News & Press
News headline: Researchers Get TURI Funding to Develop ‘Greener’ Materials (cached pdf)
Topic: Toxics reduction in polyester resins
Date: October 17 2013
Brief quote: "Hansen says New England companies use polyester resins for low-cost composites solutions in a broad range of applications, but must use excessive and energy-intensive ventilation on a daily basis to manage the styrene vapors. 'Our study aims to eliminate styrene and the resulting vapors in order to reduce the companies’ energy demand and greenhouse gas emission while protecting the workers’ health and safety,' he says. New England industries that could directly benefit from this technology include the marine, wind energy and consumer construction sectors."
Topic: Toxics reduction in polyester resins
Date: October 17 2013
Brief quote: "Hansen says New England companies use polyester resins for low-cost composites solutions in a broad range of applications, but must use excessive and energy-intensive ventilation on a daily basis to manage the styrene vapors. 'Our study aims to eliminate styrene and the resulting vapors in order to reduce the companies’ energy demand and greenhouse gas emission while protecting the workers’ health and safety,' he says. New England industries that could directly benefit from this technology include the marine, wind energy and consumer construction sectors."
News headline: Plasan US DCS Opens Doors for Students
Topic: 22.597 "Processing of Composites" students visit Plasan U.S. Defense Composite Structures in Woburn MA.
Date: October 15 2013
Brief quote: " Plasan US Defense Composite Structures (DCS) recently hosted a group of 20 university students at its pultrusion manufacturing facility in Woburn, Massachusetts on October 15, 2013."
Topic: 22.597 "Processing of Composites" students visit Plasan U.S. Defense Composite Structures in Woburn MA.
Date: October 15 2013
Brief quote: " Plasan US Defense Composite Structures (DCS) recently hosted a group of 20 university students at its pultrusion manufacturing facility in Woburn, Massachusetts on October 15, 2013."
News headline: Engineers Saving the Lowell Sphinxes (cached pdf)
Topic: Service-learning project with Lowell Cemetery
Date: August 29 2013
Brief quote: "After protecting the receiving tomb at the Lowell Cemetery for a century, two 120-pound bronze sphinxes went missing in the 1970s. One was recovered, and has been kept in safekeeping ever since. With the help of engineering students, there’s hope the sphinxes will take their rightful places again."
Topic: Service-learning project with Lowell Cemetery
Date: August 29 2013
Brief quote: "After protecting the receiving tomb at the Lowell Cemetery for a century, two 120-pound bronze sphinxes went missing in the 1970s. One was recovered, and has been kept in safekeeping ever since. With the help of engineering students, there’s hope the sphinxes will take their rightful places again."
News headline: Greener Materials Take Center Stage (cached pdf)
Topic: Toxics reduction in polyester resins
Date: June 27 2013
Brief quote: "Finding green alternatives to toxic chemicals is more successful when researchers and industry work together. To foster that collaboration, the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) recently hosted a symposium for UMass Lowell researchers and Massachusetts businesses, including Raytheon Corp., Teknor Apex, Tetra Tech and Alpha Chemicals."
Topic: Toxics reduction in polyester resins
Date: June 27 2013
Brief quote: "Finding green alternatives to toxic chemicals is more successful when researchers and industry work together. To foster that collaboration, the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) recently hosted a symposium for UMass Lowell researchers and Massachusetts businesses, including Raytheon Corp., Teknor Apex, Tetra Tech and Alpha Chemicals."
News headline: DOE and NREL Announce Inaugural Collegiate Wind Competition Teams (cached pdf)
Topic: National Collegiate Wind Competition
Date: April 4 2013
Brief quote: " The elite educational programs have committed to formulating an interdisciplinary team, integrating the three principal competition contests into students’ coursework and senior design projects. The competition contests are designed to reach students from various engineering and business programs to provide them with engaging, real-world project experience as they prepare to enter the workforce."
Topic: National Collegiate Wind Competition
Date: April 4 2013
Brief quote: " The elite educational programs have committed to formulating an interdisciplinary team, integrating the three principal competition contests into students’ coursework and senior design projects. The competition contests are designed to reach students from various engineering and business programs to provide them with engaging, real-world project experience as they prepare to enter the workforce."
News headline: Faculty to Research Safer Substances for Industry (cached pdf)
Topic: Toxics reduction in polyester resins
Date: September 12 2012
Brief quote: "Asst. Prof. Chris Hansen of Mechanical Engineering will investigate safe alternative chemistries to replace styrene monomer used to manufacture unsaturated polyester resins found in products such as bowling balls and wind turbines. Styrene is the most used toxic chemical in Massachusetts."
Topic: Toxics reduction in polyester resins
Date: September 12 2012
Brief quote: "Asst. Prof. Chris Hansen of Mechanical Engineering will investigate safe alternative chemistries to replace styrene monomer used to manufacture unsaturated polyester resins found in products such as bowling balls and wind turbines. Styrene is the most used toxic chemical in Massachusetts."
History of title-page news feed
A history of lab-generated news is posted below.
November 1 2013
Opening of the Lowell Makes makerspace (Lowell MA)
Lowell Makes officially opened its doors to users on Friday! Visit them at 47 Lee St to see their growing member-led operation devoted to creative and innovative fabrication.
Opening of the Lowell Makes makerspace (Lowell MA)
Lowell Makes officially opened its doors to users on Friday! Visit them at 47 Lee St to see their growing member-led operation devoted to creative and innovative fabrication.
October 16-18 2013
Visit to Specialty Materials Inc. (Lowell MA)
Students from 22.597 "Processing of Composites" toured Specialty Materials Inc. in Lowell. The tour included the only boron fiber manufacturing line in the world, as well as pre-pregging, hybrid fibers, carbon fiber spinning, and boron-magnesium nanoparticle production
Visit to Specialty Materials Inc. (Lowell MA)
Students from 22.597 "Processing of Composites" toured Specialty Materials Inc. in Lowell. The tour included the only boron fiber manufacturing line in the world, as well as pre-pregging, hybrid fibers, carbon fiber spinning, and boron-magnesium nanoparticle production
October 14 2013
Celebration for Valentin Sitte and Johannes Möller (Nashua NH)
Group members of the ACMTRL had a celebratory going-away party for Valentin and Johannes, who spent 6 months in the composites lab visiting from Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany. We wish them the best of luck!
Celebration for Valentin Sitte and Johannes Möller (Nashua NH)
Group members of the ACMTRL had a celebratory going-away party for Valentin and Johannes, who spent 6 months in the composites lab visiting from Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany. We wish them the best of luck!
October 2-3 2013
ACMTRL @ JEC Americas (Boston MA)
Composites lab students staffed a table for the Advanced Composite Materials & Textiles Research Laboratory at the JEC Americas Expo. Thanks to everyone who helped out!
ACMTRL @ JEC Americas (Boston MA)
Composites lab students staffed a table for the Advanced Composite Materials & Textiles Research Laboratory at the JEC Americas Expo. Thanks to everyone who helped out!
September 27 2013
M.S. Defenses (UML)
Valentin Sitte, Johannes Möller, and Alex Petrov all successfully defended their M.S. theses. Congratulations!
M.S. Defenses (UML)
Valentin Sitte, Johannes Möller, and Alex Petrov all successfully defended their M.S. theses. Congratulations!