Imelda “Mel” Cossette, PhD
Executive Director & Principal Investigator National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education
Edmonds Community College SME Member Since 2003
SME SPEAKS GUEST EDITORIAL Pilot Composites Workshop Wows Students C
arbon fi ber is a magical material. That or similar com- ments were heard over and over from Roosevelt High School (Seattle) students attending a Composites 101
Workshop held at the National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education (MatEdU), a National Science Foun- dation Advanced Technological Education (ATE)-sponsored program at Edmonds Community College (Lynnwood, WA). The Dec. 13, 2016, workshop was a collaboration between SME’s Composites Manufacturing Tech Group, Roosevelt High School and SME’s Seattle Chapter 39.
Thanks to the SME Education Foundation’s Partnership Response In Manufacturing Education (PRIME) initiative, participants from Roosevelt High School, a PRIME school, began the Composites 101 Workshop with classroom presentations on the industry as a whole, an overview of composite materials and a fast-paced introduction to a hands-on carbon-fi ber project. After the class lessons, students moved into the lab to start their project: a carbon- fi ber smartphone or ebook reader stand. Stratasys, a workshop sponsor, provided 3D-printed tools (a layup mold for the carbon-fi ber stands) out of ULTEM 1010, a high-temperature thermoplastic made by SABIC.
Workshop Addresses Industry Need “This is a valuable workshop
During the Dec. 13, 2016, Composites 101 Workshop, members of SME’s Composites Manufacturing Tech Group worked with PRIME school students from Roosevelt High School to produce their carbon-fi ber smartphone or ebook reader stand projects.
According to one Roosevelt High School senior, Eric, he and the 17 other students who attended felt this pilot work- shop was a special opportunity to learn and explore about materials and other aspects of manufacturing. “Carbon fi ber is this material you hear a lot about and you think ‘oh wow’ it’s so complicated; working with it, though, you can kind of get hands-on experience with it,” he said.
for introducing students to com- posites and the manufacturing of composites. This opens the door for interested students to pursue a career in composites technology or manufacturing,” Dianne Chong, retired vice president of materi- als, manufacturing, structures and support at The Boeing Co. and 2017–18 international director for the SME Board of Directors, said.
“Great workshop that helps both industry and students make connections about careers.” Lou Dorworth, division manager-direct services at Abaris
Training Resources Inc. and chair of SME’s Composites Man- ufacturing Tech Group, explained that carbon-fi ber usage is growing dramatically in the wind, automotive, transportation and aerospace sectors. In fact, the global market for carbon
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