This seminar provides design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and technical personnel with an in-depth presentation of topics associated with advanced composites materials design, failure analysis and impact/repair technologies. This course, developed by BTG Composites for SAMPE, represents updated technologies associated with critical design and analysis aspects associated with advanced composites materials and structures.

Hotel Information
Red Lion Hotel Anaheim - $89.95, plus tax
1850 S Harbor Blvd
Anaheim, CA 92802
Reservations: +1(800) 733-5466
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Who should attend?
• Composites project engineers
• Manufacturing engineers
• Repair engineers and technologists
• Composite program engineers
• Composite program managers
• Business development managers
• Composite structures graduate students
• Composites research engineers

Benefits of attending and course concepts:
• Understand composites design groundrules
• Recognize Micromechanics basics, limits
• Learn Laminate Plate Theory (LPT) basics
• Tools for material trade studies, optimization
• Why there are “Special Laminates”
• Failure criteria – what works, what’s needed
• PC codes, FEA codes, availability, limits
• Some general “design guidelines”
• Joint design considerations
• Manufacturing aspects that impact design
• Composites “damage” testing, assessment
• Repair approaches, accept-reject criteria

Instructor: Dr. Scott Beckwith, president of BTG Composites Inc., is an international consultant in FRP and advanced composites areas, as well as SAMPE’s Technical Director. He has over 44 years experience in composites design, analysis, testing and manufacturing areas as an engineer. He has taught over 2500 attendees in various composites technology events, seminars, tutorials, courses and workshops. He is a SAMPE Fellow (2003). He is a graduate of Texas A&M University (BS, 1964 and PhD, 1974) and the California Institute of Technology (MS, 1965).

Contact Priscilla Heredia at Priscilla@sampe.org or +1.626.331.0616, ext. 610 with any questions or to register.

SUBSTITUTIONS/CANCELLATION/REFUNDS
If you must cancel your registration for any reason, notify Priscilla Heredia by email at priscilla@sampe.org by October 4, 2010. No cancellations can be accepted after that date. All registrations are subject to the cancellation policy. Telephone cancellations cannot be accepted. Registrations cancelled prior to October 4, 2010 are subject to a $100 service charge. Fees are refundable minus the $100 service charge. Registrants who fail to attend and have not cancelled as noted above are liable for the entire fee. Refunds are not given for failure to attend, late arrival, or early departure from the meeting. Substitutions can be made at any time, by letter, email or fax. The appropriate member/non-member rate will apply to attending substitutions. There is no charge for making a substitution.

SAMPE reserves the right to cancel this seminar anytime between now and October 4, 2010.

SAMPE reserves the right to substitute speakers without notice.