The Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures (AMTAS) is a consortium of academic institutions, aerospace companies, and government agencies. It is part of the FAA Joint Advanced Materials and Structures Center of Excellence (JAMS), along with the Wichita-led organization is called the Center of Excellence for Composites and Advanced Materials (CECAM).

AMTAS will address safety and certification initiatives for existing, near- and long-term applications of composites and advanced materials for large transport commercial aircraft.

The University of Washington in Seattle (www.washington.edu/) serves as the lead academic institution along with affiliate academic members:

• Washington State University (www.wsu.edu/),
• Oregon State University (http://oregonstate.edu/)
• Edmonds Community College (www.edcc.edu/)
• Florida International University (http://fiu.edu/), and
• University of Utah (www.utah.edu/).

Industry partners include:

• A&P Technology (www.braider.com/)
• Bell Helicopter (www.textron.com/)
• The Boeing Company (www.boeing.com/)
• Composite Solutions, Inc. (www.compositesolutions.com)
• General Plastics Manufacturing Co. (www.generalplastics.com/)
• Heatcon Composite Systems (www.heatcon.com/hcs/products.html)
• Hexcel (www.hexcel.com/)
• Integrated Technologies, Inc. (Intec) (http://in-tec.com)
• Solvay (www.solvay.com)
• Toray Composites (America), Inc. (www.torayusa.com/tca)
• Triumph Composite Systems, Inc. (www.triumphgroup.com/)
• Zodiac Advanced Composites and Engineered Materials (www.zodiacaerospace.com/en/zodiac-advanced-composites-and-engineered-materials)

AMTAS Staff

Prof. Mark Tuttle, Director
University of Washington
Department of Mechanical Engineering
206-543-5710, tuttle@uw.edu

Prof. Kuen Y. Lin, Co-Director
University of Washington
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
206-543-6334, lin@aa.washington.edu

Ellen E. Barker, Assistant to the Director
University of Washington
Department of Mechanical Engineering
206-543-0299, nelle@uw.edu