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Monday: 12:30 pm to 5:00pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
| |  8:30 am - 11:00 am | Extrusion- Forming Processes I
JW Grand Ballroom 8
Moderator: Karen Xiao | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Invited Paper: Properties, Processing, and Handling of Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer Resins
Michail Dolgovski, Technical Service and Development Engineer , Kuraray
Gene Medlock, Kuraray | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Troubleshooting Extrusion Using chillWARE Computer Simulation For Sagging And Collapsing Of Pipe Ends
Kenny Saul, Managing Director, SHS plus GmbH | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Improvement of the extrusion foaming properties of externally plasticized cellulose acetate by reactive melt mixing using a multifunctional reactive oligomer
Sven Hendriks, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Cycle time reduction by water spray cooling in thermoforming
Jonathan Martens, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University | | 8:30 am - 11:00 am | Extrusion-Reactive & Mixing Processes I
JW Grand Ballroom 7
Moderator: David Bigio | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Invited Paper:Trends in Single and Twin Screw Extrusion for Industrial and Pharmaceutical Applications
Maria del Pilar Noriega, ICIPC | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Usin Co-Rotating Twin Screw Extruder for Fibre Reinforced
Karnik Tarverdi, Brunel University London | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Melt Devolatilization Extrusion Process for Brominated Polymeric Flame Retardant
Eungkyu Kim, Dow Chemical | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | The Mixing of Flame Retardant Polymer Materials In a Novel Co-Rotating Non-Twin Screw Extruder
Baiping Xu, Guangdong Industry Polytechnic | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | The Planetary Extruder: PVC Direct Extrusion
Michael Batton, Entex Rust & Mitschke GmbH | | 8:30 am - 10:30 am | Joining of Plastics and Composites- Mechanical and Hybrid Joining
Room 102
Moderator: Phil Bates | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Experiments with Hot Tool Joining of HDPE to Mild Steel
Avraham Benatar, The Ohio State University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Joining Investigations of Polymer-Metal-Hybrids for Permanantly Non-Leaking Applications
Stefan Jarka, Uni Kassel | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Preliminary Analytical Modeling of Heat Iinput In Friction Riveting
Sergio Amancio, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Research On Mechanical Coupling Strength and Coupling Design of The ABS Injection Molding
Lili Chen, Donghua University | | 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Flexible Packaging-Structure-Property Relationship and End-Use Applications
White River C/D
Moderator: Tom Dunn, Flexpacknology | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Long Chain Branched / High Melt Strength Linear Low Density Polyethylene for Blown and Cast Film Applications
Edward Phillips, Polyolefins Specialist | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Coating Trials for an Antimicrobial Coating Containing Nisin (2.5%) Using Gravure and Flexographic Converting Processes
Kay Cooksey, Clemson University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Predicting the Impact Puncture Response of Multilayer Flexible Food Packages Using Explicit Finite Element Models
Barry Morris, Technical Fellow, DuPont | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Capillary Coextrusion: A New Process for Creating Small-Scale Coextruded Films
Patrick Lee, Assistant Professor, University of Vemont | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Case Studies of PP Based OBC for Multilayer Packaging
Yushan Hu, The Dow Chemical Company | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Agility Performance LDPE as a Blend Component in High Throughput and High Bubble Stability Blown Film Applications
Teresa Karjala, The Dow Chemical Company | | 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Sustainabilty Session- Sustainable Materials and Processes
White River H
Moderator: Louis Reifschneider | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Farmlands for Plastics, Textiles, Dyes or Food? Are Bio-based Materials Really Sustainable?
Majid Sarmadi, Professor, University of WI-Madison | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | PC/ABS Recovered From Shredded Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Brian Riise, Director of Research and Development, MBA Polymers Inc. | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | A Stude On the Mechanical Properties of Recycling PC/ABS Blends Produced By Vent-Type Injection Molding
Yongli Wang, Donghua University | | 8:30 am - 11:00 am | Rotational Molding Session
Room 312
Moderator: Denis Rodrigue | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Studying Polymer Particle Sintering With an Automated Imaging System
Michael Thompson, McMaster University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Impact Properties Analysis of Roto-Molded Polyehtylene and Polypropylene at Wide Range of Temperature
Abu Saifullah, Bournemouth University | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Multi-Layer Rotational Molding of PE-PA Utilizing a Multiphase Interlayer to Generate Mechanical Adhesion
Martin Löhner, Institut of Polymer Technology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | A Three-layer Foamed Composite Prepared by Rotational Molding
Ruben Gonzalez-Nunez, Universidad de Guadalajara | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Fiber Surface Treatment As An Approach To Increase Fiber Content In Agave-LMDPE Composites Produced By Rotomolding
Erick Omar Cisneros Lopez | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Thermal Analysis of the Rotational Molding Cycle Followed by Internal Air Temperature Profiles: An Application for Foamed Polyehtylene
Denis Rodrigue | | 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Color & Appearance Session I
Room 302/303
Moderator: Ann Smeltzer | | 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Keynote: Color Trends for 2016
Doreen Becker, ASI | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Fundamental Factors for Opacity and Tint Generated with Titanium Dioxide
Philipp Niedenzu, Chemours | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Impact of Pigments on the Dimensional Stability of Plastics
James Rediske, Technical Specialist, BASF | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Color Development for Non Warping Thin Wall Injection Molding
Brian West, Techmer PM | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Continued Studies of the Effects of Metallic Pigment Dispersions on the Physical Properties of Thermoplastics
Jeffrey Drusda, Silberline | | 8:30 am - 12:30 pm | Injection Molding- Simulation 1
White River A
Moderator: Ray McKee | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | An Approach to Decomposition of Deformation From a Molding Simulation
Prasanna Kondapalli, Sr. Application Development Engineer, BASF Corp. | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Accounting for Pressure Dependant and Elongational Viscosities to Improve Injection Pressure Predictions in Mold Filling Analysis
Erik Foltz, The Madison Group | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | A Research Framework for Cooling Rate-Dependant PVT Models
Peter Cook, Autodesk Australia Pty Ltd | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Warpage Simulation Of Injection Over-Molding Plastics On Continuous Fiber Reinforced Composites
Zhihao Zuo, Autodesk | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Verification of Numerical approach and experiment in Using PvT Properties of Polymer to control Injection Molded Products
Che-Wei Chang, Chung Yuan Christian University | | 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Injection Molding and Thermoplastic Materials and Foam- Microcellular Foam
White River J
Moderator:Shu-Kai Yeh | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Use of Core Retraction to Achieve Low Density Foams in Microcellular Injection Molded Polypropylene Parts
Thomas Ellingham, UW-Madison
Hrishikesh Kharbas, University of Wisconsin | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Thick Part Microcellular Foam Injection Molding
Lun Howe Mark, University of Toronto | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Mechanism of Cell Nucleation In High-Pressure Foam Injection Molding Followed By Precise Mold-Opening
Vahid Shaayegan, University of Toronto | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Analysis of the Foam Injection Molding Process Using a Chemical Blowing Agent
Sejin Han, Autodesk | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Foam Injection Molding Of Polylactide with In-Situ Fibrillated Polytetrafluoroethylene
Raymond Chu, University of Toronto | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Development of PLA/Cellulosic Fibre Composite Foams Using Injection Molding: Foaming and Mechanical Properties
WeiDan Ding, University of Toronto | | 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Composites- Natural / Bio Composites
White River G
Moderator: Tim Johnson | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Characterization of Polypropylene/Bamboo Fiber Composites Modified With Polyethylene Grafted Maleic Anhydride
Jitlada Boonlertsamut, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Green Plastics: Utilizing Chicken Feather Keratin to Improve the Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Polyurethane Composites
Firoozeh Pourjavaheri, Ph.D Student, RMIT University | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Improving the Impact Properties of PLA by Incorporation of PHA, TPU and Carbon Nanofibers
Muhammad Anwer, University of Toronto | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Study on high-performance of WPC (Wood Polymer Composite)
Hu YongXu | | 8:00 am - 11:30 am | Engineering Properties and Structure: Novel & Packaging Applications
Room 103/104
Moderator: Rajen Patel
Moderator: John Trent | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Development of Advanced Microlayer Coextruded Films for Optical and Packaging Applications
CC Chau, Rainbow Package Industrial | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Thermally Triggered Shape Memory Sensors via Nanolayered Coextrusion of Commercial Polymers Materials
Michael Ponting, PolymerPlus LLC | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Packaging Supplier Partnerships: Critical for Innovation
John Garnett, ConAgra Foods | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | High Performance High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) for Hot Fill Closure Applications
Yijian Lin, The Dow Chemical Company | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Holding Force Study of Polyolefin Resins for Stretch Hood Film Application
Yi Jin, The Dow Chemical Compangy | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Modified PET compound with improved mechanical properties for thermoforming applications
Zheng Tian, Bemis Company | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Investigation of the Preparation and Superiority Properties of the Novel Propylene-Based Elastic HMAs
Hefei Chang, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy | | 8:30 am - 11:00 am | Bioplastics Session
White River I
Moderator: David Grewell | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Soy protein isolate films with improved mechanical properties via bio-based dialdehydecarboxymethyl cellulose crosslinking
Ting Zheng, Clemson University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Energy-efficient Processing of Rendered Animal Proteins as Value Added Bio-crosslinkers in High-Strength Thermosets
Xiaoyan Yu, Ph.D Student, Clemson University | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Reduced Post Crystallization of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)
