NIAR - National Institute For Aviation Research

NIAR IN THE MEDIA

The National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University is an important part of local and national aviation industry. Click on the links below to view articles written about NIAR by national media publications.

Date	Publication	Article
7/13/2008	Wichita Eagle	WSU seeks $31 million for composites research
7/8/2008	JEC Composites	NIAR's composites lab lay-up room expands capabilities
7/8/2008	Airframer	NCAMP release Polyimide material selection results
7/2/2008	NetComposites	NIAR Composites Lab Expands Capabilities
7/1/2008	Composites Manufacturing	In the Know: Teaming up to Promote Composite Education
7/1/2008	High Performance Composites	USAF to fund polyimide prepreg qualification program
5/26/2008	Aviation Week	Cockpit Upgrade
5/13/2008	High Performance Composites	Flying high on composite wings
5/12/2008	Aerospace Engineering	The research race: aerospace R&D funding in the U.S. is on the upswing, but new priorities create challenges for universities
4/13/2008	Wichita Eagle	Medical composites field set to evolve here
4/1/2008	Aviation Week - Business & Commercial Aviation	Keeping the Rust Out
3/31/2008	Aviation Week	Sandwich Study
3/10/2008	Aviation Week	Catia hits the road
3/3/2008	Aviation Week	Moving Up
3/1/2008	High Performance Composites	Innovative general aviation aircraft manufacturers suspend operations/ WSU ranked third in aero-engineering research
1/29/2008	CompositesWorld.com	New firm to focus on low-cost, high-performance composites
1/21/2008	Net Composites	NIAR to Gain Research Space at New Jabara Training Centre
1/21/2008	Aviation WeeK	Industry Outlook: New Labs
1/16/2008	JEC Composites	NIAR to gain space at its Jabara training center
1/15/2008	CompositesWorld.com	Aviation training center gets green light for expansion
1/8/2008	Composites World.com	CACRC, CMH-17 hold joint meeting
12/28/2007	JEC Composites	New research facility for the NIAR
12/16/2007	NetComposites.com	New research facility near completion
11/27/2007	Composites World	NIAR expands research space
11/1/2007	Images Wichita	Growing with the aviation industry
10/1/2007	The Shocker Magazine	The Testing Fields
10/1/2007	Aviation International News	Engineer defends composite strength
8/1/2007	Mechanical Engineering	Design in virtual space: the vantage point of the computer is giving designers ever-deeper insights into their craft
6/26/2007	The Wichita Eagle	Preventing Doom: Labs to take 'black magic' out of aviation
1/28/2007	Net Composites	Damage Tolerance Testing and Analysis Protocols for Full-Scale Composite Airframe Structures under Repeated Loading
1/1/2007	Mechanical Engineering	Very light and fast: Developments in materials, production methods, and turbine design have spawned a new class of business jet
12/16/2006	The Wichita Eagle	NIAR tests welding technique
11/27/2006	Aviation Week	Helping the FAA
11/2/2006	Airframer	Advances in Friction Stir Welding for aerospace applications
11/1/2006	Images Wichita 2007	Anything to do with flying
11/1/2006	FAA R&D Review	In Top Shape: Structural Integrity of Small Airplanes
10/26/2006	The Wichita Eagle	Can WSU research drive our economy?
9/1/2006	Aerospace Engineering	Lightweight yes, but still strong?
9/1/2006	Airframer	Quantifying methods for the evaluation of carbon-based composite surfaces for subsequent adhesive bonding
8/15/2006	The Wichita Eagle	Virtual vehicles provide crash but no crunch
7/14/2006	Net Composites	Cutting the Cost of Aerospace Composites
7/2/2006	Net Composites	Aging of Composite Aircraft Structures
7/1/2006	Airframer	Assessing the effects that aging can have on composite aircraft structures
5/23/2006	Flight International	Raytheon tests SDBII
5/1/2006	Composites Manufacturing	Aerospace companies create their own material databases
4/26/2006	Global Watch Magazine	Cutting the cost of aerospace composites
4/13/2006	Aviation Week & Space Technology	Snap, Crackle & Pop
4/1/2006	Air Maintenance Update	Aging Aircraft Lab examines aging general aviation airplanes
4/1/2006	Aerospace Engineering	Standard inspections don't necessarily mean airworthines for older GA aircraft
3/13/2006	Aviation Week & Space Technology	NIAR's CECAM evaulates Thermod software
3/6/2006	Aviation Week & Space Technology	Seat Cert
2/15/2006	Airframer	Damage tolerance and durability of adhesively bonded composite structures
11/28/2005	Aviation Week	Composite Conundrum
11/28/2005	Aviation Week	Blowin' in the Wind
11/23/2005	JEC Composites	VARTM, Variability and substantiation
11/18/2005	Net Composites	Composites researchers manufacture wind turbine blade prototypes
11/1/2005	Images Wichita	Flying High in Wichita
9/26/2005	Aviation Week	Crash course
9/6/2005	Flight International	Low-speed tunnel trial for XP
9/1/2005	AOPA Pilot	Ongoing Research
9/1/2005	Aerospace Testing International	Who to meet at Aerospace Testing Expo in North America
8/15/2005	Aviation Week	Learning Curve
8/8/2005	Aviation Week	Grey Eagles
7/2/2005	Net Composites	NIAR deploys state-of-the-art MTS crash simulator
5/1/2005	High Performance Composites	Shared materials databases: the next chapter
4/28/2005	Aviation Week	Rocketplane Limited is conducting low-speed aerodynamics test at NIAR
4/1/2005	Aerospace Engineering	NIAR deploys MTS crash simulator
2/14/2005	Aviation Week	NIAR tops aero R&D
2/1/2005	Asia Pacific Aviation News	NIAR developing U.S. composite aviation materials standard