#composites, #orthopedics, #medicaldevices, #hipreplacement, #fibers, #resins Hello everyone, I’m back for my first post in 2026.  I hope everyone had a great holiday and is ready to start this year strong – I know I am.  I’m gong to diverge a bit from the sustainability rant that I have been on for the last several months and talk a bit about composites in orthopedics and how composite materials are replacing metals – especially titanium – in orthopedics, both the implanted

#composites, #sustainability, #basaltfiber, #basalt, #fibers I have been seeing some interesting posts lately about the application of basalt fibers to all manner of composite material products and parts.  I had not thought much about it until a recent post in Composites World (11/10/2025) talked about a new replacement for steel rebar made from basalt fibers.  For those of you that aren’t rock people or that did not grow up in a part of the country where there were volcanoes

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I received my November Issue of the Composites World magazine (electronically of course) this week and as usual it had a couple of interesting developments in the world of composite materials sustainability, one of which is sort of fun – if you like water sports.  So, I thought I would write about these and a couple of other things that I came across in my information feed about composites.  A

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins Since this is supposed to be a “newsletter” I thought I would collect some tidbits of news on the composites sustainability front that have come across my feed in the last couple of weeks.  I did want to get a couple of state of the art posts done, so the last two weeks I haven’t been keeping everyone up with the latest news.  And there has been some news to keep up with, especially in the rec

#composites, #sustainability, #carbonfiber, #recycling, #fibers, #resins I mentioned this work in my post just after the ICCM conference...

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I read this week both in Composites World and in JEC...

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I saw articles this week in two of the industry...

#composites, #sustainability, #plantbased, #biocomposites, #fibers, #resins Article reposted from www.nedpatton.com I saw a brief snippet...

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I gave my paper at the International Conference on...

#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #aceticacid, #NREL, #fibers, #resins I saw something really interesting that was just reported...

#composites, #sustainability, #biocomposites, #plantbased, #fibers, #resins You heard me right, both of the major transport aircraft...

#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #windenergy, #fibers, #resins This week is going to be another hodgepodge of news about...

#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #fibers, #resins, #windenergy This week I thought I would give everyone some updates in the...

#composites, #sustainability, #recycledfiber, #carbonfiber, #fibers, #resins I saw a really cool article in one of my news feeds that I...

#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #fibers, #resins I heard about this a few days before it was announced at JEC World in Paris. ...

#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #windturbines, #turbineblades, #renewableenergy I have been seeing a lot of chatter on...

#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased First I want to wish everyone a great holiday. ...

#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased As most of you already know, I am fairly passionate...

#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I saw another article in Composites World about a...

#composites, #precisionfermentation, #sustainability, #epoxy, #fibers, #resins, #biobased I was introduced to a really interesting...