2005 Annual Meeting

Session: Polymers from Renewable Resources

Chair

John R. Dorgan, Colorado School of Mines

Co-Chair

Giuseppe R. Palmese, Drexel University

Presentations

08:00 AM

(584a) Fatty Acid Based Monomers for Fire Resistant Vinyl Ester and Unsaturated Polyester Resins
Erde Can, Giuseppe R. Palmese

08:16 AM

(584b) Epoxidation of Soybean Oil in a Microemulsion-Assisted Environment
David G. Rethwisch, Kaveri Jain, Peter Rasmussen, Katherine T. Rethwisch, Alec B. Scranton

08:32 AM

(584c) The Rheology and Degradation of a Series of Pha-Based Copolymers
Eickhoff James, Graham M. Harrison

08:48 AM

(584d) Surface Modification of Films of Pla, Pha, and Their Blends
Douglas E. Hirt, Rahul M. Rasal, Amol V. Janorkar, Andrew T. Metters

09:04 AM

(584e) Moisture Sorption and Transport in Polylactide
Richard A. Cairncross, Jeffrey G. Becker, Ryan O'Connor

09:20 AM

(584f) Production of Well Dispersed Polymer Blends and Nanocomposites Using Renewable Polymers with Solid-State Shear Pulverization
Amanda M. Walker, John R. Dorgan

09:36 AM

(584g) Synthesis of Poly(Butyl Acrylate)-G-Starch and Poly(Styrene)-G-Starch by Emulsion Photopolymerization to Produce Biodegradable Copolymers from Corn Starch
Chris Comer

09:52 AM

(584h) Prediction of Renewable Polymer Properties Using Quantum and Molecular Modeling
James McAliley, Christopher O'Brien, David Bruce

10:08 AM

(584i) Synthesis of Biodegradable Poly (L-Lactic Acid): Process Path Optimization
Vimal Katiyar, Hemant Nanavati