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POL YMER TESTING & ANAL Y SIS
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 8:00
9:00
Registration and welcome coffee Opening announcements
SESSION 1 - ADVANCES IN ANALYSIS 9:10
Deformulation strategies for polymers, plastics and their raw materials Dr. Paula McDaniel, Business Development Director, INTERTEK, United States
9:40
Standardization in polymer analysis, ASTM international committee D20 on plastics Mr. Mark Lavach, Manager, Analytical Chemistry, ARKEMA, INC., United States
10:10 New software advances for the analysis of polymers using differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis Dr. Marc-Antoine Thermitus, Senior Application Scientist, NETZSCH INSTRUMENTS, LLC, United States
10:40-11:10 Coffee break SESSION 2 - ASSESSING LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE
11:10 Assessing polymer aging Dr. Thomas Fabian, Research Manager, UL LLC, United States
11:40
Characterization of wear/ageing performance of various yarns Mr. Eric O’Donnell, Managing Director, SPORTS LABS, Scotland
12:10 Durability evaluation of vinyl films by high irradiance metal halide testing Mr. Mark Alessandro, Global R&D Durability Engineering Manager, AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, United States
12:40-2:10 Lunch SESSION 3 - TESTING POLYMERS FOR DEMANDING APPLICATIONS 2:10
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 8:30 Welcome coffee 9:00
Opening announcements SESSION 5 - ANALYZING PLASTIC DEGRADATION AND FAILURE
9:10 Monitoring and characterizing polymer degradation with simultaneous multiple sample light scattering Mr. Michael F. Drenski, Co-founder & CTO, ADVANCED POLYMER MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., United States
9:40
An analysis of the multifaceted mechanisms related to issues and causes surrounding polymer product failures Dr. Richard Padbury, Senior Consultant, LUCIDEON, United States
10:10
Essentials of lab weathering Mr. Bill Tobin, Senior Weathering and Corrosion Technical Marketing Specialist, Q-LAB CORPORATION, United States
10:40-11:10 Coffee break SESSION 6 - ASSESSING THE BARRIER PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS 11:10
Prediction of barrier properties of a fluoropolymer film – an example of performing research in the digital age Dr. Liang Fang, Principle Research Scientist, WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, United States
11:40
Evaluating the barrier properties of membranes via permeation and sorption testing Dr. John Zielinski, Lead Research Engineer, INTERTEK CHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS, United States
SESSION 7 - FOCUS ON SURFACE PROPERTIES
12:10 What manufacturers need to measure when controlling surfaces for adhesion Mr. Lucas Dillingham, Sales Engineer, BTG LABS, United States
How big data assists in the oil & gas industry to develop high- quality polymer seals in downhole applications Ms. Xiaobin (Betty) Huang, Polymer Research Scientist, and Mr. Wayne Furlan, Manager Polymer Group, BAKER HUGHES, INC., United States
2:40
Investigations of sample length on plastic pipe quick burst pressure test results Mr. Fred W. Hensel, Owner/Engineer, TESTING SOLUTIONS, INC., United States
3:10
Evaluation of extruded polymer matrices containing microencapsulated essential oils for vector and pest protection Ms. Marissa Douglas, General Engineer, NATICK SOLDIER RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER, United States
3:40-4:10 Coffee break SESSION 4 - INNOVATIONS IN CHARACTERIZATION 4:10
12:40-1:40 Lunch 1:40
A simple ATR-FTIR method for assessment of grafted- polymer-thin-film quantification & qualification Dr. B. Andre Weinstock, Principal Scientist, TELEFLEX INC., United States
SESSION 8 - GOING GREEN: NEW TESTS FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES 2:10
Continuous flow extraction and analysis of a single use bioprocess system Dr. James Woods, Senior Research Scientist, JORDI LABS, United States
2:40
Processing and characterization study of biobased polymer films with soy additives Dr. Jo Ann Ratto, Polymer Engineer, U.S. ARMY NATICK SOLDIER RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & ENGINEERING CENTER, United States
Application of Raman microscopy for characterizing polymeric materials with 1µm spatial resolution – chemical composition, morphology, orientation, crystallinity, contaminants Dr. Fran Adar, Principal Raman Applications Scientist, HORIBA SCIENTIFIC, United States
4:40
Characterizing the particle size distribution of additives within polyethylene terephthalate composites to better understand mixing mechanisms and improve surface design or bi-axially oriented films Mr. Dmytro Stratiychuk-Dear, Research Engineer, DuPONT TEIJIN FILMS, United Kingdom
5:10
Online & atline measurement - giving viscosity, melt index or IV information, as well as information on concentration of additive used Mr. Tim Haake, GM, GOETTFERT, INC., United States
5:40-7:10 Cocktail reception
3:10 3:20
Afternoon wrap up and questions Conference ends
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