2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Composites I

This session will cover new developments in the processing, structure, and properties of polymeric composite systems. Areas of particular emphasis include nanocomposites, interface/interphase phenomena, environmentally friendly composites, multifunctional material systems, and polymeric composite systems for electronic applications.

Chair

John J. La Scala, Army Research Laboratory

Co-Chair

Gautham Parthasarathy, Solutia, Inc.

Presentations

08:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks

08:35 AM

(180a) Mechanical Studies of Cellulose Nanocrystals-Polymer Composite Thin Films
Lang Sui, Paul Podsiadlo, Nicholas Kotov, John Kieffer

08:55 AM

(180b) Novel Approach for Joining Carbon-Carbon Composites Using High-Temperature Heterogeneous Combustion Reactions
Jeremiah D.E. White, Alexander S. Mukasyan, Mark L. LaForest, Allen H. Simpson

09:15 AM

(180c) Preparation, Structure, and Properties of Nanoparticles and Long Fibers Reinforced Thermoset Composites
Gang Zhou, L. James Lee

09:35 AM

(180d) Title: Modeling of Polymer Melts Containing Short and Long Glass Fiber. Part II: the Simulation of Injection Molded Parts
Gregorio M. Velez, Aaron P. R. Eberle, Dr. Donald G. Baird, Peter Wapperom

09:55 AM

(180e) Interlayer Toughening of Vinyl Ester Matrix Composites Using Electrospun Nano- and Meso- Fibers
E. Jason Robinette, Steven McKnight, Giuseppe R. Palmese

10:15 AM

(180f) Experimental Investigations of the Protection Capabilities of Novel Chemical Protective Substrates
Utkarsh.R. Sata, Senthil Chinnasami, Lohit Shastri, George P. Cobb, S. S. Ramkumar, Gopal Coimbatore

10:35 AM

(180g) Environmentally Friendly Polymers and Composites for Military Applications
John J. La Scala, Philip Myers, Yong Ho Bae, Felicia Levine, Stephen Andersen, John Gillespie, Ken Patterson, Lawrence Coulter, Roger Crane, Michael Starks, Jorge Gomez, James M. Sands, Giuseppe R. Palmese

10:55 AM

Concluding Remarks