High tech elastomers studied. (Meetings).High Tech Elastomers & Polymers 2002, organized by Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, will be held August 18-20 at California State University Enrollment  in Fullerton. CA. This three-day international symposium on advances and uses of high technology elastomers and polymers will explore performance, testing, durability and service life predicition. Structural adhesives, thermoplastic elastomers, rubber and polymer composites will be discussed. This symposium is said to be of interest to application engineers, design engineers, rubber chemists and development managers from the electronic, oil, recreation, automotive, tire and medical industries, industrial and aerospace original equipment manufacturers, as well as their component and material suppliers. Registration will include a set of conference proceedings, a listing of all conference attendees, lunch and a net working opportunity with delegates and speakers during the opening night reception. This symposium is sponsored by The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Rubber Group, Inc., and Cook Chem USA, and is being organized by Akron Rubber Development Laboratory. Session I will include an intensive short course covering basic elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. chemistry, fundamentals of adhesion, finite element analysis Finite element analysis (FEA) is a computer simulation technique used in engineering analysis. It uses a numerical technique called the finite element method (FEM). There are many finite element software packages, both free and proprietary. of polymer components and engineering design of elastomers. Session II on "Engineering applications and challenges of elastomers" will include the following presentations: "Natural rubber for the seismic protection of buildings and other structures," James Kelly, University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Berkeley; "Rubber vibration isolation for rail systems and buildings to control structure-borne noise," George Paul Wilson, Wilson, Ihrig & Associates; and "Sound and vibration damping with polymers," John Gerhardt, 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 . Session III on "'Automotive applications and challenges," will include the following presentations: "GM perspective on rubber and TPEs--vision and strategy for the future of automotive components," John Beckett, GM Powertrain: "Polymonic fuel system evaporative emissions regulation by the California Air Resource Board," Lori Berard. California Air Resource Board; "Elastomer seals for high tech applications," Shu Peng, Parker O-Seal Division; and "Service life prediction of seals by compression stress relaxation." speaker from Akron Rubber Development Laboratory Engineering Group. Session IV on "New elastomers, applications and testing," will include the following presentations: "FAA regulations on fire retardation materials for aerosplanes," Richard Lyon. FAA; "Characterization of polymer solid properties," Dr. C.T. Liu, Department of the Air Force The executive part of the Department of the Air Force at the seat of government and all field headquarters, forces, Reserve Components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Air Force. Also called DAF. See also Military Department. ; and "Service life prediction of polymers," Kenneth Gillen, Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New . Session V on "Emerging value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. applications and product innovations," will include the following presentations: "Crack growth propagation evaluation of elastomers," speaker from the University of Akron; and "Finite element analysis of polymer components," Sanjay Govindgee, University of California Berkeley. Session VI on "Advances in material processing" will include the following presentations: "Compound analysis and reverse engineering of polymers," Kris Baranwal, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory; "Conductive fillers for elastomers in electronics applications," Brian Callen, Westaim Ambeon Canada: and "Failure analysis of polymer products (elastomers, plastics and adhesives)," speaker from Akron Rubber Development Laboratory. Further information on the High Tech Elastomers & Polymers 2002 symposium is available from Abraham Pannikottu of the ARDL ARDL Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. ARDL American Roller Derby League ARDL Applied Research & Development Laboratory (Mt. Vernon, IL) Engineering Group (330) 794-6600. |
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