Texas Tech University

NaTex

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

NaTex 2007
April 19, 2007
Dallas, Texas

Program Organizers:

Schedule

  Thursday, April 19, 2007
7:45 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Coffee, Continental Breakfast and Posters
8:10 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Session Chair: Brandon Weeks, Texas Tech University
8:10 a.m.  
9:00 a.m. Polyolefin blend miscibility: Untangling slow conformational events in amorphous polymer mixtures
Jeffery L. White, Oklahoma State University
9:50 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Break
10:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session Chair: Rajesh Khare, Texas Tech University
10:20 a.m. Flow, Memory and Aging of Soft Particle Pastes
Roger T. Bonnecaze, University of Texas at Austin
11:10 a.m. Mechanical testing of anodized coating over molten aluminum alloy
Anne M. Grillet, Sandia National Lab
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Session Chair: Brian Grady, University of Oklahoma
1:00 p.m. Molecular hydrodynamics near a solid-fluid interface
Rajesh Khare, Texas Tech University
1:50 p.m. Structure and rheology of random soap froth
Andrew M. Kraynik, Sandia National Lab
2:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Session Chair: Paul Bernazzani, Lamar University
3:00 p.m. Nano-devices for enhanced cooling and explosives sensing
Debjyoti Banerjee, Texas A&M University
3:50 p.m. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: Thermal and Rheological Properties
Brian Grady, University of Oklahoma
4:40 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Posters / Reception
6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m Business Meeting
7:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

Invited Speakers

Name Organization Seminar Title
Debjyoti Banerjee Texas A&M University Nano-devices for enhanced cooling and explosives sensing
Roger T. Bonnecaze University of Texas, Austin Flow, Memory and Aging of Soft Particle Pastes
Brian Grady University of Oklahoma Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: Thermal and Rheological Properties
Anne M. Grillet Sandia National Lab Mechanical testing of anodized coating over molten aluminum alloy
Rajesh Khare Texas Tech University Molecular hydrodynamics near a solid-fluid interface
Andrew M. Kraynik Sandia National Lab Structure and rheology of random soap froth
Jeffery L. White Oklahoma State University Polyolefin blend miscibility: Untangling slow conformational events in amorphous polymer mixtures

Chemical Engineering