D. Sapper, The Boeing Company. The
Mattiello Award was given to Dr. Dean
Webster, North Dakota State University,
who also gave the Mattiello Lecture.
Dr. Webster gave the Mattiello Lecture,
titled “Coatings Based on Renewables:
The Promise, Potential, and Pitfalls,” on
March 13.
“It’s definitely an honor to be giving the Mattiello Lecture this year,” Dr.
Webster said.
Dr. Webster began the lecture by introducing the man whose name the lecture honors. Joseph Mattiello was a WWI
veteran who was also active in New York
society, president of the FSCT in 1943, as
well as a promoter in the area of science
and paints and coatings.
“He was instrumental in FSCT meetings by introducing
the concept of keynote speaking at those meetings, so after he
passed away, the society dedicated the Mattiello Lecture and the
first was given in October 1949,” Dr. Webster said.
Dr. Webster said that issue of sustainability is at the forefront
of global discussions, and that the coatings industry greatly re-lies on petrochemicals. However, these are finite, and alternate
resources are being explored to replace petrochemicals. Dr.
Webster’s lecture explored the prospect of alternates as well as
the myths surrounding bio-based polymers and pitfalls that may
occur along the way.
Bret Chisholm, director of high-throughput laboratory,
North Dakota State University, gave his speech on “Novel
Multifunctional Bio-Based Polymers for Coatings Applications.”
Chisholm discussed the work that he did along with several recent graduates and undergraduates.
“Prior to the early 1900s, pretty much all of the chemicals
were derived from renewable resources but once petroleum-based materials became readily available, almost all the attention has been focused on those starting materials for the
chemical industry. Of course, now we realize that fossil resources are limited and at some point they’ll be depleted,”
Chisholm explained.
In addition, Cliff Schoff, Schoff Associates, gave his speech
on “ASTM Coatings Standards for the 21st Century.” Schoff
explained that ASTM standards in the coating industry are
often taken for granted, and many people do not realize that
they are relevant and that both new and old test methods are
constantly being produced and revised. Schoff spoke about
what is currently going on in ASTM, the ASTM Committee
D01, which is the committee for coatings, and the future of
the ASTM.
“ASTM Committee D01 is an old organization. We’re not
all gray beards like me, but we’ve been around for a long time.
We have a lot of standards, and there are probably more test
methods than anything else because they’re practices that tell
you about testing but don’t go all the way like test methods do.
Coatings Tech Task Force member Kurt Wood presented the First Place Award for Student Posters to
Niteen Jadhav, NDSU.
Michael Diebold, left, of the Coatings Tech conference task force presented the Student Presenter
Award to NDSU student Niteen Jadhav.
They are guides that usually list the number of ASTM methods
in a certain area. There are about 640 members, and when we
have meetings twice a year, there are about 110 to 120 members that come, and the people that attend also attend subcommittees. One of the things that’s changed is that it used to be
that business that happened at these meetings. Now there’s a
lot of interaction by email and telephone, as well as virtual
meetings,” Schoff explained.
Schoff elaborated that these alternate forms of communication have been helpful for the committee in speeding up the time
it takes to get things done. Schoff also spoke about new projects
and standards set by the committee, such as adhesion of coatings on curved surfaces, measurement of dependence of paint
viscosity on temperature, measurement of yield stress in liquid
paints and related materials. He also explained that the hope of
the committee is to work with others to develop standards in
new areas.
The Coatings Tech Conference came to an end Wednesday
March 13, and featured the student poster award ceremony as well as several talks on functional coatings, Mattiolo
Symposium, weathering/durability and waterborne. The student presenter award and first place student poster award
went to Niteen Jadhav, North Dakota State University.
Second place went to Alice Ching-Hsuan Chang, National
Cheng Kung University, Taiwan/NIST, and third place went
to Mahshid Miknahad, Eastern Michigan University. Ali
Kiamanesh, Eastern Michigan University, received an honorable mention.
In addition to this, the American Coatings Association
announced that Brian Hinderliter, associate professor in the
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department of Virginia
Commonwealth University (VCU), was the recipient of its
2013 CoatingsTech Conference John A. Gordon Best Paper
Award. Hinderliter received this award for his paper presented at the Coatings Tech Conference. Hinderliter presented his
paper titled “Water Concentration Distribution in Coatings
During Accelerated Weathering” at the conference. CW
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