Linda Goebel, University of Stuttgart | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Analysis on Mechanical Properties of Poly-lactic Acid Composites with Organic-Montmorillonite by Injection Molding
Qi-Hong Liao, National Taiwan university of science and technology | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Mechanical Properties and Effects of Additives of Cellulose-PLA Composite
Hiroki Sakamoto, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. | | 8:30 am - 10:30 am | Medical Plastics: Advances in Manufacturing and Materials for Medical Applications
Room 305/306
Moderator: Michael Wallick | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Getting to Compliance: a Guide to Setting Up a Medical Plastics Processing Operation
Matt Zelkovich, General Manager, Medical , Conair Group | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Environmental Stress Cracking of Medical Thermoplastics: Assessing Lifetime of High Performance Amorphous Resins in Presence of Hospital Cleaners
Robert Klein, Polymer Scientist, Stress Engineering | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Injection Molding of Solid Oral Dosage Forms
Stephan Laske, Key Researcher, Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Microscopy of Intentionally Oxidized Mesh Material
Stephanie Benight, Senior Scientist, Exponent | | 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Additive Manufacturing/3D Session I
Room 101 | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Solving FDM, SLA Material Problems
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Lance Pickens, Made Solid | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Thermoplastic Polyurethane for FDM
Jake McDonough, R&D Manager, Ninja Tek/Fenner | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | AM Tooling and Conformal Cooling
John Tenbusch, Founder, Linear Mold, Moog | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Reinforced AM / 3Dp Parts
John Balydon, Chief Manufacturing Officer, Impossible Objects | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Thermography and Weld Strength Characterization of Thermoplastic 3D Printing
Kal Migler, Staff Scientist, NIST | | 8:00 am - 11:30 am | Fellow's Fundamentals Forum
White River B | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Screw design for polyolefin resins and smooth-bore single-screw extruders
Mark Spalding, Fellow in the Materials & Parts Processing Group , Dow Chemical Company | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Toughening Polymers with Functionalized Graphene Oxide
Chris Macosko, Professor, University of Minnesota | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Smart Polymers and Composites with Multifunctional and Adaptive Properties
Hani Naguib, Professor, University of Toronto | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Design of nanoscale polymeric building blocks for high efficiency separation problems
Sadhan Jana, Professor, University of Akron | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Innovative Nano-fibril Technology
Chul Park, Distinguished Professor, University of Toronto | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | The Development of Novel Thermoplastic Composite Materials for Use in Additive Manufacturing
Don Baird, Alexander F. Giacco Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Sustainable Plastics and the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites
David Grewell, Professor, Iowa State University |
| | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | New Technology Forum- Innovation in Packaging
White River C/D
Moderator: Mark Spalding | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Driving Sustainability Through Value Chain Collaboration and Packaging Innovations
Rajen Patel, Fellow, Dow Chemical Company | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Innovation and Trends in Rigid Plastic Packaging
Laurie Goetz, Director of Product Development, Amcor | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Trends in Modified Atmosphere Packaging
Eva Almenar, Associate Professor, Michigan State University | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Modeling to Predict Application Performance of Polyethylene Films
Pavan Valavala, Mechanical Designer, Dow Chemical Company | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Trends in Flexible Packaging
James McKirahan, Assistant Professor, Indiana State University | | 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Extrusion- Process Modeling I
JW Grand Ballroom 7
Moderator: Deep Samanta | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Keynote: Overview of Numerical Engineering contributions on Extrusion processes optimisation
Philippe david, General Manager, SCC | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Simulation of Co-Rotating Fully Intermeshing Twin-Screw Compounding Extruders: Alternatives for Process Design
Paul Andersen, Coperion | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Effect of Extensional Viscosity, Elasticity and Die Exit Stress State on Neck-In Phenomenon During Extrusion Film Casting: Theoretical Study
Martin Zatloukal, Professor, Tomas Bata University in Zlin | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | The Effect of Flow Channel Aspect Ratio on Layer Uniformity in Flat Extrusion Dies
Sam Iuliano, Chief Technologist, Nordson EDI | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Automatic Optimization of Extrusion Dies
Mahesh Gupta, Plastic Flow, LLC | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Effects of Viscoelasticity on Film Die Flow Uniformity
Hyunwoo Kim, The Dow Chemical Company | | 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Extrusion- Pharmaceutical Extrusion
JW Grand Ballroom 8
Moderator: Michael Thompson | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Keynote: Polymers and Polymer Processing as Enablers of Drug Delivery
Graciela Terife, Senior Scientist, Merck | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Rheology Optimized Processing Temperature for Preparation of Amorphous Solid Dispersion Via Hot Melt Extrusion(HME)
Fengyuan Yang, Merck | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | MEASUREMENT OF HOT MELT EXTRUSION THERMAL RESIDENCE DISTRIBUTIONS
Francis Flanagan, Merck & Co. Inc. | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | STUDY OF KETOPROFEN’S DISSOLUTION IN POLYETHYLENE OXIDE FORMULATIONS PREPARED BY HOT MELT EXTRUSION
Laura Restrepo Uribe, Instituto de Capacitación e Investigación del Plástico y del Caucho - ICIPC | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | MODELING OF DISPERSIVE MIXING IN A TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDER WITH THREE PARAMETER RESIDENCE STRESS DISTRIBUTION
Benjamin Dryer, University of Maryland | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | HEAT ACTIVATED DRY GRANULATION WITHIN THE TWIN SCREW GRANULATOR
Michael Thompson, McMaster University | | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | THE EFFECT OF HOT MELT EXTRUSION OPERATING CONDITIONS ON DEGRADATION AND WATER CONTENT OF A PHARMACEUTICAL SOLID DISPERSION
Benjamin Dryer, University of Maryland | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Joining of Plastics and Composites- Adhesive Joining
Room 102
Moderator: Sergio Amancio | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Bonding of Plastics
George Ritter, EWI | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Advances In Adhesive Technology for Bonding Liquid Silicone Rubbers to Plastics and Metals
Paul Wheeler, Technology Leader, In-Mold Bonding Products, LORD Corporation | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Time is Money: High Speed Adhesive Solutions for Instant Bonding
Timothy Holmes, Application Engineer , Henkel | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Multicomponent Injection Molding Of Thermoplastics And Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) – Either Cured By Heat Or UV Light
Christof Schlitt, Ph.D Student, University of Kassel/ Germany | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | THE ULTIMATE THERMAL TRANSITIONS AND ISOTHERMAL CURING BEHAVIORS OF A TWO-PART EPOXY-AMINE ADHESIVE SYSTEM: EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MIXERS
Xiaoping Guo, St Jude Medical Inc. | | 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Product Design and Development Session
Room 312
Moderators: Mark MacLean-Blevins
Albert McGovern | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Application of Triz Tools To Develop a New Plastic Chemical Dispenser
Ivan Lopez, ICIPC | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Injection Molded Asymmetric Spur Gear Tooth Deflection: Numerical and Experimental Investigation
Johnney Mertens, Ph.D Student, Indian Institue of Technology | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Eye Opening Impact of Simple Design Errors on Product Costs
Vikram Bhargava, Consultant and Author | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | CASE STUDY OF UTILIZING ROUND-TABLE PLASTIC DESIGN REVIEWS TO PROMOTE PLASTICS ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
David Tucker, HP | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Development of an Injection Molded Automotive Hoop Spoiler
Zhihao Zuo, Autodesk | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | INVESTIGATION ON WARPAGE AND SINK MARK FOR INJECTION MOULDED PARTS USING TAGUCHI METHOD
Omar Mohamed, Swinburne University of Technology | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Experimental Co-relation of Vibration Welded Bead’s Burst Pressure using Finite Element Techniques
Praveen S R, IIT, Chicago | | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Thermoplastic Elastomers Session
White River I
Moderator: Armando Sardanopoli | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Thermoplastic Elastomers in Sporting Goods
Jeffrey Wiggins, Director, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Development of a New Styrenic Elastomer Using Renewable Monomer
Hoan Tran, Kuraray America Inc. | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Highspeed tensile testing of polymer materials considering force-oscillations and its origin
Jan Klein, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | SCRATCH BEHAVIOR OF POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS WITH VARIATION IN SOFT SEGMENT TYPE
Shuang Xiao, Texas A&M University | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE CHITOSAN / CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS COMPOSITES FOR WOUND HEALING APPLICATIONS
Diego Pedrazzoli, Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Tutorial: Fundamentals of Styrenic Block Copolymer TPEs
Mark Berard, Dow Chemical Company | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Applied Rehology-Flow analysis and Rheometry
Room 309/310 | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Flow of Molten Plastics: Puzzles and Problems
John Dealy, Professor Emeritus, McGill University | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | A new evolution equation for polymer coils With non-affine rotation
Donggang Yao, Georgia Tech | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation of Branched Polypropylene Degradation By Using Different Constitutive Equations
Martin Zatloukal, Professor, Tomas Bata University in Zlin | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Analytical Solutions of Nonlinear Constitutive Equation for Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS) Flow
Jung-Eun Bae, Kyungpook National University | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | USING INFRARED TEMPERATURE SENSORS TO STUDY TEMPERATURE CHANGES OF PVC DURING FLOW WITH THE INCORPORATION OF MELT ROTATION TECHNOLOGY
Stacey Johnson, Penn State Erie | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Color & Appearance Session II
Room 302/303
Moderator: Mark Freshwater | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Keynote: Innovations and Trends in Coloration
Diane Langer, Technical Manager for Transportation, Industrial Coatings & Plastics Technical Service, BASF | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Accelerated Weathering Test Standards for Plastics: Why Don't They Work?
