Continuous-Fiber & Sustainable Composites

High-performance continuous-fiber design and processing, and the emerging paths to recycled, bio-sourced, and recyclable composite systems.

Private cohorts & on-site
Format: 2-day (8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.)
Level: Advanced
Location: Scheduled on demand · on-site at your facility or a regional venue
Date(s): Not yet scheduled for open enrollment. Get notified when it is, or book it privately for your team.
Includes: Certificate of Completion · printed slide binder · take-home reference text

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Faculty

Faculty details for this seminar will be announced with the full schedule.

Fees

Early: $1,895 (payment 4+ weeks ahead)
Standard: $2,095 (check/ACH) · $2,165 (card)

Group discount: $200 off per attendee for 3+ from the same organization.

Also Available

  • Corporate on-site delivery at your facility
  • Private cohort sessions
  • Digital curriculum licensing

Seminar Overview

Continuous-fiber composites deliver the highest stiffness-to-weight of any polymer system — and the least-recycled. Taught by an inventor with 170+ patents spanning continuous-fiber and sustainable composite technology, this seminar covers the design and processing of continuous-fiber reinforced parts and the emerging paths to recyclability, recycled content, and bio-sourced systems. It directly serves the lightweighting and circular-economy demands now flowing into the automotive, aerospace, and industrial base.

Ideal Learner

  • Structural and materials engineers designing continuous-fiber parts
  • Composites technologists expanding into high-performance and recyclable systems
  • OEM and Tier-1 engineers evaluating lightweighting + sustainability
  • R&D managers building continuous-fiber capability
  • Sustainability and LCA professionals in manufacturing

Learning Objectives

  • Design with continuous fiber for directional stiffness and strength
  • Select processing routes (AFP, RTM, compression) for continuous-fiber geometry
  • Evaluate recycled and bio-sourced fiber/matrix systems
  • Design-for-recycling continuous-fiber structures
  • Run lightweighting + lifecycle trade-offs for continuous-fiber adoption

Consulting Sessions

Seminar attendees can sign up for individual consulting sessions with the instructor. Sessions are free for registered attendees, first-come first-served — sign up when registering by calling 248-539-0473 or during the seminar.

Seminar Outline

  • Property advantages vs. discontinuous fiber
  • Unidirectional, woven, and textile preforms
  • Oriented structural design principles
  • Automated fiber placement and tape laying
  • RTM and high-pressure resin transfer
  • Compression molding of organosheets
  • Recycled carbon fiber: property recovery and cost
  • Bio-fibers and bio-based matrices
  • Recyclable-by-design thermoplastic composites
  • Disassembly and fiber recovery strategies
  • Lifecycle and embodied-energy trade-offs
  • Regrind and remanufacturing of continuous-fiber scrap
  • Automotive, aerospace, and industrial continuous-fiber programs
  • Lightweighting + sustainability wins and losses
  • Patent-driven technology landscape tour
  • Design a continuous-fiber component for stiffness and recyclability
  • Select the process and material system
  • Present the lightweighting + lifecycle case

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