Conference Program
Daily Schedule
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April 5, 2022
1:30 PM – 6:30 PM
April 6, 2022
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
April 6, 2022
2:30 AM – 6:30 PM
April 7, 2022
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
April 5, 2022
Tuesday Afternoon Schedule
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Session 1: Science Today, Coatings Tomorrow
Brij Mohal
Vice President
Chromaflo
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Watching paint dry: Optical measurement of evolving rheology and microstructure during drying
James Gilchrist
Lehigh University
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Waterborne non-isocyanate polyurethane epoxy hybrid coating
Qixin Zhou
The University of Akron
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Latex Resins Based on Plant Oils
Andriy Voronov
North Dakota State University
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Networking: Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Revealing the structure of coatings and their interfaces with substrates using innovative scattering techniques
Mark Foster
University of Akron
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Sustainable Polymer Coatings – Developments and the Future
David Grewell
North Dakota State University
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Poster Session | Networking: AC Conference Reception
Session 2: Sustainability
Diane Langer
Director, R&D, OEM Coatings
BASF
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Recycled windshields: PVB dispersions as sustainable binders in low to zero VOC paints
Andrew Zudans
Shark Solutions
2:00 - 2:30 pm
The use of levulinates as coalescing agents in water based coatings
Steve Block
NXTLEVVEL Biochem
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Lignin as a raw material for production of biobased resins
Mojgan Nejad
Michigan State University
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Networking: Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Creative formulating strategies to meet bio-preferred certification requirements
Mary Chervenak
Arkema
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Aliphatic glycidyl ethers as crosslinkers for high performance NISO coatings
Brendon Bohnert
Nagase Specialty Materials NA
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Poster Session | Networking: AC Conference Reception
Session 3: Measuring and Testing
Jeffrey Lackey
Technical Director
Induron
2:00 - 2:30 pm
The determination of polyquaternium-4 on PET film using pyrolysis-GC/MS (Py-GC/MS)
Athena Nguyen
Frontier Lab America
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes: Advancing applications by leveraging cure chemistry
Vijay Mannari
Eastern Michigan University
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Networking: Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Separating the effects of TiO2 dispersion and photoactivity on paint durability
Michael Diebold
Chemours
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Development of BPA non-intent resin for alternative metal packaging substrate
Goliath Beniah
Eastman Chemical Company
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Poster Session | Networking: AC Conference Reception
Session 4: Automotive Coatings
Sanghamitra Sircar
Global Product Manager – Automotive TopCoats
Axalta
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Novel surface additive for crater prevention and improved recoats
Brent Laurenti
BYK
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Reactable, non-migrating, and non-basic hindered amine light stabilizer for coatings
Ravi Ravichandran
Rianlon
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Learning from swarms: mini sensors for measuring coating thickness in an industrial environment
Georg Nelke
OptiSense
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Networking: Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:00 pm
Radar and LIDAR suitable car paints - the view of a pigment manufacturer
Adalbert Huber
Schlenk Metallic Pigments
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Modified acrylic resin for difficult to adhere plastics
Gautam Haldankar
Allnex
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Poster Session | Networking: AC Conference Reception
April 6, 2022
Wednesday Morning Schedule
Session 5: Functional Coatings 1
Ray Fernando
Professor
CalPoly
8:30 - 9:00 am
Antimicrobial coating from soybean oil based polyurethane dispersions
Marshall Ming
Georgia Southern University
9:00 - 9:30 am
Functional silicone additives for easy-to-clean coatings
Yogesh Tiwary
Momentive Performance Materials
9:30 - 10:00 am
Reactive spray applied waterproofing coatings for confined space applications
David Cozzens
GCP Applied Technologies
10:00 - 11:00 am
Networking: Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 am
