Session: 10th Annual Student Colloquium (Fall 184th Technical Meeting )

9:00 AM

C-1

KEYNOTE SPEAKER-Christopher Mitchell, Rhein Chemie, 'Being Prepared for Your Opportunity'

10:00 AM

C-2

PAPER WITHDRAWN-The Effects of Surface Free Energy and Surface Area of Silica On the Particle Dispersion Efficiency and Dynamic Mechanical Properties in Silica Filled Ssbr/BR

Yen Wan Ngeow, Daryl R. Williams and Jerry Heng, Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

10:30 AM

C-3

Injection Molding of Microstructured Surfaces Using Thermoplastic Elastomers

Smita Birkar¹, Joey L. Mead² and Carol M.F. Barry², (1)Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, (2)Plastics Engineering, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Lowell, MA

11:00 AM

Morning Break

11:15 AM

C-4

PAPER WITHDRAWN-A Benzoxazole Sufenamide Accelerator: Its Properties and Implication in Rubber Vulcanization Mechanism

Guangzhuo Rong¹, Yusheng Chen² and Yi Pang², (1)Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, (2)Chemistry Department, University of Akron, Akron, OH

11:45 AM

C-5

New Insights Into Strain-Induced Crystallization and Temperature-Induced Crystallization of Un-Vulcanized Natural and Synthetic Rubber: Extended Chain Versus Chain Folding

Justin Che, Shigeyuki Toki, Christian Burger and Benjamin S. Hsiao, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

12:15 PM

LUNCH

1:45 PM

C-6

Tearing of Carbon Black-Filled Natural Rubber Vulcanizate Cured With Dicumyl Peroxide

Yu Sun, 2200 High St Apt 970, The University of Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, OH and Gary R. Hamed, Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH

2:15 PM

C-7

Lignin-Carbon Black Hybrid Fillers Towards Development of Energy Efficient Rubber Compounds

Kushal Bahl, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH and Sadhan C. Jana, Department of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH

2:45 PM

C-8

Development Of High Temperature Insulation Compound Based On EPDM/Polyimide/CNF Nanocomposite

Sangita Singh, PhD, Student¹, Prasant K. Guchhait, Senior, Scientist, at, ISRO², Nikhil K. Singha, Associate, Professor¹ and Tapan Kumar Chaki, Professor¹, (1)Rubber Technology Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, (2)Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Kharagpur, India

3:15 PM

Afternoon Break

3:30 PM

C-9

Exploring the Possibility of Cardanol-g-Natural Rubber As a Substitute to Aromatic Oil Plasticizer in Natural Rubber

Sunita Mohapatra, M.Tech and Golok B. Nando, Ph., D., Rubber Technology Centre, Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India-721302, Kharagpur, India

4:00 PM

C-11

Type I and Type IV Circumallergenic Thin Films from Guayule and Hevea Natural Rubber

Jessica Lauren Slutzky, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, Alfred Soboyejo, PhD, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Katrina Cornish, Ph.D., FAAAS, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH