Composites Weekly

Jonathan Taylor

The Leading News and Information Podcast for the Composites & Advanced Materials Industry

  1. há 14 h

    CAMX Is Coming: How to Turn Trade Show Traffic into Real Business

    With CAMX just a few weeks away, it's a perfect time to revisit one of our previous conversations with Daniel Murphy of Alcove Media on a topic that every exhibitor should be thinking about: how do you actually generate business from a trade show? Many companies invest tens of thousands of dollars exhibiting at events, but simply showing up with a great-looking booth doesn't guarantee a return. On this episode, we'll discuss how companies can be much more strategic about their trade show investment.

  2. 20 de ago.

    Catalyzing the Future of Composites: From Innovation to Investment- Interview with Yannick Willemin

    Joining the podcast this week is Yannick Willemin. Yannick is the founder of Catalysium, a deep-tech consultancy supporting startups, SMEs, and investors across the composites and advanced materials ecosystem. He brings nearly two decades of experience spanning materials engineering, manufacturing, business development, corporate strategy, startups, and investment. His work touches nearly every part of the composites value chain—from materials and manufacturing technologies to recycling and end-use markets including aerospace, automotive, sports, luxury, and energy. Through Catalysium, Yannick helps technology companies identify markets, build strategic partnerships, acquire customers, and turn promising innovations into sustainable businesses. On the investment side, he works with business angels, venture capital, private equity, and other investors, conducting due diligence, helping them better understand the opportunities—and risks—behind deep-tech companies. You can learn more about Catalysium by visiting https://catalysium.ch and check out their videos at https://www.youtube.com/@CompositesCatalyst.

  3. 12 de ago.

    LTDF Graphene at Scale: How Avadain is Turning This Wonder Material Into Industrial Reality

    Graphene has been called one of the most extraordinary materials ever discovered. It's exceptionally strong, lightweight, electrically conductive, and thermally conductive. But more than a decade after capturing the world's attention, one major question remains: why hasn't it transformed manufacturing the way so many people predicted? On this episode, Brad Larschan and Kevin Wyss of Avadain join the show to discuss the past bottleneck with graphene production and what their company is doing to change this. Avadain is an advanced-materials company commercializing patented technology for producing what it calls Large, Thin, Defect-Free, or LTDF, graphene flakes. Avadain's process is designed to produce flakes that preserve the properties that make graphene so remarkable while also being scalable enough for industrial applications. The company has received a $3.77 million NIST-supported federal grant for scale-up, and recently announced that its full-scale graphene reactor is operational. On this episode, we'll talk about why all graphene isn't created equal, what Avadain believes it has solved on the manufacturing side, and—especially for our audience—what large-scale availability of high-quality graphene could mean for composites and advanced materials.

  4. 6 de ago.

    The Chemistry That Could Transform Thermoset Composites

    On this episode, Dr. Yasmeen S. Alfaraj discusses the next generation of thermoset composites. She is the founder and CEO of NextSet Materials, a company developing a new generation of reprocessable thermoset materials. Yasmeen earned her bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, before completing her Ph.D. in chemistry at MIT, specializing in polymers and soft matter. She is also an Activate and Department of Energy Cyclotron Road Fellow and was named to the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Manufacturing and Industry category. Through NextSet Materials, Yasmeen is addressing one of the composites industry's most persistent challenges: how to recover valuable fibers and other materials from durable thermoset structures that were never designed to be taken apart. The company's technology incorporates cleavable additives into existing resin formulations, creating a controlled pathway for deconstructing the cured polymer and recovering materials for reuse—without requiring manufacturers to completely replace their established processes. We'll be discussing the chemistry behind this technology, its potential applications in aerospace, wind energy, automotive manufacturing and electronics, and what it could mean for the future of truly circular composite materials. You can learn more about the company at https://nextset.net.

  5. 30 de jul.

    From Stealth Aircraft to Space Transportation: The Evolution of Aerospace Composites

    On this episode, Martin McLaughlin joins the show to discuss his 39-year career at Northrop Grumman during the development of the B-2 bomber, the F-20 and F/A-18 fighters, and the YF-23 fighter. Martin also managed the DARPA experimental spaceplane XS-1 program and numerous internal Northrop Grumman studies for air-launched to orbit rocketplanes. He continues his work in the growing space economy at McLaughlin Aerospace LLC.

  6. 23 de jul.

    The Hidden Science Behind Surface Readiness: Interview with Lucas Dillingham

    On this episode, Lucas Dillingham of Brighton Science joins the podcast to discuss the science behind surface readiness. Brighton Science helps manufacturers understand and control one of the most important, and often overlooked parts of composite production: the surface. Lucas works at the intersection of surface science, manufacturing, and quality control, helping companies replace subjective tests and operator guesswork with measurable data that can improve bonding, coating, cleaning, and mold-release performance. In our conversation, Lucas will explain how technologies such as water contact-angle measurement allow manufacturers to evaluate surface conditions at the molecular level. We'll also discuss how surface intelligence can help reduce scrap, prevent adhesion and mold-release failures, standardize processes across operators and facilities, and turn surface preparation from what has traditionally been considered an art into a repeatable and controlled science.  You can learn more about Brighton Science at https://www.brighton-science.com.

  7. 17 de jul.

    Orbital Racing: The Ultimate Proving Ground for Next-Generation Composites?

    Phillip Hover-Smoot, CEO of Atlas Cup, joins the show to discuss satellite racing. Atlas Cup introduces orbital sport by leveraging the heritage of classic racing competitions like America's Cup and Formula One to delight sports fans and bring competitive sport firmly into the 21st century.

  8. 14 de jul.

    Why Every Composite Innovation Needs a Better Story: Interview with Yatine Boodhoo of ThermoForged

    On this episode, Yatine Boodhoo, founder of ThermoForged, joins the podcast. As an engineer, Yatine has built his career around advanced composites, developing a deep, hands-on expertise as thermoplastic composites have gained momentum. Along the way, he discovered that the most groundbreaking technologies rarely fail due to lack of performance. They fail because people don't understand them. That realization led him to launch ThermoForged, a platform dedicated to telling the stories behind the innovations shaping the future of composites. Through technical storytelling and high-quality video, Yatine helps engineers, manufacturers, and technology leaders communicate complex ideas in ways that are engaging, compelling, and technically accurate. Today, his work sits at the intersection of engineering, storytelling, and public speaking, helping companies translate sophisticated technologies into messages that resonate with customers, investors, and industry leaders alike. You can check out his work at https://www.thermoforged.com.

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The Leading News and Information Podcast for the Composites & Advanced Materials Industry

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  • Criado por
    Jonathan Taylor
  • Anos de atividade
    2012 - 2026
  • Episódios
    200
  • Classificação
    Livre
  • Copyright
    © 2016
  • Site do podcast
    Composites Weekly

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