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Student Oral Tuesday, October 14, 2008: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM 9:00 AM High Temperature Elastomer/Clay Nanocomposites for Oilfield Applications Sriram Lakshminarayanan, University of Alberta; Uttandaraman Sundararaj , University of Alberta; K. Nandakumar , University of Alberta 9:30 AM Strengthening of Polyolefins by Bottom-up Self-assemlby of POSS Nanoparticles Byoung-Jo Lee, The University of Akron; Sadhan C. Jana, The University of Akron 10:00 AM Elastomeric Compounds Degradation in Drinking Water Distribution Systems Raja Mohan Nagisetty , University of Louisville ; Gerold A. Willing , University of Louisville ; Thomas A. Rockaway , University of Louisville ; Richard M. Higashi , University of Louisville 10:30 AM Interface Area Function for Investigation of Swelling Behavior and Young's Modulus of Nanocomposites Mithun Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Technology; Anil Bhowmick, Indian Institute of Technology 11:00 AM The Mechanics of Frictional Sliding at the Elastomer/Rigid Surface Interface Philip Gabriel , Queen Mary University of London ; James Busfield , Queen Mary University of London ; Alan Thomas , Queen Mary University of London 11:30 AM Ultrasonic Treatment of PEN/LCP Blends During Extrusion Kaan Gunes , The University of Akron ; Avraam I. Isayev, Institute of Polymer Engineering 12:00 PM Visco-Elastic Behavior of Rubber in a Combined Torsion-Tension Test Nutthanun Suphadon, Queen Mary University of London ; James Busfield , Queen Mary University of London ; Alan Thomas , Queen Mary University of London 12:30 PM High Temperature Nanoindentation of Neat Resins and Carbon Composites of PMR-15 Polyimide David C. Jones, University of Kentucky ; Y. Charles Lu, University of Kentucky; Greg A. Schoeppner , Wright Patterson Air Force Base 1:00 PM Synthesis and Characterization of Maleic Anhydride-Grafted EngageŽ/Dimethyldioctadecyl Quaternary Ammonium Chloride-Modified Montmorillonite Clay Nanocomposites Ganesh Latta, Western Kentucky University ; Wei-Ping Pan , Western Kentucky University ; Quentin Lineberry , Western Kentucky University 1:30 PM Identification of the Composition and Growth of In Vitro Natural Rubber using High Resolution Size Exclusion Chromatography Cheng Ching K. Chiang, The University of Akron ; Judit E. Puskas , The University of Akron ; Colleen McMahan, U.S. Dept of Agriculture; Wenshuang Xie , U.S. Dept of Agriculture