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 PM – 6:30 PM

April 7, 2022
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

April 5, 2022
Tuesday Afternoon Schedule
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Session1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4

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

Session 1.1

James Gilchrist
Lehigh University

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2:00 - 2:30 pm

Waterborne non-isocyanate polyurethane epoxy hybrid coating

Session 1.2

Qixin Zhou
The University of Akron

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2:30 - 3:00 pm

Latex Resins Based on Plant Oils

Session 1.3

Andriy Voronov
North Dakota State University

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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

Session 1.4

Mark Foster
University of Akron

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4:00 - 4:30 pm

Sustainable Polymer Coatings – Developments and the Future

Session 1.5

David Grewell
North Dakota State University

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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

Session 2.1

Andrew Zudans
Shark Solutions

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2:00 - 2:30 pm

The use of levulinates as coalescing agents in water based coatings

Session 2.2

Steve Block
NXTLEVVEL Biochem

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2:30 - 3:00 pm

Lignin as a raw material for production of biobased resins

Session 2.3

Mojgan Nejad
Michigan State University

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3:00 - 3:30 pm

Networking: Coffee Break

3:30 - 4:00 pm

Creative formulating strategies to meet bio-preferred certification requirements

Session 2.4

Mary Chervenak
Arkema

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4:00 - 4:30 pm

Aliphatic glycidyl ethers as crosslinkers for high performance NISO coatings

Session 2.5

Brendon Bohnert
Nagase Specialty Materials NA

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5:00 - 6:30 pm

Poster Session | Networking: AC Conference Reception

Session 3: Measuring and Testing

Jeffrey Lackey
Technical Director
Induron

1:30 - 2:00 pm

Innovative solution to optimize coatings curing

Session 3.1

Yassine Nagazi
Formulaction

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2:00 - 2:30 pm

The determination of polyquaternium-4 on PET film using pyrolysis-GC/MS (Py-GC/MS)

Session 3.2

Athena Nguyen
Frontier Lab America

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2:30 - 3:00 pm

Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes: Advancing applications by leveraging cure chemistry

Session 3.3

Vijay Mannari
Eastern Michigan University

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3:00 - 3:30 pm

Networking: Coffee Break

3:30 - 4:00 pm

Separating the effects of TiO2 dispersion and photoactivity on paint durability

Session 3.4

Michael Diebold
Chemours

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4:00 - 4:30 pm

Development of BPA non-intent resin for alternative metal packaging substrate

Session 3.5

Goliath Beniah
Eastman Chemical Company

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5:00 - 6:30 pm

Poster Session | Networking: AC Conference Reception