Sean Fowler, Q-Lab Corporation | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | High Gloss "Piano Black" Acetal Copolymer
Bruce Mulholland, Celanese | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | High Performance Inorganic Pigments
Mark Ryan, Marketing Manager, Shepherd color | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Injection Molding + Mold technologies Joint Session
White River A
Moderator: Glenn Starkey | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Inversed Cooling Channel Design for Injection Moulds based on local Cooling Demand and Material Properties
Philipp Nikoleizig, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Evaluation of Methodoligies Utilized to Determine the Pressure Drop Throughout an Injection Mold
David Hoffman, Senior Instructor, Plastics Education & Training , American Injection Molding Institute | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Keynote
Kym Conis | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | 3D Printing Offers a Giant Step for Short Run Injection Molds
Gil Robinson, Senior Applications Engineer, Stratasys | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Automated generation of venting system in plastic injection mold
Hou Binkui, Huazhong University of Science & Technology | | 1:30 pm -5:00 pm | Composites-Innovation
White River G
Moderator: Dale Brosius | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Composites: Holding our World Together with Plastics – New Challenges and Opportunities
Kenneth Reifsnyder, University of Texas Arlington | | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Design, Modeling and Simulation in Composites Manufacturing
R. Byron Pipes | | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | IACMI(Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation) Progress to Date
Dale Brosius, Chief Commercialization Officer, IACMU
Ray Boeman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michael Connolly, Program Manager, Huntsman
Ron Steuterman
John Busel, Vice President, Composites Growth Initiative, American Composites Manufacturer’s Association
Craig Schmidter, Evonik Corporation | | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Polymer Modifiers and Additives Session
Room 305/306
Moderator: Raj Maddikeri | | 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Development and Application Studies on a Novel Kind of Low Alkaline Hindered Amine Light Stabilizer encapsulated in Porous Polypropylene
Chunrui Sheng, R&D Engineer, Sunshow (Yantai) Specialty Chemicals Co. Ltd | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Impact of Processing Method and Loading of Active scavenger (Linoleic Acid) on Properties of Polyethylene Terephthalate
Michael Miranda, utoledo | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Evaluation of LCP as an additive for PBT to improve processing and properties
Anshuman Shrivastava, Resin Development Engineer, Delphi Packard | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | New Synergisitc GRAS Stabilizer for Polyolefins
Robert Sherman, Polymer Stabilization Scientist, Baerlocher | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Using ZeMac Copolymers To Increase Performance and Processibility of High RV Nylons
Mike Drzewinski, Vertellus | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Improving PLA-based Material for 3D-Printers Using Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
Saied Kochesfahani, IMERYS | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | EFFECTS OF SMALL RANGE COLOR (PIGMENT) CONCENTRATION LEVELS ON PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDED PARTS
Akhilesh Nimmagadda, Mechanical Engineer, Roche Diagnostics-eTeam Inc, | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | The effect of high solvating plasticizers on fusion behavior and mechanical properties of pvc-based luxury floor tiles.
Brad Farrell, R&D applications Intern, Emerald Performance Materials | | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Engineering Properties and Structure: Composites
Room 103/104
Moderator: Jason Lyons
Moderator: Hoang Pham | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Recent developments in nano composite materials
Satish Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | High Performance Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Nanocoatings
Luyi Sun, University of Connecticut | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Study on Orientation and Distribution of Metal Fiber in Epoxy Substrate by Using Electromagnetic Control
Kuan-Hua Lee, Chung Yuan Christian University | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Graphene Nanoplatelet Polymer Composites: Challenges and Opportunities
Lawrence Drzal, Michigan State University | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | FABRICATION, MORPHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTING OXIDE NANOFIBERS FROM GAS JET FIBER SPINNING
Monoj Ghosh, The University of Akron | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Electrical conductivity and humidity sensing properties of PVA/CNT nanocomposites
Mohammadmehdi Aghelinejad, York University | | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Thermoplastics Materials and Foams: New applications of thermoplastics and foams
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Moderator: Hani Naguib | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Fabrication of Hybrid Polymeric-Metallic Foams As Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
Anil Mahapatro, Wichita State University | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Highly Active Piezoelectric Foams Based on a Honeybomb Structure
Changchun Zeng, Florida State University | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | On the Successful Fabrication of Auxetic Polyurethane Foams: Key Insights From Materials Science and Polymer Processing Perspectives
Changchun Zeng, Florida State University | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | EFFECT OF VOID FRACTION ON DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF INJECTION-MOLDED POLYPROPYLENE/MWCNT FOAMS
Amir Ameli, Washington State University | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Standard Reference Materials for the Polymers Industry
Walter McDonough, NIST | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Reducing Thermal Conductivity of Polymeric Foams with High Volume Expansion Made From Polystyrene/Expanded Graphite
Minh Phuong Tran, Post-Doctoral, University of Toronto | | 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Failure Analysis & Prevention and Plastic Pipe & Fittings: Failure Prevention and Slow Crack Growth
White River H
Moderator: Brian Ralston | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Limitations of Existing Standards in Assessment of PE Pressure Pipe Lifetime in Brittle Fracture
Alexander Chudnovsky | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Simulation of Fatigue Crack Growth of HDPE Using Crack Layer Theory; Effect of Loading Frequency
Jung-Wook Wee, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | SLOW CRACK GROWTH FRACTUE RESISTANCE PARAMETER EVALUATION OF PARENT AND JOINT HDPE MATERIALS
Yunior Hioe, Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Failure Analysis of a Plastic Toy Helicopter
Dale Edwards, Senior Managing Consultant, ESI | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | CASE STUDIES OF PLASTIC FAILURES ASSOCIATED WITH METAL FASTENERS
Jeffrey Jansen, Senior Managing Engineer and Partner, The Madison Group | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF NANOCLAY AND RECYCLED HDPE ON STRESS CRACKING IN HDPE USING J-INTEGRAL APPROACH
Suk Joon Na, Drexel University | | 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Presentation of the Myer Ezrin Best Paper Award (FAPSIG)
| | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Additive Manufacturing/3D Session II
Room 101 | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | AM Pres/Future -Keynote
Todd Grimm, President, T.A. Grimm & Associates | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Qualifications / Training
Chris Krampitz, Lead, Innovation and Strategy Development, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Part Quality / Inspections
Rob Hassold, Founder and CEO, Cimquest | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Microlattice
Bamidele Ali, Vice President of Business Development, Architected Material |
| | | 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Extrusion- Process Modeling II
JW Grand Ballroom 8
Moderator: Mahesh Gupta | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Innovative Extrusion Process for Liquid Silicone Rubber: Calculation versus Experiment
Miriam Haerst, Technische Universität München | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Towards the prediction of the wall thickness for technical parts manufactured in extrusion blow molding
Barry Morris, Technical Fellow, DuPont | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Simulation of an Industrial High Capacity Blown Film Extrusion Process
Jens Peter Siepmann, University of Duisburg-Essen | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Studying Layer Alignment in Flows of Multi-layered Systems through Dies with a Geometric Transition
Tyler Schneider, Case Western Reserve Unversity | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | SIMULATION BASED DETERMINATION OF THE CRYSTALLINITY DISTRIBUTION IN POLYMER PIPES
Kenny Saul, Managing Director, SHS plus GmbH | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | THE IMPORTANCE OF INFLOW CONDITIONS ON THE SIMULATION OF EXTRUSION OF THERMALLY SENSITVE MATERIAL
Jesse Gadley, Case Western Reserve University | | 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Extrusion-Reactive & Mixing Processes II
JW Grand Ballroom 7
Moderator: Joe Golba | | 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Keynote: Extensional Mixing Elements for Twin-Screw Extrusion: Computational and Experimental Validation For Liquid-Liquid and Liquid-Solid Systems
Joao Maia, Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Preliminary Study of Changeover Time in a Twin-Screw Extruder
Jin Wang, The Dow Chemical Company | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTIVE POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP FOR CONCENTRATED SLURRIES, PART 1: THEORY
Gregory Campbell, Castle Associates | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTIVE POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP FOR CONCENTRATED SLURRIES, PART 2: EXPERIMENT AND PROCESSING IMPLICATIONS
Mark Wetzel, DuPont | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | EXTENSIONAL MIXING ELEMENTS FOR TWIN-SCREW EXTRUSION: EFFECTIVENESS IN DISPERSIVE MIXING OPERATIONS IN COMPOSITES
Sidney Carson, Case Western Reserve University | | 8:30 am - 10:30 am | Applied Rehology-Probing structure
Room 309/310 | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Origin of strain hardening in branched metallocene polyethylenes
Stephane Costeux, Dow Chemical | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Characterizing the Rheological Behavior of Liquid Silicone Rubber Using a High Pressure Capillary Rheometer
Fabian Verheyen, University of Kassel | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | RHEOLOGY AS A TOOL TO EVALUATE POLYMER/ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT (API) SOLID DISPERSIONS
Fengyuan Yang, Merck | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | THE EFFECTS OF NANO-CLAY ON THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYLACTIC ACID
Wei Zheng, University of Wisconsin-Stout | | 8:30 am - 12:30 pm | Injection Molding- Simulation 2
White River A
Moderator: Matt Dachel | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Cavity Effect on Core Penetration in Co-Injection Multi-Cavity Molding
Chao-Tsai Huang, Tamkang University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | The Viscoelastic Effects on the Birefringence Variation for an Injected Optical Lens
Gwo-Geng Lin, Professor, Tamkang University | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | 3D-SIMULATION OF GAS-ASSISTED INJECTION MOLDING