Evaluation of amino methyl propanol in high PVC, quick drying acrylic coatings
Bobby Picker
Univar Solutions
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Novel silicone hardener for eco-friendly heat resistant coatings
Francisco Cortes Baledon
Evonik Corporation
12:00 - 12:30 PM
The use of single walled carbon nanotubes in coatings colorants
Andrew Bartlett
Chromaflo Technologies
Session 6: Architectural Coatings 2
Dale Mcintyre
VP Innovation and NPD
Behr
8:30 - 9:00 am
Novel reactive surfactants for latex emulsion polymerization
Julia Zaug
Stepan Company
9:00 - 9:30 am
Latex and thickener polarity effects on rheology & stability of latex-HEUR mixtures
Ray Fernando
California Polytechnic State University
9:30 - 10:00 am
Improving water resistance of water-based coatings using reactive surfactants
Juliane Santos
Oxiteno
10:00 - 11:00 am
Networking: Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 am
Expand alkyd applications & durability with high-performance cobalt-free catalysts
Joshua Halstead
Milliken
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Effect of different surfactants on emulsion polymerization of vinyl-acrylic latex
Bruno Dário
Oxiteno
12:00 - 12:30 PM
Develop formulation solution of an exterior paint with improved early rain resistance
Yujie Lu
Dow
Session 7: Epoxy Coatings
Remi Briand
Vice President, Research & Development
Tnemec
8:30 - 9:00 am
Reactive epoxy emulsifier for high performance waterborne epoxy coatings
Lichang Zhou
Solvay
9:00 - 9:30 am
Novel epoxy dispersions for future proofing ultra-low VOC high performance coatings
Matthew Sumpter
Hexion
9:30 - 10:00 am
Improving epoxy durability while addressing light stabilizer additives challenges
Mouhcine Kanouni
Clariant Corporation
10:00 - 11:00 am
Networking: Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 am
Unique additives for high performance industrial protective coatings
Yong Zhang
Huntsman Corporation
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Novel waterborne acrylic-epoxy hybrid coatings provide superior metal protection
Denise Lindenmuth
Dow
12:00 - 12:30 PM
Fast cure amine technologies enable rapid return to service in floor coatings
Shiying Zheng
Evonik Corporation
Session 8: Water-borne Coatings
Paul Lewis
Technical Manager, CASE
Univar Solutions
8:30 - 9:00 am
Alternatives to fluorosurfactants for waterbased floor care coatings
Tony Moy
BASF, USA
9:00 - 9:30 am
Fluoro-free and silicone-free blocking resistance additives for waterborne coatings
Susan Dong
Stepan Company
9:30 - 10:00 am
Selecting an amino alcohol dispersant for waterborne industrial coatings
Mark Langille
Angus Chemical Company
10:00 - 11:00 am
Networking: Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 am
Novel high performance OMU without aromatic moieties for wood flooring applications
Pengxu Qi
Polynt
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Novel dispersing agents for high performance waterborne coatings
Cathy Cooper
Lubrizol Advanced Materials
12:00 - 12:30 PM
DFT vs VOC and their impact on performance in waterborne DTM coatings
Chuck Jones
BASF
April 6, 2022
Wednesday Afternoon Schedule
Session 9: Functional Coatings 2
Kurt Wood
Principal Scientist
Arkema
2:30 -3:00 pm
Creating functional coatings with formaldehyde-scavenging additives
Mark Langille
Angus Chemical Company
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Improved adhesion of silicone roof coatings to difficult membranes with novel silanes
Letitia Luu
Evonik Corporation
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Selective and environmentally friendly removal of silyl-PU coatings from substrates
Erick Iezzi
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Networking: Coffee Break
5:00 - 5:30 PM
Amphiphilic self-stratified durable coatings for marine and anti-icing applications
Alireza Rahimi
Applied Medical Technology
5:30 - 6:00 PM
Key considerations for functional virucidal paints
Avantika Golas
Corning Incorporated
6:00 - 6:30 PM
Novel fumed silica composite drives high-performance for thermal insulation coatings
Maria Nargiello
Evonik Corporation
Session 10: Architectural Coatings 2
Eunice Leung
Account Manager
Covestro
2:30 - 3:00 pm
High-performance tiO2-free roof coatings via novel hollow plastic microspheres
Evan Montanez
Coadtech
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Formulation for high gloss latex and comparison of lab and real-world performance
Xin Li
BASF
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Improving application experience and applied hide for professional paints
Sunny Wang
Dow Coating Materials
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Networking: Coffee Break
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Silane modified colloidal silica in long-term stable 1-pack sol-silicate paint
Peter Greenwood
Nouryon
5:30 - 6:00 PM
New advances in copper phthalocyanine blue 15:6 pigments in architectural coatings
Nilanjan Chakrabarti
Sun Chemical Corporation
