8th Annual Student Colloquium

Wednesday, October 12, 2011: 10:00 AM-5:15 PM
Meeting Room #14 (The I-X Center)
11:00 AM
C1
Investigation of Polymer Filler Interaction In Liquid Silicone Rubber
Anthony Sullivan, Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Mary Krenceski, Ph.D., Process Technology, Momentive Performance Materials, Waterford, NY
11:30 AM
Break
11:40 AM
C2
Investigation of Thermoplastic Elastomer Properties for Microfeature Replication
Younghyo Kim1, Sung-Hwan Yoon1, Jin-Goo Park2, Joey L. Mead1 and Carol M.F. Barry1, (1)Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, (2)Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea
12:10 PM
C3
CANCELLED: Bungee Cords Development
Jeff Hemingway, Rubber Program, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI and Matt Yang, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
12:40 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
C4
Highly Impermeable Nanaocomposites of Brominated Butyl Rubber with Modified Montmorillonite Clay
Arun Kumar1, Joey L. Mead2, Carol M.F. Barry2 and Satyam Modi3, (1)University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, MA, (2)Plastics Engineering, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Lowell, MA, (3)Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
2:30 PM
C5
Does a Sum of Hyperelastic and Single-Integral Viscoelastic Terms Describe Nonlinear Mechanical Behavior of Elastomers?
Rasika Prabhu, Aparajita Bhattacharya, Grigori Medvedev and James Caruthers, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
3:00 PM
C6
Effect of Polymer Hardness and Clay Loadings on Electrospun Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Modified Montmorillonite Clay Fibers
Satyam Modi1, Arun Kumar2, Daniel Q. Murphy3, Carol M.F. Barry4 and Joey L. Mead4, (1)Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, (2)University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, MA, (3)University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, (4)Plastics Engineering, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Lowell, MA
3:30 PM
Break
3:40 PM
C7
Novel Fluorinated Mechanochemical Devulcanized Ground Rubber Tire
Sriram Yagneswaran1, Benjamin Lund1, Taylor Ware2, Neetu Tomar3, Walter Voit4 and Dennis Smith Jr.1, (1)Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, (2)Department of material science and engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, (3)Dept. Of Chemsitry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, (4)The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
4:40 PM
C9
Photovulcanization of Otherwise Uncured Rubber Components and Effects On Adhesion
Jennifer Hegarty, Obermeyer Hydro, Denver, CO and Henry Obermeyer, Obermeyer Hyrdo, Wellington, CO