tie geng, Hen Nan University of Technology & University of Wisconsin-Madison | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | New approaches for the integration of process disturbances in injection molding simulation
Benjamin Grümer, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF A CONFORMALLY COOLED INJECTION MOLD
Syed Rehmathullah, Research Engineer , Autodesk | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Stochastic Modeling and Quantification of Uncertainties of the Injection Molding Process
Linda Gesenhues, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | | 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Injection Molding- Materials 1
White River B
Moderator: Pete Grelle | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | TENSILE PROPERTIES MODIFICATION OF DUCTILE POLYOXYMETHYLENE/ POLY(LACTIC ACID) BLEND BY ANNEALING TECHNIQUE
Hiroyuki Hamada, Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | MECHANICAL CRYSTALLIZATION PROPERTIES AND FOAMING BEHAVIOR OF TEFLON-REINFORCED POLY(LACTIC ACID) COMPOSITES
An Huang, South China University of Technology | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Fast prediction of crystallinity in injection molding during the packing stage
Peng Zhao, Zhejiang University | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Investigation of Fiber Breakage Phenomena for Different Fiber Types in Injection Molding
Chao-Tsai Huang, Tamkang University | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | EFFECTS OF CLAY LOADING AND GASCOUNTER-PRESSURE ON THE TENSILE/FOAMING/SURFACE ROUGHNESS PROPERTIES OF MICROCELLULAR INJECTION MOLDED PP/CLAYNANO COMPOSITES
Shyh-shin Hwang, Chien-hsin University of Science and Technology | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | INFLUENCES OF THE VARIATION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS ON THE POLE LENGTH OF MULTIPOLAR BONDED MAGNETS
Katharina Kurth, Institute of Polymer Technology | | 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Composites- Nanocomposites
White River H
Moderator: Nikhil Verghese | | 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Effect of Carbon Nanotubes on the Structure, Processing, and Properties of Polymers
Satish Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | USING ULTRASONIC TECHNOLOGY TO PREPARE WELL-DISPERSED POLYCARBONATE/CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES AT HIGH FLOW RATE
Xiang Gao, The University of Akron | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF PVDF/GO NANOCOMPOSITES PREPARED BY WATER-ASSISTED MIXING EXTRUSION
Han-Xiong Huang, South China University of Technology | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Improving the barrier and mechanical properties of PET/clay nanocomposites
Kazem Majdzadeh Ardakani, University of Toledo | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | PHASE MORPHOLOGY ASSEMBLING IN PP:PS BLENDS BY ADDITION OF MWCNT
Ivonne Otero Navas, University of Calgary | | 8:00 am - 10:30 am | Composites- Modeling / Analysis of Composites
White River G
Moderator: Enamul Haque | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Determination of Stress Concentrations in Orthotropic Composites Using Mapping Collo-cation Techniques
Abdullah Alshaya, UW-Madison | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Evaluating Rigid and Semi-Flexible Fiber Orientation Evolution Models in Simple Flow
Gregory Lambert, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | PROPERTIES AND MODELING OF PARTIALLY COMPACTED, COMMINGLED POLYPROPYLENE GLASS FIBER FLEECE COMPOSITES
Blanca Maria Lekube, TCKT | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Foaming effects on the percolation threshold in conductive polymer composites: a systematic analysis
Sai Wang, University of Toronto | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Improved Sand Erosion Resistance and Mechanical Properties of Multifunctional Carbon Nanofiber Nanopaper Enhanced Glass Fiber/Epoxy Composites
Eusebio Cabrera, Ohio State | | 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Marketing & Management Session: Innovation and Management of Risk
Room 312 | | 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Building Competencies through Experiential, Evidence Based Entrepreneurship-Start up Skill Building for Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs
Margaret Baumann, G.h.associates
Kelvin Akamoto, Gem-Bio
Bonnie Bachman, MST | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Supply Chain Pressure Test and Business Contingency Planning
Sherry Hersey, Traveler's Insurance
Erika Melander, Industry Manager Manufacturing, Travelers Commercial Accounts, Traveler's Insurance | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | High Value, Low Cost Coextruded Backsheets for Solar Modules
Bob Davis, Tomark-Werthen, LLC | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Education for Manufacturing in the 21st Century
Margaret Baumann, G.h.associates | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Panel Discussion
| | 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Polymer Modifiers and Additives Session: Non-Halogenated Flame Retardants
White River C/D
Moderator: Raj Maddikeri | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | The Flameretardancy Study of The Cardboard Bed Made from Corrugated Cardboard
Yusaku Mochizuki, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | The Flameretardancy Study of PVA Using for Furniture Made from Corrugated Cardboard
Mizutani Yoshihiro, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | A Novel Synergist for Flame Retardant Glass-fiber Reinforced Polyamide 66
Zheng Qian, R&D Scientist, Polymer Dynamix | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Tannic Acid: A Bio-based Intumescent Char-forming Additive for Nylon 6
Zhiyu Xia, UMass Lowell | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | New Halogen-Free Flame Retardants for Films and other thin-walled applications
Kyle Mitchell, Thor Specialties, Inc. | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | ORGANIC ALKALI METAL SALT ESTIMATION BY ICP-OES IN THERMOPLASTIC
Rosa AD, Senior Scientist/Elemental Specialist, Sabic Research and Technology Pvt Ltd | | 8:00 am - 11:30 am | Engineering Properties and Structure: Recycling and Scratch
Room 103/104
Moderator: Steve Driscoll
Moderator: Luyi Sun | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Polypropylene Based Olefin Block Copolymers as Compatibilizers for Polyethylene and Polypropylene
Amaia Montoya, Dow Chemical | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Melt Mastication: A new rheological process to generate high performance parts from semi-crystalline polymers
Alan Lesser, University of Massachusetts | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | ULTRASONIC EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGY FOR RECYCLING OF CROSSLINKED POLYOLEFINS
Avraam Isayev, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, The University of Akron | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Microcellular Injection Molded Polymer Foams and Their Structure–Property Relationship
Lih-Sheng Turng, University of Wisconsin-Madison | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | VARIATION OF SCRATCH BEHAVIORS OF THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFINS (TPO) DUE TO THERMAL DEGRADATION
Jungsub Lee, korea university | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Scratch Resistance of Thin polymeric Films Effect of Orientation and Polyethylene Content
Marouen Hamdi, Texas A&M University | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | ENHANCEMENT OF PAINT ADHESION WITH POLYOLEFIN BLENDS
Kyle Anderson, The Dow Chemical Company | | 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Thermoplastic Materials and Foams- New Materials and New Foams
White River J
Moderator: Chul Park | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | EFFECTS OF BLEND MORPHOLOGY AND OPERATING PARAMETERS ON FOAMING OF POLYLACTIC ACID/THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE
Changchun Zeng, Florida State University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Preparation of PPC/PS/PTFE Composites With In-Situ Fibrillated PTFE Nanofibrillar Network and Their Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extursion Foaming Properties
Chul Park, Distinguished Professor, University of Toronto | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Open cell microcellular foams of poly(lactic acid) blend with poly(butylenes succinate)
Xian-hong Chen, Hubei University of Technology | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | SOLID-STATE FOAMING OF POLYLACTIC ACID-HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE COMPOSITES TO FABRICATE THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE FOAMS
Yanting Guo, York University | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Foaming Behavior of Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene Copolymer using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Zhen Yao, Zhejiang University | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF PROCESSING IMMISCIBLE PP/PS BLENDS INTO HIGH STRENGTH FIBER
Jing Shi, Georgia Institute of Technology | | 8:00 am - 10:30 am | Polymer Analysis Session: Thermal Analysis and Barrier Properties
Room 302/303
Moderator: Greg Kamykowski | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | IMPROVED MODEL OF THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY FOR SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS, COOLING RATE AND INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS CONDITIONS
Juan Carlos Ortiz Pimienta, Instituto de Capacitación e Investigación del Plástico y del Caucho | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Blends Characterization by Thermal Analysis
Subhransu Mohapatra, Lead Scientist, SABIC | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | THE ROLE OF ADDITIVES AND FREE VOLUME ON THE GAS BARRIER PROPERTIES OF PET
Shahab Zekriardehani, University of Toledo | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | The Effect Of Ozone Ageing on the Chemical, Physical and Barrier properties of Packaging films
Lohith Nanjegowda, SABIC | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | EFFECT OF SILICA FILLER CONCENTRATION ON THE MECHANICAL AND DIFFUSION PROPERTIES OF COMMERCIAL GASOLINE THROUGH POLYETHER-POLYURETHANES
James Sloan, U.S. Army Research Lab | | 8:30 am - 11:00 am | Bioplastics Session
White River I
Moderator: Douglas Hirt | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Modification of the rheological and thermal properties of PLA by reactive extrusion in the presence of a multifunctional coagent
Praphulla Tiwary, Queen's University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | DuPont's Renewably Sourced High Performance Polymers
Anna Mathew, DuPont | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Properties of poly(ethylene glycol)methyl ether acrylate-grafted polylactide
Mohammed Dirany, Sherbrooke university | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYLACTIDE/ETHYLENE METHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER BLENDS
Linqiong Xu, Post Doctoral Candidate, South China University of Technology | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | FABRICATION OF INTERCONNECTED POROUS POLY(LACTIC ACID) SCAFFOLDS BASED ON DYNAMIC ELONGATIONAL FLOW PROCEDURE, BATCH FOAMING AND PARTICULATE LEACHING
Xiang-Fang Peng, South China University of Technology | | 8:30 am - 11:00 am | Medical Plastics: Materials for Wearables
Room 305/306
Moderator: Maureen Reitman | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Performance enhancement of PEBAX using supercritical fluid extrusion for biomedical applications
Austin Coffey, Senior Lecturer, Waterford Institute of Technology | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Highly Resilient Non-Soften Thermoplastic Polyurethanes
Anthony Walder, Global Technology Manager, Lubrizol | | 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Panel Discussion. From Implantables to Wearables: The Biocompatibility and Regulatory Requirements.
