Gordon Research Conference for Coatings and Films to be held in New London, NH, July 10-14.The 2005 Gordon Research Conference for Coatings and Films is scheduled for July 10-14, 2005 at the Colby Sawyer College in New London, NH. Chaired by Douglas Wicks of University of Southern Mississippi (USM USM abbr. 1. United States Mail 2. United States Mint USM n abbr (= United States Mint) → US-Münzanstalt (= United States Mail) → US-Postbehörde ), the program will open with "You Wonder Where the Yellow Went: Revealing Feelings and Hope Through Art," a session by Barbara Beardsley of the Art Conservation Laboratory that looks back on the industry's impact on art. Also focusing on the future, the opening session will include a presentation by Gail Pollano, coatings marketing manager for DSM-Neoresins and a past president of the FSCT FSCT Federation of Societies for Coating Technology FSCT Fire Support Control Terminal , entitled "Sustaining a Competitive Advantage in the Market Place--The Role of R & D." The four-day technical program will feature the following thematic sessions and presentations: Nanocomposites in Coatings "The Use of Nano-Dimension Materials for the Production of Advanced Coatings--Separating Fact and Fiction"--Shelton Taylor, University of Mississippi Medical Center University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). Located in Jackson, Mississippi (USA), it houses the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Health Related Professions, and Graduate Studies in the Health "Performance of UV Cured Nanocomposite Films from Organomodified Clays and Donor-Acceptor Matrix Resins"--Dean Webster, North Dakota State University North Dakota State University, at Fargo; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1890 as North Dakota Agricultural College, achieved university status in 1960. "Active Coatings and New Materials via Microemulsion Polymerization polymerization Any process in which monomers combine chemically to produce a polymer. The monomer molecules—which in the polymer usually number from at least 100 to many thousands—may or may not all be the same. "--John Texter, University of Eastern Michigan Surfaces and Solutions "Adhesion of Patterned Surfaces: When Do Players Become a Team?"--Al Crosby, University of Massachusetts-Amherst "Rheological Studies on the Impact of Cellulose Esters on the Viscoelastic Adj. 1. viscoelastic - having viscous as well as elastic properties natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" Behavior of Pigmented Automotive Basecoat Systems"--Deep Bhattacharya, Eastman High Throughput Screening "High Throughput Development of Marine Coatings"--Bret Chisholm, North Dakota State University "A Structure Searchable HTS HTS Heights HTS Harmonized Tariff System HTS High Throughput Screening (biomolecular assay screening) HTS High-Throughput Screening (Pharmaceutical Industry) HTS Harmonized Tariff Schedule Material Science Database"--Donald Whisenhunt, GE "Polymer Thin Film and Coating Research at the NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. Combinatorial Methods Center"--Michael Fasolka (NIST) Performance "The Challenge of Accelerated Testing for Predicting Long-Term Gloss Retention"--Matthew Gebhard, Rohm and Haas Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE: ROH), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. A Fortune 500 Company, Rohm and Haas employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries. The annual sales revenue of Rohm and Haas stands at about USD 8.2 billion. "Non-chromate Corrosion Inhibition Technologies"--Thomas Schuman, University of Missouri-Rolla Unconventional UV "Photopolymerization of Self-Initiating Monomers"--Charles Hoyle, University of Southern Mississippi "Strengthening Flat Glass with Edge-Coating Technology"--Mei Wen, Arkema "When It's Sunny Outside, What Can You Do With It"--Sonny Jonsson, Fusion Technologies Approaching Formulation from Another Angle "Antimicrobial Biomimetic Polymers"--Greg Tew, University of Massachusetts-Amherst "Structured Polymers in Ink Jet Inks"--Charles Berge, DuPont New Materials for Formulation "Quantifying the Reaction(s) of Vegetable Oil Macromonomers in Emulsion Polymerization"--James Rawlins, University of Southern Mississippi "The Weak Link: Hydrolytic Stability of Polyesters"--Mark Soucek, University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a "Cyclopentanone-2-carboxyalkylesters, User and Environmentally Friendly Non-Emissive Blocking Agents for 1K PU Systems"--Christoph Guertler, Bayer AG For registration and course fee information, visit the Gordon Research Conference website at www.grc.org, or contact Douglas Wicks, University of Southern Mississippi, at 601.266.4868 or douglas.wicks@usm.edu. |
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