Science & Technology Award Winners

Tuesday, April 24, 2012: 2:15 PM-6:15 PM
Texas Ballroom B (Crowne Plaza Riverwalk San Antonio)
Chair:
Maria D. Ellul, ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Global Specialty Polymers Technology
2:15 PM
The GLASS TRANSITION In Rubbery MATERIALS
C. Michael Roland, Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
3:15 PM
Application-Oriented Strategies for Dispersion of CNTs In Rubber
Robert H. Schuster, Dik, Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie, Hannover, Germany
3:45 PM
Some New Results on Rubber Nanocomposites
Liqun Zhang, Yiqing Wang, Youping Wu, Yonglai Lu, Wencai Wang, Li Liu and Ming Tian, Center of Advanced Elastomer Materials;State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
4:15 PM
Break
4:30 PM
The Santoprene® Rubber Story, a Pioneering Success, Part 1
Sabet Abdou-Sabet, University of Akron - Retired/Consultant/Teacher, Akron, OH
4:55 PM
The Santoprene® Rubber Story, a Pioneering Success, Part 2
Michael A. Fath, Elastomer Technology, Inc.-Retired, Burton, OH
5:15 PM
Fundamentals of Filler Mixing in Rubber
Ica Manas-Zloczower, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH