PROGRAM:

March Meeting – – PRI - Composites

The topic is Composites and the presenter is Rebekah Foutz. Rebekah is a Staff Engineer at PRI who leads the Nadcap Composites task group responsible for 130 accreditations globally. These companies manufacture Composite components for the aerospace industry. Hope to see you at the meeting.

Rebekah Foutz

“I graduated from Penn State in 2003 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.  I started my career in Composites in 2003 when I began working for a company called Fiberforge located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.  This is a small research and development company that is developing and commercializing a breakthrough manufacturing process for the production of lower-cost advanced-composite parts.  At the time of my employment I was involved in the development of an automated lay-up table (ALT) system along with an associated forming process to produce light weight composite parts using a combination of thermoplastics and carbon fiber.  My job responsibilities ranged from working in the machine shop to build parts for the ALT, running the ALT to produce parts, testing composite panels in the lab to identify flaws and properties, mechanical design of the process and statistical analysis.  In 2005 I came to work for PRI where I am the Composite Staff Engineer and work with a group that is composed of various representatives from the aerospace industry to audit and accredited Suppliers who manufacture composite aerospace parts.” 

DIRECTIONS TO: (Dynasty International Buffett, Cranberry Twp., PA )

From Pittsburgh – Take I-79 North to US Route 19 North (Cranberry Exit)  Continue to Freedom Rd.  Dynasty Buffet is in the Cranberry Mall complex on your left. Dynasty is next to Panera Bread.

From North – Take I-79 South to the Cranberry Exit.  Go right off of the exit towards US Route 19.  Turn left at Route 19 and then the first right into the Cranberry Mall Parking Lot.  Dynasty is next to Panera Bread.

For more direction information www.yahoo.com and select maps, driving directions.