Major FSCT awards presented at Annual Meeting.

As part of its 82nd Annual Meeting, the FSCT also presented the following awards:

President's Award

The FSCT President's Award was presented to Robert McQuiston, former FSCT legal counsel. This award recognizes and honors contributions made on behalf of the Federation during the tenure of a president. President Richard Hille presented the award to Mr. McQuiston in grateful recognition of his contributions as facilitator to the FSCT Structure and Governance Task Force.

Distinguished Service Award

The FSCT Distinguished Service Award was presented to Richard Hille, of the Cleveland Society, in grateful recognition of his valuable contributions to the progress of the Federation while serving as President of the organization in 2003-2004.

International Relations Citation

At the FSCT Opening Session, Colin Penny, Chair of the FSCT International Relations Committee, presented a special citation to Jorge Hijuelos in recognition of his efforts to strengthen the bonds and mutual cooperation between the FSCT and its sister organizations in Latin America.

John A. Gordon Best Paper Award

This award recognizes the best paper presented during the FSCT Annual Meeting Program based on new and original scientific content and presentation effectiveness. It commemorates the contributions of John A. Gordon to the coatings profession.

First Prize (tie): "Relating Gloss Loss to Topographical Features of a PVDF Coating"--Jenny Faucheu, Atofina Chemical Inc., King of Prussia, PA and National Institute of Standards and Technology; Li-Piin Sung and Jonathan W. Martin, NIST; and Kurt A. Wood, Atofina Chemical Inc.

First Prize (tie): "Characterization of Stabilities in Waterborne Coatings"--Cheng-Le Zhao, Shane Porzio, and Alan Smith, BASF Charlotte Technical Center; Haiyan Ge, H.T. Davis, and L.E. Scriven, University of Minnesota

Roon Foundation Awards

These cash awards and plaques, established by the late Leo Roon and administered by the Coatings Industry Education Foundation, are for the best technical papers entered in the competition and submitted for presentation at the FSCT's Annual Meeting by individuals associated with the organic coatings industry.

First Prize: "Validation of the Reciprocity Law for Coating Photodegradation"--Joannie Chin, Walter Byrd, Jonathan Martin, and Tinh Nguyen, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Second Prize: "Latex Produced with Carboxylic Acid Co-monomer for Waterborne Coatings: Particle Morphology Variations with Changing pH"--Daisuke Fukuhara and Donald Sundberg, University of New Hampshire

Third Prize: "Novel Polyurethane Coating Technology Through Glycidyl Carbamate Chemistry"--Peter A. Edwards, Grant Streimer, and Dean C. Webster, North Dakota State University

Annual Meeting Poster Session

A Poster Session, designed to provide a noncommercial arena for new ideas, new techniques, preliminary results, work that is significant but not ready for full publication, results or ideas that do not fit normal publication criteria, etc., took place at the Annual Meeting. Awards were presented to the following:

First Prize: "Evaluation of a UV Curable Protective Silicone/Siloxane Hybrid Coating in a Simulated Low Earth Orbit Environment"--David P. Dworak, University of Akron; Bruce A. Banks, NASA; Christina A. Karniotis, QSS Group, Inc.; and Mark D. Soucek, University of Akron

Second Prize: "High Throughput Combinatorial Approach for Developing Fouling Release Coatings"--Partha Majumdar and Dean C. Webster, North Dakota State University

Third Prize: "Cationic UV Curable Coatings for Flexible Electronic Packing (Cycloaliphatic Epoxide System) with Laser Ablation Cleanness"--Zhigang Chen and Dean C. Webster, North Dakota State University

C. Homer Flynn Exhibit Awards

The following companies were recipients of the 2004 C. Homer Flynn Exhibit Awards, presented for outstanding exhibits on the basis of technical excellence, educational value, attractiveness, and novelty. The awards are divided into four categories: Raw Materials (single booth, double, 3-5, 6-9, 10+); Production Equipment (single, double, and 3+); Service Industries; and Laboratory and Testing Equipment.

