Historical Colloquium Information
4th Annual Student Colloquium
Cleveland, OH, October 17, 2007
During the Business & Awards Meeting on Thursday, October 18, Student Affairs Committee Chair Timothy Higgins (Rhein Chemie) presented the following students as the $1,500 scholarship winners:
- Undergraduate Paper - Lindsay Kelderhouse (The University of Akron) for "Anionic Synthesis of In-chain Functionalized Polymers"
- Undergraduate Poster - Jon Nienaber (Ferris State University) for "Nitrosamine Free Cure Systems in EPDM"
- Graduate Paper - Ling Du (The University of Akron) for "Highly
Conductive Epoxy/Graphite Composites for Bipolar Plates in Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cells"
- Graduate Poster - Mustafa Y. Sen (The University of Akron) for "Functionalization
of Polyisobutylene-based Biomaterials Using Enzymatic Catalysis"
Keynote Speaker
- Dr. Martin Issel, Rhein Chemie - Processing Promoters for Highly Filled Silica Compounds
Student Colloquium Paper Schedule
- A Test Method for Measuring the Dimensional Stability
of Elastomeric Materials upon Heating, Sang Min
Park, Dong Lyun Cho,
Chang Kook Hong and Prof. Shinyoung Kaang, Chonnam National University
- Highly
Conductive Epoxy/Graphite Composites for Bipolar Plates in Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cells, Ling Du and Dr. Sadhan C. Jana, The University
of Akron
- Nano-Clay
Tethered Shape Memory Polyurethane Nanocomposites, Feina
Cao, and Dr.
Sadhan C. Jana, The University of Akron
- Synthesis
of Star-Branched Model Polymer Structures by Living Carboncationic
Polymerization for Systematic Structure-Property Relationship Studies, Serap Hayat and Dr. Judit E. Puskas, The University of Akron
- Evaluation
of the Effects of Nanoparticulate Fillers on Performance of Shape Memory
Polyurethane Nanocomposites, I. Sedat Gunes and Dr. Sadhan C. Jana,
The University of Akron
- Effects
of Silica on Crosslinking and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Rubber
Compounds, Dongwook Kim, Dong Lyun Cho, Chang Kook Hong and Shinyoung
Kaang, Chonnam National University
- Interesting Encapsulation Behavior of Dispersing Phase of Polymer
Blends in Melt Processing, Jinhai Yang and James L. White, The University
of Akron
- Characterization
of Polypropylene Homopolymers by Mild Pyrolysis and MALDI-ToF-Mass
Spectrometry, David E. Dabney, Dr. Michael J. Polce and Dr. Chrys Wesdemiotis,
The University of Akron
- Soft Polymer Friction: Insight into the Periodicity of Schallamach
Waves and Effects of Surface Patterning, Charles
J. Rand and Alfred
J. Crosby, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Anionic
Synthesis of In-chain Functionalized Polymers, Lindsay
Kelderhouse,
Manuela Ocampo, Jonathan Janoski and Dr. Roderic P. Quirk, The University
of Akron
Student Poster Presentations
- Effect
of Fillers on Hardness and Stiffness of NR and SBR at Various Temperatures,
Hyunho Jin, Dong Lyun Cho, Chang Kook Hong and Prof. Shinyoung Kaang,
Chonnam National University
- Effects
of Fillers on Fatigue Crack Growth Rate of Ethylene Propylene Diene
Monomer, Jaeyeon Jung, Dong Lyun Cho, Chang Kook Hong and Prof. Shinyoung
Kaang, Chonnam National University
- Strengthing
of Polyolefins by Bottom-up Self-Assembly of POSS Nanoparticles, Byoung
Jo Lee and Dr. Sadhan C. Jana, The University of Akron
- Functionalization
of Polyisobutylene-based Biomaterials Using Enzymatic Catalysis, Mustafa
Y. Sen and Dr. Judit E. Puskas, The University of Akron
- Enhancement
in the Orientation of the Nanocylinders in Triblock Copolymer by Blending
with Homopolymer via Molecular Weight Design, Dongsik
Park, Dae Up
Ahn and Erol Sancaktar, The University of Akron
- Systhesis
and SEC Characterization of Polyisobutylenes from the 4-(1,2-oxirane-isopropyl)
Styrene Inimer, Elizabeth Foreman, Lucas Dos Santos
and Dr. Judit Puskas, The University of Akron
- Development
of Global Computer Software for a Metered Fed Closely Intermeshing
Counter-Rotating Twin Screw Extruder, Qibo Jiang, Dr. James L. White,
The University of Akron
- Elastic
and Inelastic Behavior and Cut Growth in Swollen Filled Rubber Compounds, Xiaoli
Chai and Dr. Gary R. Hamed, The University of Akron
- Nitrosamine
Free Cure Systems in EPDM, Jon Nienaber and Dr. Matt Yang, Ferris State
University
- PIB:
A Very Unusual Polymer, Kumar Kunal and Alexei Sokolov, The University
of Akron
- Structure Property Relationships in Silica Reinforced Elastomers, Prashant Rajan, Doug Kohls, and Dr. Dale W. Schaefer, University of
Cincinnati
- (Unknown Title) Ganesh Latta, Quentin Lineberry, and Wei-Ping
Pan, Western Kentucky University