Wenguang “Wayne” Ma, Ph.D., director of technical operations at Vixen Composites, an Airxcel brand and supplier of custom composite panels and fiberglass reinforced plastics, has coauthored a scholarly publication, Sandwich Structural Composites: Theory and Practice. Vixen stated the book offers a comprehensive look at a common but critical component of modern boat and RV manufacturing.
Published by Routledge, the book covers current composite sandwich manufacturing processes and methodology and provides a detailed raw material overview. The book describes the characterization and finite element analysis of structures, and related benefits such as acoustic, thermal and fire protection.
The book looks at applications within various industries including RV, marine, aerospace and wind energy. Details are at bit.ly/Ma-Book.
Anthony Wollschlager, Airxcel group president, said Ma is a visionary for the sandwich composites field.
“We are very proud of his accomplishment,” Wollschlager said, “and appreciative of his expertise that is playing an important role in advancing manufacturing technology for our core market partners.”
Ma is an authority on sandwich composites, polymer foam, polymer blending and modification and biodegradable polymers. He holds a Ph.D. in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
