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This
two-day conference will address recent
advances and remaining challenges in understanding
these complex systems and will include
four invited talks and two invited tutorials.
Confirmed invited speakers include:
| Prof.
Wesley Burghardt |
Northwestern
University |
Flow-induced
Alignment in Polymer Nanocomposites |
| Prof.
Ben Hsiao |
SUNY
Stony Brook |
Control
of Nanostructures |
| Prof.
Richard Register |
Princeton
University |
Crystallizable
Block Copolymers |
| Dr.
Richard Vaia |
Air
Force Research Laboratory |
Responsivity
in Polymer Nanomaterials: Structure-Property
Relationships |
| Prof.
Karen Winey |
University
of Pennsylvania |
Combining
STEM and SAXS to Probe the Morphologies
in Ion-Containing Polymers |
| Peter
Lillehei |
NASA
Langley Research Center |
New
Methods for Imaging Nanocomposites |
Approximately
14 contributed 30-minute oral presentations
and 25 contributed posters are being sought
on topics relevant to New Approaches in
Polymer Characterization: Nanocomposites,
Block Copolymers, and Other Nanostructured
Materials. A number of posters are reserved
exclusively for students, and a Best Student
Poster award will be given. Contributors
should indicate preference for oral presentation,
poster, or either and submit an
abstract by June 30, 2008. Notification
of abstract acceptance will be made by
July 15. Oral presenters will be expected
to submit a manuscript by July 31, 2008
that adheres to the SPE WRITE NOW Guide
for Authors and Presenters and sign the
SPE copyright release form.
Submit
abstract via post or email to:
Dr. Brian Landes, Technical Program Chair
The Dow Chemical Company, 1897 Building,
Midland, MI 48667 USA
Tel: +1 989-638-7059; email: bglandes@dow.com
Hotel Information:
Holiday Inn Select, 630 Naamans Road,
Wilmington, DE 19703 USA
Tel: +1 302-792-2700; fax: +1 302-798-6182
Group rate: $109.00
Group code: Society of Plastics Engineers
Cut-off date: September 21, 2008
Note: The hotel is 12 miles south of the
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
Opportunities for sponsorship and exhibiting
space are available. Contact Don Witenhafer:
Tel: +1 979-693-6836; email: witenhaferd@cs.com
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