Utah SAMPE Calendar

Upcoming Events

February 2012

Rob Essinger
“Composite structures development at AMRDEC”
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting February 15th at 6:00pm
at The Gathering Place

Mar 2012

Wasatch Front Materials Expo
March 7th, 4:00 to 8:00 pm
at the Scholarship Room,
Rice Eccles Stadium Towers, University of Utah

April 2012

Dale Obeshaw ATR
“Design, Development and testing of crashworthy race car chassis”
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting April 18th at 6:00pm
at TBA


Past Events

January 2012

Brian E. Spencer, Ph.D.
President of Spencer Composites Corporation
“Deep Flight Challenger:
Design and Development of a Composite
Pressure Hull to visit the Mariana Trench”
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting January 18th at 6:00 pm
at the the Davis Applied Technology College

November 2011

PA. Marcel Bluth
Senior Technologist and Systems Engineer ATK Space
“BSTA: Verifying the Precision of the James Web Space
Telescope Metering Structure at Cryogenic Temperature by Analysis”
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting November 16th at 6:00 pm
at the The Gathering Place

October 2011

Peter Turner
Ski Designer for DPS Skis
“Composite Ski Engineering and Manufacturing in China”
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting October 12th at 6:00 pm
at the Diamond Lil's Steakhouse

September 2011

Randy Lewis
USTAR Professor, Utah State University
“Spider Silk: An Ancient Biomaterial for the Future”
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting September 21st at 6:00 pm
at the Davis Applied Technology College

August 2011

Brent Strong
SAMPE Past President
Members Only Meeting
“SAMPE Globalization Report and Vote”
For all SAMPE Professional Members
Have your say on the Global Restructuring of SAMPE
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting August 31st at 6:00 pm
at the Diamond Lil's Steakhouse

April 2011

Dave Kehrl
A&P Technology, Inc.
“Braiding Technology: New Applications in
Aerospace & Commercial Markets”
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting April 20th at 6:00 pm
at the Diamond Lil's Steakhouse

Mar 2011

Wasatch Front Materials Expo
March 9th, 4:00 to 8:00 pm
at the Scholarship Room,
Rice Eccles Stadium Towers, University of Utah

Feb 2011

Rik Heslehurst, PhD
School of Engineering and Information Technology
University College, UNSW
Australian Defense Force Academy
“What Needs to be Considered
When Bolting Composite Structures”

Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting February 10th at 6:00 pm
at the at Five Star Restaurant

Jan 2011

“The Journey from Craftsmanship to Process Control”
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting January 19th at 6:00 pm
at the Davis Applied Technology College

Nov 2010

Starting and Growing a Composites Business
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting November 17th at 6:00 pm
at The Gathering Place

Oct 2010

SAMPE Fall Technical Conference
Salt Palace Convention Center
Conference: 11-14 October 2010
Exhibition: 12-13 October 2010
Advanced Materials and Processes: Enabling the Future

SAMPE Fall Technical Conference in Salt Lake City
Oct 11th - 14th

James Patterson
HyPerComp (HEI) Engineering Inc
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting October 27th at 6:00 pm
at the the Buca Di Beppo

Sep 2010

Dr. Ronald E. Allred, Adherent Technologies, Inc.
Sept 29th at 6:00 pm
at
the Five Star Restaurant

April 2010

Dayton Griffin, DNV Global Energy Concepts, Inc.
April 7th at 6:30 pm
at
the Five Star Restaurant

Mar 2010

Wasatch Front Materials Expo
March 3rd, 4:00 to 8:30 pm
at the Scholarship Room,
Rice Eccles Stadium Towers, University of Utah

Feb 2010

Chris Ridgard, Vice President Research and Technology, The Advanced Composites Group Inc.
"Out of Autoclave Structural Materials for Aerospace – An overview"
Feb 17th at 6:00 pm
at The Gathering Place