Raw Materials

Single: Excaliber Minerals, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK (5-year exhibitor)

Double: Gelest Inc., Morrisville, PA (4-year exhibitor)

3-5: Halox, Hammond, IN (34-year exhibitor)

6-9: King Industries, Norwalk, CT (22-year exhibitor)

10+: Troy Corp., Florham Park, NJ (51-year exhibitor)

Production Equipment

Single: GTI Graphic Technology, Inc., Newburgh, NY (2-year exhibitor)

Double: Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Middleboro, MA (36-year exhibitor)

3+: Dromont S.R.L., Cuneo, Italy (5-year exhibitor)

Service Industries

Chemidex Inc., Lenexa, KS (8-year exhibitor)

Laboratory and Testing Equipment

BYK-Gardner USA, Columbia, MD (53-year exhibitor)

50-Year Exhibitor

Recognized for 50 years of participation in ICE (formerly the Paint Industries' Show) was Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., Tamaqua, PA.

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"The Mission of the FSCT is to provide technical education and
professional development to its members and to the global industry
through its multi-national Constituent Societies and collectively as a
Federation."

Dr. Ray A. Dickie Receives FSCT George Baugh Heckel Award

The FSCT presented Ray A. Dickie, editor of JOURNAL OF COATINGS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH and JCT COATINGSTECH, with the George Baugh Heckel Award at the Opening Session of its 82nd Annual Meeting, October 27, 2004 in Chicago, IL. Considered the most prestigious of FSCT awards, the Heckel Award recognizes the outstanding contributions that an individual has made to the organization's interest and prestige. Established in 1951, the Award is dedicated to the memory of George Baugh Heckel, who served as Temporary Chairman when the Federation was organized in 1922, and as Secretary for many years thereafter.

FSCT Accomplishments

Having served the FSCT for many years as a member of both the Publications Committee and the Editorial Review Board of the JOURNAL OF COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, Dr. Dickie was named technical editor and chair of the Editorial Review Board in 1997, and editor of JCT in 2000. When the FSCT separated this publication into two journals in 2003, Dr. Dickie was appointed editor for both. His scientific contributions to the industry were recognized by the FSCT when he was invited to present the Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture at the organization's 1994 Annual Meeting. Dr. Dickie served as chair of the Mattiello Committee in 1999. For many years a member of the Detroit Society for Coatings Technology, he is a member of the Piedmont Society for Coatings Technology.

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Career Highlights

Dr. Dickie graduated from the University of North Dakota with a B.S. Chemistry degree. After earning the Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Glasgow and at Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International). Dr. Dickie joined Ford Motor Company in 1968, and was corporate technical specialist when he retired from Ford in the beginning of 2000.

While at Ford, Dr. Dickie's research interests centered on automotive paints, polymer blends and composites, structural adhesives, and related areas of polymer science. Technical contributions included new approaches to a wide range of automotive coatings (corrosion-resistant primers, water-based topcoats, electron beam cure coatings) and fundamental investigations of coating adhesion and degradation mechanisms. He led research on the use of structural adhesive bonding for automotive applications including body construction.

Industry-Related Activities

Dr. Dickie is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Adhesion Society, and the Society of Rheology. He served as chair of the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) in 1987, and was general secretary of the ACS Macromolecular Secretariat in 1990. In addition, he chaired the 1994 Gordon Research Conference on the Science of Adhesion.

Currently on the editorial advisory board of Progress in Organic Coatings, Dr. Dickie also has served on the editorial boards the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology and Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research.

Earlier this year, he was recognized by the Adhesion Society as a Robert L. Patrick Fellow and was honored by the ACS PMSE Division with its Distinguished Service Award. A member of the first class of Fellows of PMSE, he has served on the division's executive committee in various positions, and is currently Councilor and a member of its long-range planning committee. In 1992, Dr. Dickie was the recipient of the prestigious Roy Tess Award in Coatings from PMSE. In addition, he has served as Councilor for the ACS Detroit Local Section; he received the section's Thomas Midgley Award for scientific contributions to the automotive industry in 1989 and its distinguished service award in 1991. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Lectureship in Chemistry at the University of North Dakota in 1989.

Author of over 100 publications, Dr. Dickie has edited four books, and has been awarded 42 U.S. patents.

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FSCT Staff Longevity Awards

In recognition of years of employment with the FSCT, Staff Longevity Awards were presented by Bob Ziegler (right) to (from left); Rodney D. Moon, Director of Education (5 years); Patricia D. Ziegler, Director of Communications (20 years); and Linda Madden, Desktop Operator (25 years).

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