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Emulsion Polymers Institute
Annual Review Meeting

March 26 & 27, 2008

Rauch Conference Center- Room 091
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 

Wednesday- March 26, 2008

1:10 PM Registration
1:25 PM Opening Remarks
1:30 PM Overview of Activities in the Emulsion Polymers Institute- Mohamed S. El-Aasser
2:00 PM Effects of Agitation on Coagulum Formation in Emulsion Polymerization- Jinmo Hong
2:40 PM Conductivity and Stability in Emulsion Polymerization of n-Butyl Methacrylate- Funian Zhao
3:20 PM Break
3:45 PM Seeded Dispersion Polymerization- Zhipeng Song
4:25 PM Ion Exchange Latex Particles by Emulsion Polymerization- Su Jeong Han
5:30 PM Poster Session- Main Dining Room, Iacocca Hall, Mountaintop Campus
7:00 PM Dinner

Thursday- March 27, 2008

8:30 AM Round Table Discussion: The Future of Polymer Colloids Research- Mohamed El-Aasser, Presiding
Mike Cunningham, Queen's University
Joaquin Delgado, 3M
Andy Klein, Lehigh University
Do Ik Lee, Western Michigan University
Chris Miller, Dow Chemical Co.
Gary Poehlein, Georgia Tech (EM)
Joe Schork, Univ. Maryland
10:30 AM Break
10:55 AM Poster Awards Presentation
11:00 AM Study of Monomer Droplets in Miniemulsions- Megan B. Casey
11:40 AM Droplet and Particle Size Control in Miniemulsions: Surfactant Effect- Oznur Saygi Arslan
12:25 PM Lunch- University Center
1:40 PM Miniemulsion Copolymerization of Fatty Acid-Derived Monomers- Lisa M. Spagnola
2:20 PM Role of Reactive Surfactants in Miniemulsion Polymerization- Samantha N. Braganza
3:00 PM Synthesis & Pyrolysis of Pt-Containing Polyacrylonitrile Particles- Yuzhen Yang
3:30 PM Closing Remarks

 

 

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