Nov 2009

Thomas Margraf, Cornerstone Research Group Inc.
Composite Tooling: Moving into the Future with
Complex Geometry Tooling -- Smart Mandrels
Nov 18th at 6:30 pm
at the Buca Di Beppo

Oct 2009

Robert V. Michel of Brush Wellman Inc.
Beryllium and Beryllium-Aluminum Materials for Space
Oct 14th at 6:00 pm
at the Five Star Restaurant

Sep 2009

Kent Stewart Udell "Utah on a Low-carbon Diet
Sep 23rd at 6:00 pm
at The Gathering Place
We had 55 in attendance

May 2009

18-21 May 2009 SAMPE '09, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD

Apr 2009

21-24 April 2009 The 6th Moscow International Conference

Roland Christensen of Christensen Arms
April 22nd at 6:30 pm
at 6:30 pm at the Buca Di Beppo

Mar 2009

Wasatch Front Materials Expo
March 4th, 4:00 to 8:30 pm
at the Scholarship Room,
Rice Eccles Stadium Towers, University of Utah

24-26 March 2009 JEC Composites Show

Feb 2009

Bill Avery of Boeing 787 Commercial
February 18th at 6:30 pm
at The Officers Club (U of U)

We had 126 in attendance

Jan 2009

Frank Abdi of Alpha-Star
January 21th at 6:30 pm
at
the Five Star Restaurant

Nov 2008

12-14 November 2008 China SAMPE
Conference & Exhibition 2008, Shanghai, China

Bill Hooper of ATK Clearfield Structures
November 19th at 6:00 pm
at Lambs Grill

Oct 2008

Suraj Rawal of Lockheed Satellite Systems
October 22th at 6:00 pm
at The Spaghetti Factory

Sep 2008

8-11 September 2008 SAMPE
Fall Technical Conference 2008, Memphis, TN

18-19 September 2008 SETEC '08
Technical Conference and Table Top Exhibition

Apa Sherpa
September 24th at 6:00 pm
at Abravanel Hall, First Tier Room
We had 120 in attendance

May 2008

18-22 May 2008 SAMPE '08, Long Beach
Convention Center, Long Beach, California
The Utah Chapter is hosting the event!

Apr 2008

April 16th
Douglas J. Sober of Kaneka Texas Corp, at the
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting at 6:30 pm
at the Five Star Restaurant
We had 35 in attendance

Mar 2008

March 19th
Sean Johnson of YLA Inc. at the
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting at 6:30 pm
at the Buca Di Beppo
We had 45 in attendance


31 March - 2 April 2008 SAMPE Europe - SEICO 08 -
Hotel Mercure Paris Porte de Versaille Expo, Paris

Feb 2008

11-13 February 2008 SAMPE Asia 2008,
held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand

Wasatch Front Materials Expo
February 27th, 4:00 to 8:30 pm
at the Scholarship Room,
Rice Eccles Stadium Towers, University of Utah
We had about 300 in attendance

Jan 2008

Jeff Edwards from the
Economic Development Corporation of Utah at the
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting January 23rd
at 6:30 pm at the Five Star Restaurant
We had 66 in attendance

Dec 2007

9-12 December 2007 4th International Conference on
Science & Technology of Composite Material - COMAT 2007

Nov 2007

November 14th
Michael Nuttall, Akzo Nobel Powder Coating
"Impress, In Mold Powder Coat Finish for Compression Molded Plastic”
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting at 6:30 pm
at the Buca Di Beppo

We had 70 in attendance

27-30 November 2007 10th Japan International
SAMPE Symposium & Exhibition (JISSE-10),
Big Sight Convention Center, Tokyo, Japan

Oct 2007

Scott Blake from
Assembly Guidance Systems
on Automatic Ply Verification

October 24th at
Lamb's Restaurant
We had 72 in attendance

23-26 October 2007 China SAMPE Conference & Exhibition 2007

29 October - 1 November 2007 SAMPE Fall Technical Conference 2007,
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Cincinnati,
Ohio - Sponsored by the SAMPE Midwest Chapter