Ajay Padsalgikar, Senior Principal Scientist, St. Jude Medical
Meredith May, Vice President, Empirical Consulting
Steven Spiegelberg, Co-Founder, Cambridge Polymer Group | | 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Additive Manufacturing/3D Session III
Room 101 | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Measuring the Interlayer Fracture Resistance of FDM Printed Thermoplastics
Amir Ameli, Washington State University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | A Process for Generating Composites of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Reinforced with a Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer for Use in Fused Filament Fabrication
Craig Mansfield, Ph.D Student, Virginia Tech | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Study on fabrication of CNT-based conductive products via melt differential 3D printer
Chi Baihong, Doctoral Candidate, Beijing University of Chemical Technology | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) Quantification of Polyamide 12 (Nylon 12) Degradation during the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Process
Lukas Duddleston, Ph.D Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Novel Polycarbonate/SEBS-g-MA Blend for FDM-Type 3D Printing
David Roberson, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at El Paso | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Optimization of the FDMTM Additive Manufacturing Process<
Thomas Pfeifer, Masters Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | New Technology Forum- Surface Engineering: The Next Frontier
White River C/D
Moderator: Roger Avakian | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Reinventing the Biological Interface
Ethan Mann, Director of Research and Quality , Sharklet technologies | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Materials by Memory-Based, Sequential Wrinkling
Teri Odom, Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Amphiphilic Silicones to Control Biological Adhesion
Melissa Grunlan, Texas A&M | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Amine Stabilized Alkyl Boranes: Grafts New Surface to Polymers
Mark Torgerson, BASF | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | “Radical” Routes to Printing and Patterning of Plastics by Room Temperature Alkylborane Technology
Shaun Ahn, Technical Leader and Research Scientist, Dow Corning Corporation | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Injection Molding- Emerging Technologies
White River A
Moderator: Brenda Clark | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Precision Micro Feature Moulding Using Vacuum Assisted Moulding Technique For Polymeric Microfluidic Chip Applications
Ge Chen, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Process-integrated printing technology for plastic parts during injection molding
Agnieszka Kalinowska, Chemnitz University of Technology | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Atomized spray as a process fluid for fluid-assisted injection molding
Matthias Theunissen, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | High precision and repeatability in micro injection molding using the inverse screw
Torben Fischer, Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Back-Flow Compensation (BFC) for Thermoplastic Injection Molding
Stefan Kruppa, R&D Engineer , KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | An Investigation of Real-Time Monitoring of Shear Induced Cavity Filling Imbalances During Polymer Injection Molding
Qi Li, Lehigh Universiry | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Injection Molding- Materials II
White River B
Moderator: David Kusuma | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Measuring Thermal Crystallinity in PET
Masoud Allahkarami, OSU-Tulsa (HRC) | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | INJECTION MOLDING AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZION OF CARBON FIBER-WOODFIBER/POLYPROPLENE HYBRID COMPOSITES
Gangjian Guo, Bradley University | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | EFFECT OF RUBBER ADDITION ON STRUCTURE AND PROPERTY DISTRIBUTION OF THIN-WALL INJECTION MOLDED POLYPROPYLENE
Kazushi Yamada, Assistant Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | INFLUENCES OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS, MATERIAL, AND MOLD GEOMETRY ON THE SHAPE OF CAVERNS AS A QUALITY PARAMETER FOR ELECTROPLATING ON PLASTICS
Jens Peter Siepmann, University of Duisburg-Essen | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | INTERFACIAL FRACTURE BEHAVIOR OF INJECTION MOLDED PARTS
Matthieu Fischer, Leibniz-Institut fuer Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. | | 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Extrusion-Single Screw Extrusion
JW Grand Ballroom 7
Moderator: Kevin Slusarz | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Keynote: Fifty years addressing a range of industrially relevant problems through research fundamentals
Gregory Campbell, Castle Associates | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | The Incumbent Resin Effect for the Single-Screw Extrusion of Polyethylene Resins
Mark Spalding, Fellow in the Materials & Parts Processing Group , Dow Chemical Company | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | PRODUCT QUALITY CONTROL FOR SINGLE SCREW EXTRUSION PROCESS
Zhijun Jiang, HKUST | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | MEASUREMENT OF THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE (TPU) VISCOSITY WITH SLIT DIE RHEOMETER
Qingping Guo, EHC Canada Inc | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Optimization of Maddock-Style Mixers for Single-Screw Extrusion
Xiaofei Sun, Dow Chemical | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | SINGLE PELLET EXTRUSION
David Kazmer, Univ. Mass. Lowell | | 1:30 am - 5:00 pm | Extrusion- Forming Processes II
JW Grand Ballroom 8
Moderator: Olivier Catherine | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Keynote: Enhancing Productivity of Extrusion Processes by Integrative Research
Christian Hopmann, Chair of Plastics Processing, RWTH Aachen University | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | A PROTOCOL FOR FILAMENT PRODUCTION AND USE
David Kazmer, Univ. Mass. Lowell | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | MICROPELLETIZATION AND THEIR APPLICATION TO MANUFACTURE POROUS PLASTIC PARTS
Christian Schäfer, Polymer Engineering Center, UW-Madison | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | THE EFFECT OF VISCOUS ENCAPSULATION ON LAYER UNIFORMITY AND RHEOLOGY IN MULTILAYER COEXTRUSION
Hyunwoo Kim, The Dow Chemical Company | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND FIXING OF COEXTRUDED POLYOLEFIN BLOWN FILM DEFECTS
Kurt Koppi, Dow Chemical | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Increased throughputs in blown film extrusion by using a contact cooling sleeve
Marco Hennigs, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University | | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Nonwoven Microfilters Produced By a Novel Melt Coextrusion-Process
Ravi Ayyar, Senior Scientist, PolymerPlus | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Alloys and Blends- Compatibilization, Morphology Development and Characterization of Polymer Blend Systems
Room 305/306
Moderator: Elliot Lee | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | THE INFLUENCE OF BLEND COMPOSITION AND ADDITIVE TYPE ON THE PROPERTIES OF LDPE-PA6-BLENDS
Christoph Burgstaller, Managing Director and Head of R&D, TCKT | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | THERMOPLASTIC SEMICONDUCTIVE POWER CABLE JACKET
Jianmin Liu, Lead Engineer, General Cable | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | PHASE BEHAVIOR OF POLYAMIDE 6/612 BLENDS
Ying Shi, R&D Engineer, A.Schulman | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | RECYCLING OF PP/LDPE BLEND: MISCIBILITY, THERMAL PROPERTIES, RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
Chuanchom Aumnate, Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | MORPHOLOGY OF HDPE/PS BLENDS ALONG THE AXIAL POSITION IN A NOVEL CO-ROTATING NON-TWIN SCREW EXTRUDER
Baiping Xu, Guangdong Industry Polytechnic | | 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Plastic Pipes and Fittings-Durability and Joining of Structural and Pressure Piping
Room 103/104 | | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Keynote: Design and performance of bell and spigot joints for thermoplastic pipes
Ian Moore | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Comparative Testing of Pre-Pigmented and Natural Compound + Coloring Masterbatch HDPE Pipes for Potable Water Applications
Douglas Keller, LyondellBasell Industries | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Selecting the Best Remediation Option for CPVC Piping Systems
Duane Priddy, Plastic Failure Labs | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Crystallinity Distribution Analysis By Raman Mapping for Polyethylene of Raised Temperature Resistance After Long-Term Hot Water Immersion Tests
Kazushi Yamada, Assistant Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Structural Design & Performance of Thermoplastic Joints for Non-Pressure Applications
James Goddard, JimGoddard3, LLC | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | EVALUATION OF CONSUMPTION PROCESS ON ANTIOXIDANTS IN POLYETHYLENE BY CHEMILUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENT METHOD
Koichi Hanamura, Graduate Student, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | POLYETHYLENE PIPE PERFORMANCE – OBSERVATIONS AND INSIGHTS FROM EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS
Ashish Sukhadia, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP | | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Effect of Residual Chlorine on Durability of Plastic Pipes Used for Hot Water Supply
Takehiro Fujii, President, Shinwasangyo Co.LTD | | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Best paper Presentation
| | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Electrical and Electronics Session
White River I
Moderator: Wei Zhao | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | The Potential of Expanding Elongation Flows to Increase the Through-plane Thermal Conductivity
Otto Skrabala, Institut für Kunststofftechnik, University of Stuttgart | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | POLYMER MULTILAYER FILMS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE DIELELCTRIC APPLICATIONS
Kezhen Yin, Case Western Reserve University | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Control Strategies for Web Handing
Mathias Radziwill, Siemens | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH ENERGY DENSITY NANOLAYER FILM CAPACITORS
Deepak Langhe, PolymerPlus LLC | | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Applied Rheology-Assessing Processibility I
Room 309/310 | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | APPLIED RHEOLOGY FOR UNDERSTANDING FLOW INSTABILITIES IN POLYMER PROCESSING
Martin Zatloukal, Professor, Tomas Bata University in Zlin | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT OF MULTILAYER STRUCTURES VIA PARALLEL PLATE RHEOLOGY
Kurt Koppi, Dow Chemical | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | PREDICTING MOONEY VISCOSITY FROM ONLINE RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENTS
Brenda Colegrove, Principal Research Scientist, The Dow Chemical Company | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | CONTROL OF RHEOLOGICAL RESPOSES UNDER ELONGATIONAL FLOW FOR POLYOLEFIN MELTS
Masayuki Yamaguchi, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | | 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Joining of Plastics and Composites- Polymer Welding
Room 102
Moderator: David Grewell | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Generating Ultrasonically Welded Parts with Improved Strength and Reliability for Critical Applications in Medical Device Manufacturing by Utilizing Advanced Melt Flow Controls of Servo Driven Ultrasonic Welding Equipment.
