Past Meetings in Review:

Materials & innovation night + student career fair

On Tuesday, 18th March 2025, the SAMPE Boston Chapter hosted its first Materials & Innovation Night + Student Career Fair.  A dozen local materials & equipment suppliers took part in the event, displaying their materials and capabilities to almost 100 attendees.  Additionally, close to a dozen students from local universities presented posters highlighting their research work in the field of advanced materials and processes.

SAMPE Boston Materials & Innovation Night

The Materials & Innovation Night + Student Career Fair would not have been possible without the support of SAMPE Boston’s sponsors. 

Diamond Sponsors

• Boston Materials

• Textron Systems

Gold Sponsors

• APCM Manufacturing

• AvCarb Materials Solutions

• Concordia Fibers

• Gallagher Custom Machines & Automation

• Northern Composites / Krayden

• Physical Sciences

• Revolution Composites

• Sika Corporation

• Specialty Materials

Bronze Sponsors

• Barrday Composite Solutions

• Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing

We are pleased to thank our sponsors for their support and help in growing the advanced materials and processes in our local area, along with the rest of the nation and the world.  We also would like to thank the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) for their support of the student career fair, with SME sponsoring the Additive Manufacturing Award.  One of event attendees mentioned how “wonderful it was to be able to one-stop shop and find several companies within a one to two hour drive from his plant that could help him solve problems on a current project that he was working on”.

Student Career Fair

Almost a dozen students from several local universities (University of Massachusetts Lowell, University of Southern Maine, & Northeastern University) took part in a Posters Session sponsored by the SAMPE Boston chapter and the SME.  A wide range of research projects were presented from shape memory alloys, to adhesion studies for glass-ceramic materials, to additive manufacturing projects, to a novel method of encompassing carbon nanotubes into PAN precursors.  It was apparent to all involved that the state of the engineering curriculum and hands on engineering training in each these schools are strong.  While the competition was tough, the winners of the project awards were as follows:

The Additive Manufacturing Award was sponsored by the SME.  The SAMPE Boston Chapter is looking forward to next year’s event which will be even bigger and better.  

Networking and Personal Growth

The exhibitors, students, and attendees spent several hours networking, meeting with customers & future customers, talking advanced materials and processes, and catching up with old friends and colleagues.   We believe that all the exhibitors, students, and attendees have developed an appreciation for the deep roots that advanced materials have in our region and agree that the future is bright.  We will look forward to see you all next year!

SAMPE Boston Past Meeting Archive:

• SAMPE Boston Winter Meeting at AvCarb Materials Solutions

• SAMPE Boston Chapter & Mito Material Solutions Support UMASS Lowell’s Joint SAMPE Student Chapter - Composites Lab Seminar

• IYRS School of Technology & Trades Presentation & Tour, Newport, RI – Sept. 2024

• Mentis Sciences Meeting & Presentation, Chelmsford, MA – Feb 2024

• Textron Systems Meeting & Presentation, Chelmsford, MA – Dec 2023

Leadership Team

Michael Novak – Chair (mnovak@aijsearch.com)

Tim Shaughnessy – Treasurer (tim@rapidcuretechnologies.com)

Claire Steggall-Murphy – Secretary (csteggallmurphy@victrex.com)

Pat Mack – Webmaster (patmack@gehringtextiles.com)

Gary Sharpless – Sponsorships Coordinator (garysharpless@comcast.net)

Rich Caruso – Board Member (rpcaruso@gmail.com)

Mike Buck – Board Member/Student Liaison (mbuck111@outlook.com)

Davide Masato – Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell Faculty Advisor (Davide_Masato@uml.edu)

Mike Favaloro – At Large (mfavaloro@textronsystems.com)

Chris Robertson – At Large (christopher.robertson@avcarb.com)

Dave Hauber – At Large (dhauber137@gmail.com)

SAMPE Membership

SAMPE Members value the opportunities delivered by a global network of dedicated materials and processes professionals. 

Grow your business, position yourself for success, and develop valuable relationships by taking advantage of the benefits SAMPE Membership has to offer. To become a member visit http://www.sampe.org/

Resources & Links

SAMPE LinkedIn Resources: http://www.nasampe.org/general/recommended_links.asp

SAMPE General Calendar: https://sampe.site-ym.com/events/event_list.asp

Composites World Industry Events: http://www.compositesworld.com/events

Career

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