6:00 - 6:30 PM
Neutralizing agent providing odorless pH control, zero VOC and extended shelf life
Miguel Herrera
Omya
Session 11: Polyurethane Coatings
Scott Grace
Director, Product & Technical Service
Covestro
2:30 - 3:00 pm
Extremely low VOC acrylic polyol technology for 2K WB high performance concrete coating
Karl Sundberg
Allnex
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Novel polyisocyanates for flexibilizing polyurea coatings
Marc Cornick
Vencorex
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Nonionic diols for hydrophilic modifications - Impact of chain length
Pär Jörgensen
Perstorp
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Networking: Coffee Break
5:30 -6:00 PM
1K moisture curable silylated resin for use on multiple substrates
Dean Kondos
Momentive Performance Materials
6:00 -6:30 PM
Demonstration and validation of isocyanate-free, siloxane-based aircraft topcoats
Erick Iezzi
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Session 12: Tools and Systems
Kent Young
Director of Technology
Sherwin Williams
2:30 - 3:00 pm
Service life prediction as a coating resin design trait
Erik Sapper
California Polytechnic State University
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Improving the odds of success using a benign-by-design approach to product development
Ingrid Meier
Evonik Corporation
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Novel formulation optimization using big data, modeling, and predictive tools
Partha Majumdar
The Dow Chemical Company
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Networking: Coffee Break
5:30 -6:00 PM
Leveraging the 2020 idea of the year to revolutionize your paint process
Michael Bonner
Saint Clair Systems
6:00 - 6:30 pm
Paint recycling - sustainability through circular economy
Sanjeev Bagaria
International Paint Recycling Organisation
April 7, 2022
Thursday Morning Schedule
Session 13: Biobased Materials
Ingrid Meier
Head of Applied Research & Technology, Decorative Coatings & Inks Americas
Evonik
8:00 - 8:30 am
Lignin-based waterborne polyurethane dispersion resin
Saeid Nikafshar
Michigan State University
830 - 9:00 am
Biomass derived coatings and adhesives using renewable, low-cost 1,5-pentanediol
Lei Zheng
University of Massachusetts Amherst
9:00 - 9:30 am
Sustainable & high performance: new bio-based dispersion to prevent knot staining
Ziniu Yu
BASF
9:30 - 10:30 am
Networking: Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 pm
Modification of hemicellulose with polymers based on acrylic plant oil based monomers
Yehor Polunin
North Dakota State University
11:00 - 11:30 pm
Synthesize of bio-based polyols and their applications in industrial coatings
Seyed Mojtaba Mirabedini
Eastern Michigan University
Session 14: Weathering and Corrosion Testing
Anthony Gichuhi
Director, R&D
ICL
8:00 - 8:30 am
Evaluation of ASTM D7869-13 test method for premium architectural finishes-II
Kurt Wood
Arkema
9:00 - 9:30 am
Influence of cool mirrors on specimen temperatures during accelerated outdoor tests
Oscar Cordo
Atlas Material Testing Technology
9:30 - 10:30 am
Networking: Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 pm
Correlation of early chalking results to final results
Michael Diebold
Chemours
11:00 - 11:30 pm
Impact of processing conditions on the properties of high-performance powder systems
Connie Przeslawski
AGC Chemicals Americas
11:30 - 12:00 pm
Ponding water wgae induced damage on acrylic coating
Sumit Khatri
Texas A&M University
Session 15: Protective Coatings
Brian Okerberg
Research Associate, Ecoat and Pretreatment
PPG
8:00 -8:30 am
1-k and 2-k PVDF hybrid dispersions for stay-clean storage tank topcoats
Wei Wang
Arkema
8:30 - 9:00 am
Novel polyester-based resins as an alternative to fluoropolymer technologies
Geoff Webster
Eastman Chemical Company
9:00 - 9:30 am
Formulation latitude with solventborne DTM acrylic polyol: from monocoat to primer
Susana Porzio
BASF
9:30 - 10:30 am
Networking: Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 pm
From academic laboratory discovery to a commercial smart additive for coatings
Patrick Dodds
Hexigone Inhibitors
11:00 - 11:30 pm
Additives to prevent coating defects caused by film dewetting
Jim Reader
Evonik Corporation
11:30 - 12:00 pm
One-part waterborne hybrid technology for improved concrete adhesion
Lei Yang
Arkema
Session 16: Radiation Curing
Yasmin Sayed-Sweet
Head of Coatings, Inks and Specialties
Lamberti
8:00 - 8:30 am
Achieving ultra-low gloss coatings through oligomer design and technology
Marcus Hutchins
Allnex
8:30 - 9:00 am
Energy efficient curing of cycloaliphatic epoxy coating systems
Patrick Shipman
Achiewell
9:00 - 9:30 am
Resins for luxury vinyl tile: enabling differentiation through product performance
Marcus Hutchins
Allnex
9:30 - 10:30 am
Networking: Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 pm
Deep matte wood coatings with improved burnish resistance
Hossein Riazi
Evonik Corporation