degrees in the field, perform cutting-edge research and prepare to
enter the industry.”
While this year’s lecture focused on the work of the CIEF,
moving forward the Sidney Lauren Memorial Lecture will be
technical in nature.
The Waterborne Symposium concluded with an awards cere-
mony for best student poster and best paper awards. Best Student
Paper Award was presented to Joshua Hanna for his paper,
“Tracking Steel Corrosion in Halide Solutions with a pH Stim-
uli Responsive Polymer.”
The Shelby F. Thames Best Paper Award was presented to Jens
Voepel of Ytkemiska Institute, YKI – Institute for Surface Chem-
istry for “Making Cleaner Surfaces.” (Turn to page 70 to read
the award-winning paper in its entirety.)
The Student Poster Awards were presented by John Maddox
of Eastman Chemical Company. First place went to Austin D.
Attendees take in the Student Poster Session.
Baranek for “Synthesis and Characterization of Cross-linked,
Quaternary Ammonium Polybenzoxazines for Anion Exchange
Membranes”; second place went to Brooks Abel for “
RAFT-ROMP Molecular Brushes for siRNA Delivery”; and third place
was awarded to Emily A. Hoff for “Photolabile Caged Thiols:
Towards One-Pot Postmodification of Well-Defined Functional
Polymers via Thiol-Click Chemistry.” CW
2013 Call for Papers
The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at
The University of Southern Mississippi has issued a call for
papers for presentation at the 40th Annual International
Waterborne Symposium, February 4-8, 2013 in New Orleans. Papers should relate to new and emerging technologies related to materials, processes, production,
characterization, application and markets in the field of surface coatings. All papers should be original and represent
recent advances in coatings science and related disciplines.
Title, abstract and author’s names (speaker’s name underlined) should be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail no later
than Aug. 15 to School of Polymers and High Performance
Materials, The University of Southern Mississippi,Box
10063, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0063; 601-266-4475; Fax:
601- 266-6265; E-mail: waterborne@usm.edu; Web:
www.psrc.usm.edu/waterborne.
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From left to right,the 2012 Eastman Student Poster Award winners and presenters: Brian King of Eastman Chemical; Joshua Hanna, USM - student paper winner; Austin Baranek, USM - 1st place student poster winner; Brooks Abel, USM - 2nd place student poster winner; Emily Hoff,
USM - 3rd place student poster winner; Jacob Ray, USM - 5th place student poster winner; John Maddox of Eastman Chemical; Robson
Storey,USM - Waterborne Chairman and Jeff Smythe of SSCT.
