Sunday, 28 October
3:00 pm / REGISTRATION BEGINS4:30 pm / INTRODUCTION, OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP, Kenneth J. Wynne, Chemical and Life Science Engineering, VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity
Discussion Leader: Ken Wynne
High Performance Starts with Basics4:45 – 5:30 pm / James E. McGrath, Virginia Tech
Perspectives and Progress in Polyurethanes and Polyureas / 1
6:00 pm / WELCOMING RECEPTION sponsored by
Monday Morning, 29 October
INVITED LECTURE SESSION I
Discussion Leader: Ken Wynne
7:30 am / BREAKFAST AT HOTELHigh Performance Starts with Basics
8:30 – 9:15 am / Garth L. Wilkes, Virginia Tech
Basic Structure Property Relationships for Polyurethanes/Ureas / 2
9:15 – 9:30 am / Discussion of Presentation
9:30– 10:05 am / Yusuf Menceloglu, Sabanci University, Turkey
Effect of Filler Size on the Soft Segment Crystallinity and Mechanical Strength of PEO Based TPU/Silica Nanocomposites / 3
10:05 – 10:15 am / Discussion of Presentation
10:15 – 10:45 am / BREAK
10:45-11:15 am / Joseph P. Kennedy, The University of Akron
Novel PIB-Based Polyurethanes and Polyureas Exhibiting a Combination of Unprecedented Properties / 4
11:15 – 11:25 am / Discussion of Presentation
11:25 – 12:00noon / Werner Mormann, University of Siegen, Germany
Polyurethane Flexible Foams – Chemical or Physical Networks? / 5
12:00 – 1:15 pm / LUNCH
Monday Afternoon, 29 October
INVITED LECTURE SESSION II
Discussion Leader: Jim McGrath
Tailoring Surfaces for Performance1:15 – 2:00 pm / Kenneth J. Wynne, Chemical and Life Science Engineering, VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity
Health and Safety via Surface Modification of Polyurethanes / 6
2:00 – 2:40 pm / Dean Webster, North DakotaStateUniversity
Polyurethanes Having Tailored Surface Properties for Marine Applications / 7
2:40 – 3:10 pm / Wei Zhang, VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity
Ice-Release Coatings: New Theory, New Laboratory Test, and New Hybrid Fluorous Polyoxetane Systems / 8
3:10 – 3:20 pm / Discussion of Presentations
3:20 – 3:50 pm / BREAK
Discussion Leader:Wei Zhang
Tailoring Performance3:50 – 4:20 pm / Iskender Yilgor,KocUniversity, Istanbul and Garth Wilkes, Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
The Effect of Soft Segment Molecular Weight and Hard Segment Content on Some Selected Mechanical Properties of Siloxane-Urea and PPG-Urethaneurea Copolymers / 9
4:20 – 4:50 pm / Chris Macosko, University of Minnesota
Polyurethanes from Biorenewable Polyester Polyols / 10
4:50 – 5:00 pm / Discussion of Presentations
5:00 pm / ADJOURN
5:15 – 7:00 pm / POLYURETHANE TECH-FEST RECEPTION
POSTERS / COMPANY TECH INFO TABLES
7:00 pm / DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Tuesday Morning, 30 October
INVITED LECTURE SESSION III
Discussion Leader: Garth Wilkes
7:30 am / BREAKFAST AT HOTELHow Green is Your Polyurethane?
9:00 – 9:30 am / Mark Soucek, University of Akron
Pathways to GreenerUrethanes:Methacrylates as Reactive Diluents for UV-curable Coatings and More / 12
9:30-10:00 am / Antonio Martinez-Richa, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico
A Chemo-Enzymatic Approach to the Syntheses of Degradable Polyester-Urethanes / 13
10:00 – 10:30 am / BREAKand Discussion of Presentations
Discussion Leader:TBA
How Biocompatible/ Biostable is Your Polyurethane?10:30- 11:-00 am / Rudolf Faust, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Syntheses, Characterization, Biostability and Biocompatibility of Novel Polyisobutylene Based Thermoplastic Polyurethanes / 14
11:00 – 11:30 am / Chenyu Wang, Virginia Commonwealth University
Nanoscale vs. Microscale Gelation for Crosslinked Polyurethanes / 15
11:30 – 12:00noon / Jamil Baghdachi, EasternMichiganUniversity
Design and Development of Self-Stratifying Polyurethane Coatings / 16
12:00 – 1:30 pm / LUNCH
Tuesday Afternoon, 30 October
INVITED LECTURE SESSION IV
Discussion Leader: Paul Armistead
Polyurethanes for Performance and Protection1:30 – 2:00 pm / James Runt, The PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
Nanoscale Structure and Dynamics of Polyureas and Polyurethanes / 17
2:00 – 2:30 pm / Rick Beyer, Army Research Laboratory
Adventures in Polymer Science: Designing a Better Anion Exchange Membrane / 18
2:30 – 2:45 pm / Discussion of Presentations
2:45 - 3:15 pm / BREAK
Tuesday Afternoon, 30 October, CONT’D
3:15 – 3:45 pm / Roshdy Barsoum, Explosion Resistant Coating JEERCE ACTD, Ships and Engineering Systems Div., Office of Naval ResearchExtra-Ordinary Behavior of Polyureasand Interaction with Steel Under Extreme Conditions / 19
3:45 – 4:15 pm / Mike Roland (NRL), Daniel Fragiadakis (NRL) and Raymond Gamache (Naval SurfaceWarfareCenter - Dahlgren), WashingtonDC
Elastomeric Coatings for Ameliorating the Impact-Resistance of Hard Substrates / 20
4:15 – 4:45 pm / TBA / 21
4:45 – 5:00 pm / Discussion of Presentations
5:00 pm / END OF SESSION, DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Wednesday Morning, 31 October
INVITED LECTURE SESSION V
Discussion Leader: Ken Wynne
7:30 am / BREAKFAST AT HOTELDesigning for Performance in Biomedical Applications
8:30 – 9:00 am / LaShanda Korley, Case Western Reserve University
Hierarchically-Designed, Peptidic Polyurethanes Inspired by Nature / 22
9:00 – 9:30 am / Arthur J Coury, PhD
Mechanisms of Biodegradation of Polyurethane Implants and Approaches toImproving Biostability / 23
9:30-10:00 am / Ton Loontjens, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Biomedical Polyurethanes From Functional Blocked Isocyanates obtained via a Non-isocyanate Technology / 24
10:00 – 10:30 am / BREAKand Discussion of Presentations
10:30- 11:-00 am / Tony Walder, Lubrizol
Versatility of Thermoplastic Polyurethanes as Medical Grade Materials / 25
11:00 – 11:30 am / David Dempsey and Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Texas A&M
Enhanced Biostability of Poly(carbonate urethanes) / 26
11:30 – 12:00noon / Rafael E. Camargo, Huntsman International LLC
Polyurethane Nanocomposites: Challenges and Opportunities / 27
12:00 noon / MEETING ADJOURNED, LUNCH ON YOUR OWN