Coatings World - March 2013

Characterization of Cross-linked, Quaternary Ammonium
Polybenzoxazines for Anion Exchange Membranes” and fifth
place went to Jack Ly for his poster titled, “A Facile Approach
to Jeffamine-based Organogelators.”
The closing ceremony for the Waterborne Ceremony
was held on Friday, Feb. 8, and included general sessions
in the morning covering topics such as zero VOC colorants,
achieving effective TiO2 reduction, epoxy-amine coating
and cure kinetics.

These talks were concluded with the awards ceremony
for the 40th annual Waterborne Symposium. The paper
award winners went to Michael R. Van De Mark, Missouri
S&T Coatings Institute, for his paper titled, “Molecular
Weight (MN) and Functionality Effects on CUP Formation
and Stability;” The Siltech Award for Innovation went to
Michel Tielemans, Cytec, for his paper titled, “New
Advances in High Performance Waterborne Radiation-
curable Emulsions and Dispersions;” The PCI Award
for Technical Excellence went to Charles Hegedus, Air
Products, for his paper titled “Designed Defoamer Selection
and Performance in Waterborne Coatings;” and SSCT Best
Student Paper Award went to Austin Baranek, University
of Southern Mississippi, for his paper titled, “Versatility of
Bisphenol-based Polybenzoxazine Networks.” CW

The Siltech Award for Innovation, Michel Tielemans, Cytec.

Left: The PCI Award for Technical Excellence, Charles Hegedus, Air Products; Right: The Shelby F. Thames Best Paper Award, Michael R. Van De Mark, Missouri S&T Coatings Institute (formerly UMR).

SSCT Best Student Paper Award, Austin Baranek, University of Southern Mississippi.

2014 Call For Papers

The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi invites people to participate in the 41st Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium, Feb. 24-28, 2014 at the New Orleans Sheraton, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.

The university welcomes papers pertaining to new and emerging technologies related to materials, processes, production, characterization, application and markets in the field of surface coatings. Papers will be selected based on the submitted abstracts. Papers judged to be principally commercial in nature will not be accepted. Papers must be original and represent recent advancements in coatings science and related disciplines.