Alexander Savitski, Chief Engineer, Dukane Corporation | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | ULTRASONIC SEALING TOOL DESIGN FOR THIN FILM PLASTICS
Miranda Marcus, EWI | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Comparative Analysis of Energy Director Styles with Servo-Driven Ultrasonic Welding of Valox 325
Miranda Marcus, EWI | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | EXPERIMENTAL METHODS TO DETECT DEGRADATION AT THE WELD CAUSED BY LASER TRANSMISSION WELDING
Philip Bates, Royal Military College of Canada | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Welding of incompatible thermoplastic polymers
Mirko Albrecht, Chemnitz University of Technology | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Development of a flexible polymer joining center
Jan-Michael Geck, University of Kassel | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Alternative welding processes in apparatus, tank and pipeline construction at Environmental Stress Cracking
Ronald Dietz, Chemnitz University of Technology | | 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Decorating and Assembly Session-Advances and Trends in Plastic Decoration and Assembly
Room 312
Paul Uglum
Moderators: Ken Holt | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Surfaces as Sources - Combining Form with Function in Plastics Automotive Interior Components
Marshall Paterson, ADS | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | New Materials Bring New Testing Challenges
Alan Jaenecke, Taber Industries | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Clean Enough? The Importance of a Clean Surface to Attaining Adhesion
Andy Stecher, Plasmatreat North America | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Bonding of Plastics
George Ritter, EWI | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Short Pulsed Laser Marking
Jake Wieloch, Rofin-Baasel, Inc. | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Mastering Plasma &Flame Surface Treating Technologies to Improve Coating Adhesion Operations
Mark Plantier, Enercon Industries | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Bridging the Gap - Liquid Solutions for Joint Sealing
Timothy Holmes, Application Engineer , Henkel | | 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Composites & Failure Analysis and Prevention- Failure Analysis in Composites
White River G
Moderator: Brian Ralston
Moderator: Antoine Rios | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Advances in the Prediction of Weld Line Strength Failures for Fiber Filled Plastics
Matt Jaworski, Technical Specialist , Autodesk | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Why it is Not Always Better to Use Fiber Reinforced Plastics
Antoine Rios, The Madison Group | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | A THROUGH-PROCESS MODELING APPROACH FOR ANISOTROPIC PERFORMANCE AND LIFETIME EVALUATION OF FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC PARTS
Amin Sedighiamiri, Senior Scientist, SABIC | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | DEGRADATION INSPECTION OF GFRP STORAGE TANK WITH LONG-TERM USE UNDER HYDROCHLORIC ACID
Masumi Ikegami, Kyoto Institute of University | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Endurance Regression Testing: A Method to Replace ASTM D2992
David Granderson, NOV - Fiber Glass Systems | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF WOVEN GLASS FIBER-EPOXY LAMINATES WITH CARBON NANOTUBE BUCKYPAPERS
Diego Pedrazzoli, Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University | | 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Composites- Composites Processing
White River H
Moderator: Shankar Srinivasan | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | IMPACT OF FOAMING ON FIBER BREAKAGE, CONDUCTIVITY, AND EMI SHIELDING OF INJECTION-MOLDED POLYPROPYLENE/STAINLESS STEEL FIBER COMPOSITES
Amir Ameli, Washington State University | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | IN-SITU-PULTRUSION – STRUCTURAL THERMOPLASTIC FRP-PARTS
Stefan Epple, Ph.D Student, Institut für Kunststofftechnik | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | ELECTROSPUN PCL/NC COMPOSITE FIBERS AND THEIR MINERALIZATION
Zhixiang Cui, Fujian University of Technology | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Effects of Thermoplastic Elastomers on Mechanical Properties of Glass Fiber Reinforced Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)
Takashi Kuboki, University of Western Ontario | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | STUDY OF ULTRASONIC TREATMENT ON PP/CNT, PP/GNP AND PP/CB COMPOSITES USING CONTINUOUS ULTRASONIC TWIN-SCREW EXTRUSION
Jing Zhong, The University of Akron | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Study on Nano Polyacrylonitrile Fiber by Cotton Candy Method
Hiroyuki Hamada, Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Optimizing Process Condition of Compression Molding: From Material Properties Characterization to Numerical Simulation
Chao-Tsai Huang, Tamkang University | | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Polymer Modifiers and Additives
Room 203 | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Influence of elastomer on morphology and mechanical properties of Nylon 6/OMMT/elastomer composite
Xiaohong Yu, Sunshow | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | NOVEL THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER FOR SOFT TOUCH APPLICATIONS
Helen Lentzakis, Polymer Dynamix | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Controlled life technology - plastic waste solution.
