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The Texas and Southwest Thermal Analysis and Rheology Forum
Section of the North American Thermal Analysis Society

 

Frontiers in Materials Research:
Applications of Thermal Analysis and Rheology

 

Third Annual Meeting
April 29 and 30, 2004
Dallas, Texas

 

Program Organizers:
Lenore Dai, Texas Tech University
Sindee L. Simon, Texas Tech University


Thursday, April 29, 2004

 

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.

 

8:30 a.m.



 

9:20 a.m.

 

10:10 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

10:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.


 

10:40 a.m.

 

11:30 a.m.

 

12:20 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

 

2:00 p.m.

 

2:50 p.m.
 

3:40 p.m.

 

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
 

6:00 - 6:30 p.m.

 

Friday, April 30, 2004

 

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

 

9:00 a.m.

 

9:50 a.m.

 

10:40 - 10:55 a.m.

10:55 a.m.

 

11:45 - 12:00 p.m.

Schedule

 

Coffee, Continental Breakfast and Posters

Mechanical Properties and Rheology
Session Chair: Gregory McKenna, Texas Tech University

Prediction of Impact Resistance of Polymeric Films Based on a Nonlinear Viscoelastic Model Using Finite Element Methods
Peter Kamarchik, PPG Industries, Inc.

Discontinuities in Rheology
Daniel De Kee, Tulane Univsersity

Coffee Break and Posters

Thermal Analysis Applications in Explosivesand Process Safety
Session Chair: Roger Morgan, Texas A&M University

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Plastic Bonded Explosives
Mary Campbell, Los Alamos National Laboratory

A systematic Approach to Reactive Chemicals Analysis
M. Sam Mannan, Texas A&M University

Luncheon (provided)

Behavior of the Nanoscale
Session Chair: Lenore Dai, Texas Tech University

Polymer-Based Nanocomposites: Properties at the Nanoscale
Peter Green, University of Texas at Austin

Crystallization in Polymer Nanocomposites
Ramanan Krishnamoorti, University of Houston

Novel Polymer Gel Nanoparticle Dsipersions
Zhibing Hu, University of North Texas

Poster Session, Vendor Exhibition, and Reception

NaTex Organizational Meeting. All are welcome

 

Schedule

 

Coffee, Continental Breakfast and Posters

Semi-Crystalline Polymers and Adhesives
Session Chair: Nandika D'Souza, University of North Texas

Artifacts in Isothermal Crystallization Experiments of Polmers
Brian Grady, University of Oklahoma

Characterization and Properties of Polypropylene
Manika Varma-Nair, ExxonMobil

Break

Thermophysical Characterization of Tape Adhesives
Brian Love, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Wrap-up