Program
The tentative program includes:
Short Course: Monday, May 11, 2015
- Holger Schönherr, Germany, Microscopy
- Brett P. Fors, USA, Photochemistry in Polymer Science
- Witold Brostow, USA, Friction, Wear and Scratch Resistance
- Bernhard Blümich, Germany, Solid State NMR.
- Dirk Schubert, Germany, Rheology & Processing
- Jean-Marc Saiter, France, Glass Transition and Glass Transition Temperature
- Jean-Michel Guenet, France, Scattering
- Kevin Menard, USA, Dynamic Mechanical Properties
- Sven Henning, Germany, Micromechanics
Plenary Speakers:
- Tuesday: Harald Ade, Distinguished Professor of Physiscs, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Wednesday: Richard M. Laine, Professor and Director of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Thursday: Stephen Z. D. Cheng, NAE, Frank C. Sullivan Distinguished Research Professor, Robert C. Musson Professor, Trustees Professor, Senior Editor, Polymer, Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, OH, USA
- Friday: Rachel A. Segalman, E. N. Kramer Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA, USA,
- Tuesday: Gila Stein, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, USA
- Wednesday: Abby R. Whittington,Chemical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA
- Thursday
- General Papers
- Characterization Methods and Structure-Properties Relations
- Predictive Methods, Modelling, and Simulation
- Green Polymers, Green Engineering and Recycling
- Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
- Fibers, Interfaces and Composite Materials
- Nanomaterials and Smart Materials
- Dielectric, Electrical, Magnetic, Optical and Optoelectronic Properties
- Polymers in Electronics and Optoelectronics Devices
- Progress in Polymer Synthesis
- Mechanical Properties and Performance
- Characterization with Scanning Probe Microscopes
- Rheology, Solutions and Processing
- Processing and Properties of Semicrystalline Polymers
- The poster session will be reviewed by a scientific review panel
- Awards given Friday
- Poster size: Should fit in a 1 m wide by 1.2 m wall space (3.3-ft by 4-ft)
- Should include: Title, Authors (Speaker/Presenter underlined), Affiliations, Sponsors