| Sunday, 5 August - PM | Novel Polymers |
Andreas Lendlein, Wool Institute of Aachen, Germany
"Shape Memory Polymers"
Discussion Leader: Roderic P. Quirk (The University of Akron)
Nikos Hadjichristidis, University of Athens
"Synthesis, Morphology, and Mechanical Properties of New Thermoplastic Elastomers"
Discussion Leader: Donald M. Schulz (Exxon-Mobil)
| Monday, 6 August - AM | Synthesis |
Tim Shaffer, Exxon
"New Isobutylene/Alpha Olefin Copolymers"
Discussion Leader: David Lawson (Bridgestone/Firestone Research, Inc.)
Michael Georges, Xerox
"Combinatorial Living-Radical Polymerization"
Discussion Leader: David F. Lawson (Bridgestone/Firestone Research, Inc.)
Takeshi Fukuda, Kyoto University
"Controlled Synthesis of Branched/Grafted Polymer Systems by Living Radical Polymerization"
Discussion Leader: Mike Chung ( Penn State University)
| Monday, 6 August - PM | Molecular Dynamics |
Juan de Pablo, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Molecular Simulation of Ideal Polymeric Networks & Gels"
Discussion Leader: Gregory B. McKenna (Texas Tech University)
Ralf Everaers, Max Planck Institute fur Polymerforschung (tentative)
"Simulations of Network Deformations"
Discussion Leader: Gregory B. McKenna (Texas Tech University)
| Tuesday, 7 August - AM | Nano-Reinforcement |
Jack Howard, MIT
"Flame Synthesis of Carbon Black Nanostructures"
Discussion Leader: Dietmar Goeritz (University of Regensburg)
Peter Eklund, Pennsylvania State University
"Nanostructures"
Discussion Leader: Dale Schaefer (University of Cincinnati)
Emmanuel Giannelis, Cornell
"Polymer Nanocomposites: Opportunities and Challenges"
Discussion Leader: Gert Heinrich (Continental AG)
| Tuesday, 7 August - (4:30 - 6:00 PM) | Poster Session |
| Tuesday, 7 August - PM | Nano-Reinforcement |
Ica Manas-Zloczower, Case Western Reserve University
"Factors Effecting the Dispersion of Silica in Various Media"
Discussion Leader: Michel Gerspacher ( Sid Richardson Carbon Co.)
| Tuesday, 7 August - PM | Branched Polymers |
Scott Milner, Exxon-Mobil (tentative)
"Theoretical Considerations"
Discussion Leader: William Graessley (Princeton University)
| Wednesday, 8 August - AM | Branched Polymers |
Mike Roland, Naval Research Laboratories
"Rheology of Branched Polymers"
Discussion Leader: Donald J. Plazek (University of Pittsburgh)
Patricia Cotts, DuPont
"Characterization of Branched Polymers"
Discussion Leader: Jacques Roovers (Canadian National Research Council)
Jimmy Mays, University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Synthesis and Properties of Model Branched Polymers and Copolymers"
Discussion Leader: Anthony J. Dias (Exxon-Mobil)
| Wednesday, 8 August - (4:30 - 6:00 PM) | Poster Session |
| Wednesday, 8 August - PM | Extensional Flow and Its Impact on Polymer Processing |
Gareth McKinley, MIT
"Filament Stretching Rheometry of Complex Fluids"
Discussion Leader: Alan Gent (Goodyear)
Helmut Münstedt, University of Erlangen
"Elongational Properties of Polyolefin Melts"
Discussion Leader: John M. Dealy (McGill University)
Martin Sentmanat, Goodyear
"Extensional Rheometer for Elastomers"
Discussion Leader: Jonathan S. Schulze (Exxon-Mobil)
| Thursday, 9 August - AM | Gels and Single Polymer Studies |
Julia Kornfeld, Cal Tech
"Biomedical Hydrogels from Self-Assembly of Fluoroalkyl-Ended PEG: Phase Behavior, Rheology and Erosion Kinetics"
Discussion Leader: Nitash P. Balsara (University of California-Berkeley)
Ken Shull, Northwestern University
"Thermoreversible Gels With an Ideal Solid/Liquid Transition"
Discussion Leader: Peter Kofinas (University of Maryland)
Christina Ortiz, MIT
"Single Polymer Studies"
Discussion Leader: C. Michael Roland (US Naval Research Laboratory)
| Thursday, 9 August - PM | Special Topic |
Katrina Cornish, USDA/ARS
"Rubber Biosynthesis in Hevea Brasiliensis and Other Rubber Producing Species"
Discussion Leader: Patrick G. Santangelo (US Naval Research Laboratory)
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