TABLE OF CONTENTS MAY/J UNE 2020 | Vol. 56, No. 3 | www.sampe.org DEPARTMENTS + NEWS (photo courtesy on the National Institute for Aviation Research, NIAR) 59 2 Gregg BalkoCongratulations on Your Retirement! 6 Technical Director's Corner 32 42 SAMPE 2021 Long Beach Thermoplastic Tutorial Series PAGE 34 AFP INSPECTION 53 SAMPE China 2020 Beijing 54 SAMPE Journal Upcoming Issue 55 SAMPE Conference 20 Amsterdam Machine Learning Based AFP Inspection: A Tool for Characterization and Integration 56 SAMPE Mega Members Engaging and Getting Acquainted FEATURES 10 22 44 Testing and Analysis Correlation of Composite Sandwich Longitudinal Bonded Joints for Space Launch Vehicle Structures A Fully Distributed Strain Rosette Using High Definition Fiber Optic Sensing INSPECTION BONDED JOINTS FIBER OPTIC SENSING 57 CAMX 2020 | Orlando, FL 58 Industry Announcements 60 Welcome SAMPE New Members 62 Thank You to Our Volunteers & Members NONDESTRUCTIVE Quantitative Comparison of CloseProximity and LargeStandoff Thermography for Nondestructive Inspection of Carbon Epoxy Composites 64 Advertiser Index 65 Resource Center 68 SAMPE Events Calendar JOURNAL ASPECTS: Material and structural test methods -- technologies that are meant to determine material design properties, structural integrity of manufactured products, and assure by non-destructive inspection methods the overall final products -- are explored in this issue. The papers included in this issue cover numerous aspects such as: assessing sandwich bond joints in space launch vehicles (NASA), development of high definition fiber optic strain sensors for composites (Luna Innovations), development of automated fiber placement (AFP) machine learning characterization tools (University of South Carolina), and, use of large/standoff thermography for NDI of carbon fiber composite structures (Thermal Wave Imaging). w w w. s a m p e . o r g M AY/J U N E 2 0 2 0 | SAMPE JOURNAL | 1http://www.sampe.org http://www.sampe.org