Presented by Michael Lepech, Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.






