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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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
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Waterborne non-isocyanate polyurethane epoxy hybrid coating
Session 1.2
Qixin Zhou
The University of Akron
2:30 - 3:00 pm
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
4:00 - 4:30 pm
Sustainable Polymer Coatings – Developments and the Future
Session 1.5
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
Session 2.1
Andrew Zudans
Shark Solutions
2:00 - 2:30 pm
The use of levulinates as coalescing agents in water based coatings
Session 2.2
Steve Block
NXTLEVVEL Biochem
2:30 - 3:00 pm
Lignin as a raw material for production of biobased resins
Session 2.3
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
Session 2.4
Mary Chervenak
Arkema
4:00 - 4:30 pm
Aliphatic glycidyl ethers as crosslinkers for high performance NISO coatings
Session 2.5
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
1:30 - 2:00 pm
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
2:30 - 3:00 pm
Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes: Advancing applications by leveraging cure chemistry
Session 3.3
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
Session 3.4
Michael Diebold
Chemours
4:00 - 4:30 pm
Development of BPA non-intent resin for alternative metal packaging substrate
Session 3.5
Goliath Beniah
Eastman Chemical Company
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Poster Session | Networking: AC Conference Reception