Michael Stephens, Technical Director , Symphony Environmental | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Thermoplastic Materials and Foams- Structure and Properties of Thermoplastics and Foams
White River J
Moderator: Anson Wong | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Microstructure-Property Relationship for Impact Energy Absorption of Functionally Graded Porous Structures of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
Farooq Al Jahwari, University of Toronto | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND FLAME RETARDANCY OF MULTILAYERED PP FOAM/FILMS VIA THE INTRODUCTION OF FLAME RETARDANTS
Sangjin Lee, Case Western Reserve University | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | PROPERTIES OF MELT BLENDED CHITIN NANOWHISKER-POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES
Sharon Li, University of Toronto | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Stability of Poly(etheretherketone) and Poly[2,2’-(m-phenylene-5,5’-bibenzimidazole] Blend Under Harsh Environments
Peng Liu, Texas A&M Univeresity | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Viscoelastic Shear Analysis of Polymeric Foam Midsoles
Alex Brill, School | | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Polymer Analysis Session: Modelling and Innovative Methods
Room 302/303
Moderator: Greg Kamykowski | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Modeling and simulation of the foaming process in elastomers
Nora Catalina Restrepo Zapata, Ph.D Student, Universidad Nacional de Colombia | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Time Temperature Superposition of Short Term Stress Relaxation Behavior to understand retention of material modulus over time
Prasanta Mukhopadhyay, SABIC | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Non-Destructive Characterization of Hygrothermally Aged Polymers
Matthias Hüttner, University of Paderborn | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Capacitance to digital converter method for dielectrostriction of polymeric materials
Yi Zhang, Ph.D Student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Ultrasonic Measurement of Particle Concentration in Polystyrene-Glass beads Composites by a Differential Scheme
Zou Weijian, 1National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, South China Univers | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Understanding Reaction Products of Polyethylene-Acrylic Acid Dispersions with Calcium Chloride
Praveenkumar Boopalachandran, Dow Chemical Company | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Additive Manufacturing/3D Session IV
Room 101 | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Future Fabricated With Light - Keynote
Xinyu Gu, Carbon 3D | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Numerical Prediction of Stiffness and Strength of a Highly Complex Topology Optimized Thermoplastic Part designed for 3D Printing
Subhransu Mohapatra, Lead Scientist, SABIC | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Drug-Eluting AM Medical Materials
Martin Petrak, Orthopedic Innovation Center | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Behavior of 3Dp Models
D Mahudeeswaran, L1 / CDU Australia |
| | | 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Extrusion- Tutorials I
JW Grand Ballroom 7
Moderator: Adam Dreiblatt | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Specification of Twin Screw Extruders
Adam Dreiblatt, Director of Process Technology, CPM Century Extrusion | | 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Melting Mechanisms: Single vs. Co-rotating Twin-screw Extruders
Gregory Campbell, Castle Associates
Paul Andersen, Coperion | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | SPECIFIC MECHANICAL ENERGY AS A PARAMETER FOR CORRELATING PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS AND MATERIAL RESPONSE IN MELT COMPOUNDING AND REACTIVE EXTRUSION OPERATIONS
Joe Golba, Lead Scientist - Reactive Extrusion, PolyOne Corporation | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Model-Based Inferential Sensing of Melt Flow Rate In Polymer Compounding Operations
Costas Tzoganakis, Professor, University of Waterloo | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Applying Ludovic 1D Twin Screw Extrusion Simulation for the Analysis and Scale-Up of Melt Compounding and Reactive Extrusion Processes
Jane Spikowski, Senior R&D Engineer, PolyOne Corporation | | 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Extrusion- Tutorials II
JW Grand Ballroom 8 | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | A SHORT REVIEW OF RHEOLOGY PRINCIPLES OF MOLTEN POLYMERS FOR EXTRUSION APPLICATIONS
Olivier Catherine, Technical Director, Cloeren | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | A New Software for Optimization of Extrusion Dies
Mahesh Gupta, Michigan Tech University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Understanding Materials and Equipment as a Film Processor
Karen Xiao, Celgard, LLC | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Compounding Process 3D Simulation Tutorial
Philippe david, General Manager, SCC | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Fundamental of Single Screw Extruders
Hassan Eslami, Macro Engineering and Technology | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Trouble shooting Multilayer coextrusion systems
Eldridge Mount III | | 8:30 am - 10:30 am | New Technology Forum- Macromolecules in Medical and Healthcare Applications
White River C/D
Moderator: Len Czuba | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | The Future of Plastics in Orthopedics
Jordan Freedman, Research Manager - Biomaterials, Zimmer Biomet, Inc. | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | The Development of an Artificial Meniscus Using Medical Grade Plastics
Jack Farr, Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, Active Implants | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | The Red Queen: Antimicrobial Challenges in Medical Devices
Peter Gabrielle, Vice President, Research and Development, Secant Medical | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Novel Applications of Polymers for Medical and Pharmaceutical Product Concept
Vipul Dave, Enterprise Resin Director & Fellow, Plastics Category, Medical Device Supply Chain, Johnson & Johnson | | 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Alloys and Blends- Design, Performance and Characterization of Advanced Engineering Blends
Room 305/306
Moderator: Rubinder Kaur Lakhman | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Comparative Analysis of Low-Smoke, Zero-Halogen Compounds for Wire and Cable Applications
Jon Malinoski, General Cable | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | INFLUENCE OF FILLER DISPERSION ON ELECTRICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF PC/SAN BLENDS WITH GRAPHITE NANOPLATES OR EXPANDED GRAPHITE
Petra Potschke, IPF Dresden | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | FIRE SURVIVAL CABLE: UNDERSTANDING OF LAB SCALE TO MANUFACTURING SCALE CABLE VALIDATION
Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Lead Engineer, General Cable | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | The Surface Resistance Value and Physical Properties of Conductivity Fiber Filler-compounded PES OPTIMIZATION OF MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE AND MISCIBILITY OF RECYCLED PET AND PC BLENDS BY VENTED INJECTION MOLDING
Supaphorn Thumsorn, Researcher, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | EFFECTS OF REACTIVE POLYMER AS MODIFIER ON IMPACT STRENGTH AND HYDROLYTIC STABILITY OF PC/ABS BLEND
Kohhei Nishino, Denka Company Limited | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | The Surface Resistance Value and Physical Properties of Conductivity Fiber Filler-compounded PES
Hiroyuki Hamada, Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Applied Rheology-Assessing Processibility II
Room 309/310 | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Study on Extrudate Swell of High-Density Polyethylenes in Slit (Flat) dies
Vinod Kumar Konaganti, University of British Columbia | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | THERMAL AND TIME-DEPENDENT RHEOLOGICAL STABILITY BEHAVIOR OF POLYACRYLONITRILE WITH VARIOUS PLASTICIZERS
Jianger Yu, Virginia Tech | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Determination of the Geometrical and Nnon-newtonian Correction Factors for the Calculation of Viscosity Function Using Screw Rheometers Applying the Self-consistent Method
Myung-Ho Kim | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Non-Traditional uses for a capillary rheometer
Tim Haake, General Manager, Goettfert | | 8:30 am - 12:30 pm | Injection Molding- Troubleshooting & Processing
White River A
Moderator: David Okonski | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | TROUBLESHOOTING AND APPROPRIATE MAINTENANCE IN INJECTION MOLDING
Kenny Saul, Managing Director, SHS plus GmbH | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Weld lines in injection molded parts - strength, mophology and improvement
Ines Kuehnert, Leibniz-Institut fuer Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Trouble Shooting Hot Tip Induced Polycarbonate Splay
Jeremy Dworshak, Steinwall | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | The Melt Temperature Variation in the Barrel of Injection Molding Machine
JooHyeong Jeon, Ajou University | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Design Optimization of the Layout of the Heating/Cooling Pipes of Rapid Heat Cycle Molding
Yanjin Guan, Shandong University | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | EFFECT OF GAS COUNTER PRESSURE(GCP) ON SHRINKAGE AND RESIDUAL STRESS
Wen-Ren Jong, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University | | 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Development of an Inline Plasma Treatment during Injection Molding Process
Timo Nordmeyer, University of Paderborn | | 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | MICROINJECTION MOLDING: INFLUENCE OF MOLDING PARAMETERS ON THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF POLYPROPYLENE FILLED WITH MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
Shengtai Zhou, University of Western Ontario | | 8:30 am - 11:00am | Injection Molding: Simulation 3
White River B
Moderator: Lynzie Nebel | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | TWO-SHOT OVERMOLDING COOLING SIMULATION
Lu Chen, Autodesk | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Validation of Numerical approach and experiment in Metal Powder Molding by Using Injection Compression Technology
Kuan-Hua Lee, Chung Yuan Christian University | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | SIGMASOFT® Virtual Molding: A New Approach to Resin Selection
Gabriel Geyne, SIGMASOFT Virtual Molding | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | NUMERICAL SIMULATION FOR INSERT INJECTION MOLDING OF ONE-CONSTITUENT POLYPROPYLENE SINGLE-POLYMER COMPOSITES
Nannan Jiang, Beijing Institute of Technology | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | ACCURATE THREE DIMENSIONAL COOLING SIMULATION OF THE GAS-ASSISTED PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS
Clinton Kietzmann, Autodesk Australia | | 8:00 am - 11:30 am | Plastics in Building and Construction Session
White River H
Moderator: Mahesh Narkhede | | 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Keynote - Novel Applications of Polymer Composites for Navigational Structures
Hota GangaRao, West Virginia University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | POLYSTYRENE FOAM INSULATION: IMPLEMENTATION OF ALTERNATE SUSTAINABLE FLAME RETARDANT
Shari Kram, Dow Chemical Co. | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | IONOMERS AS SMART VAPOR BARRIERS FOR BUILDING APPLICATIONS
John Bishop, DuPont | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS
Matt Kalinowski, Dow Chemical | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Impact Modeling of Single-Ply TPO Roofing Systems
Tianyi Luo, Lehigh University | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Flexible Acrylic Resin Technology
Hailan Guo, Research Scientist , Dow Chemical Company | | 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Composites- NDI and Processing
White River G
Moderator: Ray Boeman | | 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Recent Efforts on the Use of Focused Ultrasound to Identify Lamina/Laminate Information for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Laminated Composites