Sept 2007

6-7 September 2007 SETEC 02/-07, Madrid Spain

Vern Benson of
ATK Composites at the
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting September 26th
at 6:30 pm at the Five Star Restaurant
We had 72 in attendance

26-29 September 2007 Fourth International
Conference on Fatigue of Composites (ICFC4)

June 2007

June 3-7, SAMPE 52nd ISSE 2007,
Baltimore, MD

May 2007

May 6-10, SPE/ANTEC 2007
Cincinnati, OH

Cabela's Stories in Recreational Composites
May 8, at 6:30pm at
Cabela's in Lehi

April 2007

April 2-4, SAMPE Europe Tech Conf/Forum (SEICO)
Paris, France

April 3-5, JEC Composites 2007 Show
Paris, France

Wasatch Front Materials Expo
April 17th, 4:00 to 9:00 pm
at the Davis Applied Technical College

March 2007

David Widauf
March 20th at 6:30 pm
at
the Five Star Restaurant
We had 59 in attendance

February 2007

Rocky Mountain Composites
February 20th at 6:30 pm
at Mellors Hidden Meadows
We had 94 in attendance

January 2007

January 23rd, Kent Crookston of
Mirror Image Aerospace, President & CEO
TCB Composite Company, Vice President of Operations
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting at 6:30 pm
at the Davis Applied Technology College
We had about 91 in attendance

November 2006

November 6-9, 38th International SAMPE Technical Conference (ISTC)
The Fairmont Dallas, Dallas, TX

Tracy Livingston, founder
Wasatch Wind
November 28th at 6:30 pm
at Five Star Restaurant
We had about 55 in attendance

October 2006

Michael Bolton from
Vectorply Corporation
October 24th at
Lamb's Restaurant
We had about 73 in attendance

September 2006

September 13-14, SAMPE Europe Technical Conference-01 (SETEC 01),
Toulouse Conference Center, Toulouse, France

Sept 19th
Dr William Pratt
Wavy Composites
at Braza Grill
We had about 65 in attendance

April 2006

April 18th
William Kirkman of Henkel at the
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting at 6:30 pm
at the Buca Di Beppo
We had about 35 in attendance

April 30th to May 4th
SAMPE 2006 Symposium & Exhibition,
Long Beach, California

March 2006

Tom Delay of
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center at the
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting March 15th
at 6:30 pm at the Five Star Restaurant

We had about 64 in attendance

March 27-29, 27th SAMPE Europe Technical Conference,
Hotel Mercure(Porte de Versailles), Paris, France

March 28-30, JEC Composites 2006 Show,
Paris Expo (Porte de Versailles), Paris, France

February 2006

TMI Magic Night at the
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting February 15th
at 6:30 pm at Joe Morley's
100 West Center Street(7720 South)
We had about 35 in attendance

January 2006

January 19, 2006
Wasatch Front Materials Expo (WFME) at the
Salt Lake City Airport Hilton 5151 Wiley Post Way (200 North).
We had about 170 in attendance

November 2005

November 15th
Blake Juhl of
Rohacell
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting at 6:30 pm
at the Buca Di Beppo (FREE for members and guests)

November 29th to December 2nd
2005 SAMPE Japan (JISSE-9)

October 2005

Rick McMillan of
Industri Tech at the
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting October 18th
at 6:30 pm at the Five Star Restaurant (Free for Members and Students)
We had about 47 in attendance

October 31st to November 3rd
SAMPE 2005 Fall Technical Conference,
Washington State Convention Center &
Seattle Renaissance Hotel, Seattle, WA

September 2005

Don Hudson of
FyreRoc® Inorganic Composite Products at the
Utah SAMPE Monthly meeting on September 13th
at 6:30 pm at the Buca Di Beppo (Did I mention the FREE dinner)

We had about 45 in attendance