Calendar.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee E17 on Vehicle-Pavement Systems meeting, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, TX, Dan Smith [phone] - December 2-5. American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee E36 on Conformity Assessment, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, TX, Steve Mawn [phone] - December 3-5. Intertech, High Performance Pigments 2001 international colorants conference, Sheraton World Resort Hotel, Orlando, FL, Intertech [phone] - December 3-5. American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee D11 on Rubber meeting, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, TX, Tim Brooke [phone] - December 3-6. Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Rheology and Methodology Seminar, Houston, TX, Brookfield [phone] - December 4. American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee D04 on Road and Paving Materials meeting, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, TX, Dan Smith [phone] - December 4-6. American Society for Testing and Materials, Subcommittee D11.15 meeting, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, TX, Juan A. Sanders [phone] - December 5. Polymer Process Communications, Medical/Pharmaceutical Extrusion Conference; Alexis Park Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, PPC [phone] - Dec. 5-7. Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Rheology and Methodology Seminar, Puerto Rico, Brookfield [phone] - December 6. Fort Wayne Rubber & Plastics Group, Christmas social, Ceruti's, Fort Wayne, IN, Karol Johnston [phone] - December 6. Detroit Rubber Group, Christmas party, Edgewood Country Club, Commerce Township, MI, Jim Tichenor [phone] - December 7. University of Akron, Department of Polymer Engineering, lecture on "Recent developments in tissue adhesives and sealants," Polymer Engineering Academic Center, Akron, OH, Department of Polymer Engineering [phone] - December 7. The Los Angeles Rubber Group, Inc., Christmas party, Disneyland Paradise Pier Hotel, Anaheim, CA, Howard Vipperman [phone] - Dec. 8. Deutsches Institut fur Kautschuktechnologie E.V., seminar on "Continuous mixing - developments and future trends," Maritim Stadthotel, Hannover, Germany, Dr. A. Amash, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone] - December 10-11. Society of Manufacturing Engineers, conference on "Injection molding with thermoplastic elastomers," Akron Polymer Training Center, Akron, OH, SME [phone] - December 10-11.

JANUARY

International Tire & Rubber Association, regional Commercial Tire Service Technician Training & Certification Seminar, Holiday Inn, Fairlawn, OH, ITRA [phone] - January 16-17. American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing meeting, Holiday Inn, Plantation, FL, George Luciw [phone] - January 20-24. Intertech, High Performance Pigments 2002 international colorants conference, Delray Beach Marriott, Delray Beach, FL, Intertech [phone] - January 21-23.

FEBRUARY

International Rubber Study Group, 103rd Group Meeting (rescheduled) of IRSG and International Rubber Forum, Glasgow, U.K., IRSG, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone] - February 4-8. Canon Communications LLC, Medical Design & Manufacturing West Conference and Exposition, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA, Canon Communications LLC [phone] - February 5-7. Canon Communications LLC, Plastec West Exposition and Conference, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA, Canon Communications LLC [phone] - February 5-7. Fort Wayne Rubber & Plastics Group, technical meeting, Ceruti's, Fort Wayne, IN, Karol Johnston [phone] - February 7. International Tire & Rubber Association, regional Commercial Tire Service Technician Training & Certification Seminar, William Tell Holiday Inn, Countryside (Chicago), IL, ITRA [phone] - February 20-21. Institut fur Kunststoffverarbeitung, 21st International Plastics Technology Colloquium of the IKV Institute of Plastics Processing, Eurogress, Aachen, Germany, Bernd Lauer, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone] - February 27 - March 1.

MARCH

Institute of Materials Science, seminar on "Polymer degradation and stabilization," New Paltz, NY, IMS [phone] - March 2-3. Institute of Materials Science, seminar on "Film formation: Mechanism, properties and characterization," New Paltz, NY, IMS [phone] - March 2-3.