Past Meetings in Review:

Materials & Innovation Night + Student Career Fair

It's a wrap! SAMPE Boston Chapter held its annual Materials & Innovation Night + Student Career Fair last week (Nov. 3rd, 2026). With close to 100 attendees, 26 student posters from 8 local universities, and a dozen tabletop displays from our sponsors, it was a great night!

We wish to thank each of our sponsors, Textron Systems, Toray Industries, Inc., Raytheon, FMI, APCM Adhesive Prepregs for Composite Manufacturers, LLC, AvCarb Material Solutions, Composites One, Gallagher Inc., Northern Composites, LLC./Krayden, Inc., Revolution Composites, Sika USA, Specialty Materials, Concordia Engineered Fibers, Barrday Inc., Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing/Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, without whose support, this night wouldn't be possible.

Additionally, we would like to thank the students from our student chapters at UMass Lowell SAMPE Student Chapter, Northeastern University, University of Southern Maine, & the University of Maine-Orono, along with the University of Connecticut, University of New Haven, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, & the University of Vermont for attending and presenting posters on their research activities. The breadth and scope of their research work was very impressive. While it was very difficult to choose, we would like to congratulate the award winners:

1st Prize: Zhiming Li from the Univ. of Connecticut
2nd Prize: Andrew Vogler from Northeastern Univ.
3rd Prize: Samuel Rosen from the Univ. of New Haven (tied)
3rd Prize: Jenna King from Northeastern Univ. (tied)

along with the rest of the students for their excellent posters presenting their research. The future of advanced materials & processes in the northeast is strong and will be in good hands as the next generation of materials & process engineers and research scientists come of age! We would also like to thank APCM Adhesive Prepregs for Composite Manufacturers, LLC for supporting the awards for this year's Student Career Fair!

And finally, we would like to thank our SAMPE members for their continued support and assistance in keeping the advanced materials industry at the forefront of manufacturing. SAMPE can help you

- build & strengthen your supply chains,
- find new customers & applications,
- solve difficult material & process problems, and
- find & develop new employees & interns.

SAMPE members are the leading engineers, research scientists, and business leaders in advanced materials. Without their dedication and willingness to give back to the industry that has given us all so much, none of this would be possible.

SAMPE Boston Chapter has begun working on our activities for the coming year, so keep on the lookout for next year's events and activities. We will look forward to seeing you at a future event!

SAMPE Boston Leadership Team

SAMPE Boston Past Meeting Archive:

• Young Professionals Night - Lightforce Orthodontics

• Materials & Innovation Night + Student Career Fair - November 2025

• Materials & Innovation Night + Student Career Fair - March 2025

• 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

Chair - Michael Novak (mnovak@aijsearch.com)

Vice-Chair - Bryan Duffey (bduffey@krayden.com)

Tim Shaughnessy – Treasurer (tim@rapidcuretechnologies.com)

Secretary - Claire Steggall-Murphy (claire@csmcomposites.com)

Directors:

Rich Caruso (rpcaruso@gmail.com)

Mike Buck (mbuck111@outlook.com)

Event Coordinator - Rich Caruso (rpcaruso@gmail.com)

Marketing/Social Media - Mike Buck (mbuck111@outlook.com)

Student Faculty Advisor - Davide Masato (Davide_Masato@uml.edu)

Student Liaison - Peter Polesnak (polesnakpj1@gmail.com)

Sponsorship Coordinator - Brad Herrmann (brad.herrmann@flacktek.com)

Webmaster - Pat Mack (patmack@gehringtextiles.com)

Advisors (At Large):

Mike Favaloro (mfavaloro@textronsystems.com)

Dave Hauber (dhauber137@gmail.com)

Chris Robertson (christopher.robertson@avcarb.com)

Gary Sharpless (garysharpless@comcast.net)

SAMPE Membership

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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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