Dr. Bill Edwards is an alumnus of the M.C. Gill Composites Center at the University of Southern California and Founder of Apogee Composites. His doctoral research focused on developing a fundamental understanding of design, production, and processing of through-thickness permeable prepregs.

 

Edwards produced the first embodiments of a robust unidirectional prepreg, generating data indicating the efficacy of discontinuous resin distributions. He conceived of several of the prepregging methods to be exploited for scalable production of through-thickness permeable prepreg, and his work has led to identification of process phenomena and defect formation mechanisms that have been leveraged to inform the design of next-generation prepregs.

 

Edwards has further experience successfully qualifying new materials for insertion on commercial aircraft. He managed technical communication between material suppliers and aircraft assemblers, developing and winning approval for test protocols used in lot acceptance testing.