The speaker for the general BEAR meeting on November 10 will be Andrew Buffmire of the University of Utah who will be speaking about how coal pitch is being researched to be used for carbon fiber materials. Engineers from the university are launching a $1.6 million project to
research cost-effective, carbon-friendly methods of turning coal-derived pitch into carbon-fiber composite material, as well as analyze its market potential and whether it can help revitalize coal communities threatened by a decline in production.
Buffmire is the Technology Corporate Ambassador in the office of the Vice President for research at the university. The presentation will take place at the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center Alumni Room and it will start at 8 a.m. and last about one hour. The public
is welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
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