Sunday, March 4 |
2:00 pm-9:00 pm | Arrival and Registration |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30pm-9:30 pm | Flow-Induced Crystallization |
| Discussion leader: Morton M. Denn, City College of New York |
7:30 pm-8:15 pm | Modeling Flow-Induced Crystallization in Polymer Processing, Anthony J. McHugh, University of Illinois |
8:15 pm-8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm-9:15 pm | Real-time measurements of structure development during polymer flow, Benjamin S. Hsiao, SUNY Stony Brook |
9:15 pm-9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday, March 5 |
7:30 am-8:30am | Breakfast |
9:00 am-12:30pm | Numerical Methods for Free and Moving Boundaries |
| Discussion leader: Philippe Tanguy, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal |
9:00 am-9:45 am | Three-dimensional simulations of injection molding, Thierry Coupez, CEMEF, Sophia Antipolis, France |
9:45 am-10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee break and group photograph |
10:30 am-11:15 am | Parison extrusion and blow molding, Shin-ichiro Tanifuji, Plamedia Research, Tokyo |
11:15 am-11:30 pm | Discussion |
11:30 am-12:15 pm | Diffuse interface models for multiphase structure development, Frans van de Vosse, Eindhoven Institute of Technology |
12:15 pm-12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm-1:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30pm-4:00 pm | No formal activity |
4:30 pm-6:00 pm | Poster session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm-9:30 pm | Instabilities in Processing Flows |
| Discussion leader: Bamin Khomami, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 pm-8:15 pm | Melt fracture, Rudolph Koopmans, Dow Chemical Corporate R&D, Belgium |
8:15 pm-8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm-9:15 pm | Laser-Doppler
measurements of flow instabilities of polyethylene melts, Helmut Münstedt, University of Erlangen, Germany |
9:15 pm-9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday, March 6 |
7:30 am-8:30am | Breakfast |
9:00 am-12:30pm | Reactive Processing and Functionalized Polymers |
| Discussion leader: Musa Kamal, McGill University |
9:00 am-9:45 am | Reactive extrusion, Andrew Hrymak, McMaster University |
9:45 am-10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee break |
10:30 am-11:15 am | Nanostructured polymer blends generated by reactive extrusion, Guo-Hua Hu, LSGC-CNRS-ENSIC-INPL, Nancy, France |
11:15 am-11:30 pm | Discussion |
11:30 am-12:15 pm | Interfacing process design with molecular structure and macroscopic physical performance, Norberto Silvi, General Electric Corporate Research and Development |
12:15 pm-12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm-1:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30pm-4:00 pm | No formal activity |
4:30 pm-6:00 pm | Poster session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm-9:30 pm | Simulation of Viscoelastic Fluid Flow |
| Discussion leader: Gareth McKinley, MIT |
7:30 pm-8:15 pm | Constitutive equations and numerical schemes for viscoelastic flow modeling, Frank P. T. Baaijens, Eindhoven University of Technology |
8:15 pm-8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm-9:15 pm | Computational Rheometry and the Simulation of Time-Dependent Viscoelastic Free Surface Flows, Gareth McKinley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Wednesday, March 7 |
7:30 am-8:30am | Breakfast |
9:00 am-12:30pm | Control of Microstructures in Mixing |
| Discussion leader: Chris Scott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
9:00 am-9:45 am | The mapping method for mixing simulation, Patrick Anderson, Eindhoven University of Technology |
9:45 am-10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee break |
10:30 am-11:15 am | Controllable Formation of Novel Nanoscale and Percolating Blend Morphologies by Chaotic Mixing, David A. Zumbrunnen, Clemson University |
11:15 am-11:30 pm | Discussion |
11:30 am-12:15 pm | Dynamics of Minor Component Size and Spatial Distributions in Mixing Using Continuous Processing Equipment, Ica Manas-Zloczower, Case Western Reserve University |
12:15 pm-12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm-1:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30pm-4:00 pm | No formal activity |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Business meeting |
7:50 pm-9:30 pm | Processing for Microscale Structures |
| Discussion leader: Jose Covas, University of Minho, Portugal |
7:50 pm-8:25 pm | Process physics in the creation of microcellular foams, Nam P. Suh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
8:25 pm-8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm-9:15 pm | Nano Injection Moulding, Wolfgang Kaiser, University of Applied Sciences Aargau, Switzerland |
9:15 pm-9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday, March 8 |
7:30 am-8:30am | Breakfast |
9:00 am-12:30pm | Processing for Nanoscale Structures |
| Discussion leader: L. James Lee, Ohio State University |
9:00 am-9:45 am | Using block copolymer self-assembly as a processing tool, Anthony J. Ryan, Sheffield University |
9:45 am-10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee break |
10:30 am-11:15 am | Processing of conductive polymers, Matt Aldissi, Advanced Polymer Courses and Fractal Systems, Inc. |
11:15 am-11:30 pm | Discussion |
11:30 am-12:15 pm | Polymer-Inorganic Nanocomposites: Processing for Properties, Richard Vaia, Air Force Materials Lab, Dayton, Ohio |
12:15 pm-12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm-1:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30pm-4:00 pm | No formal activity |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm-9:30 pm | Process Monitoring and Control |
| Discussion leader: David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts |
7:30 pm-8:15 pm | Techniques for
in-mold monitoring of injection molding, Hidetoshi Yokoi, University of Tokyo |
8:15 pm-8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm-9:15 pm | Process control: from machine to microstructure, Phil Coates, University of Bradford |
9:15 pm-9:30 pm | Discussion |
Friday, March 9 |
7:30 am-8:30am | Breakfast |