David Jack | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF COMPOSITES BY ROBOT SUPPORTED AIR-COUPLED ULTRASOUND
Yannick Bernhardt, University of Stuttgart, Germany | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF CFR-TAPES WITH THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX USING AIR-COUPLED ULTRASOUND
| | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Morphology and strength of die-drawn porous sheets from filled polypropylenes
Krishnamurthy Jayaraman, Professor, Michigan State University | | 10:30 am -11:00 am | IMPROVING ADHESION BETWEEN KEVLAR®129 FIBERS AND NATURAL RUBBER MATRIX USING MORPHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS AND COUPLING AGENTS
Nihal Kanbargi, University of Massachusetts | | 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Engineering Properties and Structure: Recycling and Scratch
Room 103/104
Moderator: Steve Driscoll
Moderator: Luyi Sun | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Probing the Assembly, Conformation, and Thermodynamics of Thermoresponsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
Michael J. A. Hore, Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Quantification of Branching and Network Structure
Gregory Beaucage, University of Cincinnati | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Comparison of Non-Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics for Semi-Linear and Linear Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) and Effect on Simulated Crystallinity Gradient
Jayson Humble, A. Schulman | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Use of Conductive AFM for Composites of PP Modified with Carbon Nanofillers
Vicki Flaris, Bronx Community College | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | RUBBER TOUGHENED POLYLACTIDE (PLA) VIA CATALYZED EPOXY-ACID INTERFACIAL REACTION
Chistopher Thurber, Senior Engineer, Dow Chemical Company | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Effect of anhydride type on structure and thermal properties of poly(propylene carbonate) composites produced by reactive extrusion
Guo Jiang, South China University of Technology | | 8:00 am - 11:30 am | Thermoplastic Materials and Foams- Foaming Fundamentals and Processes
White River J
Moderator: Arron Guan | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Determination of CO2 Solubility and Volume Swelling in PMMA in Light of Retrograde Vitirification
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Syed Mahmood, Ph.D Student, University of Toronto | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Critical Parameters of Generating PMMA Nanocellular Foam
Shu-Kai Yeh, Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | ENHANCED PROPERTIES OF ORIENTED MULTILAYER POLYPROPYLENE FILM/FOAMS
Andy Olah, Case Western Reserve University | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | EXTRUSION FOAMING OF LLDPE/WOOD FIBER COMPOSITES
Gangjian Guo, Bradley University | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | APPLICATION OF AIR GAP TO ENHANCE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF BIO-BASED PLA FOAMS
Shahrzad Ghaffari, University of Toronto | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | DYNAMIC SOLUBILITY OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN POLYPROPYLENE MELT
Alireza Tabatabaei, Ph.D Student, University of Toronto | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | MODELING OF THE FIBER ORIENTATION IN POLYMER/FIBER COMPOSITE FOAMS
Vahid Shaayegan, University of Toronto | | 8:00 am - 10:00 am | Polymer Analysis Session: Spectroscopy
Room 302/303
Moderator: Joel Lischefski | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Determination of the compositions of fully biodegradable ternary blends with near-infrared spectroscopy
Ruhuang Chen, South China University of Technology | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | RAPID SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE RECOVERED FROM SHREDDED END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES
Brian Riise, Director of Research and Development, MBA Polymers Inc. | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Molecular weight analysis of polyethylenimine using dynamic light scattering and gel permeation chromatography with multi-angle light scattering detector
Wen-Shiue Young, Dow Chemical | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Surface mechanicals and microscopy methodologies for coating characterization
Subhransu Mohapatra, Lead Scientist, SABIC | | 8:30 am - 11:00 am | Bioplastics Session
White River I | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Production of In Situ Microfibrillar Composites as a Novel Approach Towards Improved Bio-Based Polymeric Products
Chul Park, Distinguished Professor, University of Toronto | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Fabrication and Characterization of Bio-based PCM Microcapsules for Thermal Energy Storage
Maryam Fashandi, York University | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | EFFECT OF MINERALS ON RHEOLOGICAL AND THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF PLA/PMMA BLENDS
Mauricio Gonzalez, Ph.D Student, Université de Sherbrooke | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | MECHANICAL PROPERTY AND FRACTRUE ANALYSIS OF WOOD POWDER/PP COMPOSITE MOLDED BY INJECTION MOLDING
Zhiyuan Zhang, Researcher, Daiwa Itagami | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | MODERN FABRICATION OF POLY(LACTIC ACID) NANOFIBERS BY COTTON CANDY METHOD
Supaphorn Thumsorn, Researcher, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 8:30 am - 11:00 am | Automotive Division Session I
Room 101
Moderator: Suresh Shah | | 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Keynote: Recent Plastics Innovative Awards in Automotive Industry
Suresh Shah, Retired, Delphi | | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Fabrication of Glass mat Thermoplastic composite by Needling Punching Process
Yuying Dong, Student, Donghua University | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Vehicle Lightweighting and Improved Crashworthiness – Plastic/Metal Hybrid Solutions for BIW
Amit Kulkarni, Sr. Manager, Technology & Innovation, Automotive , Sabic | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Automotive glazing-Polymeric systems providing enhanced design freedom & functionlity
Harindranath Sharma, SABIC |
| | | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Student Luncheon
White River F | | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Extrusion- Mixing and Reactive Processes III
JW Grand Ballroom 7
Moderator: Jane Spikowski | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | PRODUCTION OF CONTROLLED RHEOLOGY POLYPROPYLENES FROM METALLOCENE AND ZIEGLER-NATTA RESINS
Shouliang Nie, University of Waterloo | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | DYNAMIC RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS OF AQUEOUS POLYESTER DISPERSION IN BATCH REACTOR AND TWIN SCREW EXTRUDER
Ali Goger, McMaster University | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | MELTING PHENOMENA AND SAMPLE PREPARATION METHOD WITHIN A PARTLY FILLED MELTING ZONE OF CO-ROTATING TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS
Kim Jacqueline Scharr, University of Paderborn | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Scale up of abrassive wear in technical compounding
Gonzalo Marulanda, B&P Process Equipment | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Feed Mechanism for Improvement in Scale Up From Small Laboratory Reciprocating Kneaders
Gonzalo Marulanda, B&P Process Equipment | | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Injection Molding- Tutorial Session 1
White River A
Moderator: Srikanth Pilla | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Creep Failure of Plastics
Jeffrey Jansen, Senior Managing Engineer and Partner, The Madison Group | | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Achieving Zero Scrap during Production: A guide to Process Robustness, Process Repeatability and Reproducibility
Suhas Kulkarni | | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Design Errors Masquerading as Processing Failures
Vikram Bhargava, Consultant and Author | | 1:30 pm -5:00 pm | Composites- Long Fiber Composites
White River G
Moderator:Creig Bowland | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Analysis of the Process-Induced Microstructure in Injection Molding of Long Glass Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics
Sebastian Goris, University of Wisconsin - Madison | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Simulation of Long Semi-flexible Fiber Orientation during Injection Molding
Hongyu Chen, Virginia Tech | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Degradation of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyamide Composites during Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Direct Extrusion Compression Moulding Process
Takashi Kuboki, University of Western Ontario | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Effect of different fiber tex feeding on mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced RPET composite by DFFIM process
Hiroyuki Hamada, Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | EFFECTS OF INJECTION MOLDING PROCESSING PARAMETERS ON EXPERIMENTAL FIBER LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES
Rebecca Minnick, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS AS REINFORCEMENT IN GLASS FIBER/EPOXY SHEET MOLDING COMPOUND COMPOSITES
Mark Miller, Georgia Institute of Technology | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Carbonization of polyacrylonitrile Nano Fiber by Cotton Candy Method
Akihiro Tada, OHGI Technological Creation CO., LTD. | | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Engineering Properties and Structure: Durability
Room 103/104
Moderator: Daniel Liu
Moderator: Paul Hans | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Development of predictive and semi-gSEM models of poly(ethylene-terephthalate) degradation under multi-factor accelerated weathering exposure
Laura Bruckman, Case Western Reserve University | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | FIBER LENGTH DEGRADATION OF GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE DURING SHEARING
Gilmar Heiderich, University of Paderborn | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | IMPACT OF ELEVATED TEMPERATURES ON SURFACE PROPERTIES OF ERUCAMIDE-CONTAINING POLYETHYLENE FILMS
Rahul Sharma, The Dow Chemical Company | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | TENSILE YIELD STRESS MODELING OF PTFE PASTE EXTRUDATES: EFFECT OF PROCESSING CONDITIONS
Dimitrios Vavlekas, University of British Columbia | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | EFFECTS OF ANNEALING ON THE BONDING PROPERTIES OF POLYMER-METAL HYBRIDS
Jaime Alejandro Puentes Parodi, Ph.D Student, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | EFFECT OF DEGRADATION CAUSED BY WATER ABSORPTION ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF INJECTION-MOLDED GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE
Junichi Ogawa, Mazda Motor Corporation | | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Non-Halogen Flame Retardant Session
White River C/D | | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Requirements & Trends in Fire Safety of Thermoplastics for Commercial Aircraft
David Sterling, Materials & Process Engineer, Boeing Company | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | The Challenge of Scale in Materials Selection for Product Development
Thomas Chapin, Vice President, Research, Underwiters Laboratories Inc. | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Formulating Flame Retardant Compositions
Roger Avakian, Technical Fellow in the Scientific Development group, PolyOne Corporation | | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Nontoxic Replacements for Organohalogen Flame Retardants from Renewable Biosources
Bob Howell, Professor , Central Michigan University | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Update on Surface Transportation Flame Retardancy Requirements
Margaret Baumann, G.h.associates
Robert Weiler | | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Automotive Division Session II
Room 101
Moderator: Suresh Shah | | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Keynote: Executive Study on the 2015 MAPP Benchmarking Study
Jeff Mengel, Partner, Plante & Moran | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Contribution to Warpage and Shrinkage Analysis Using BlowView Software
Zohir Benrabah, NRC Automotive |
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