Coatings World - March 2014

41st Annual Waterborne Symposium

of Biodegradable Polyhydroxyalkanoate/Caseinate Blends
for Thin Film and Packaging Applications,” Tyler Brown
for “Understanding the Structure-Activity Relationship of
Bio-Inspired Statistical Copolymer Prepared Via Aqueous
RAFT as Antimicrobial Peptide Mimics” and Chase Tretbar
for Polymerization of Blocked Isocyanate Functional
Polymers and Post-Polymerization Modification by Thiol-
Isocyanate Reactions.”
The SSCT Student Best Paper Award was given to
Brooks Abel, USM, for his paper titled, “Versatile
Brush Architectures for siRNA Delivery via Controlled
The Siltech Innovation Award was given to Hui Yu of
New Functional Polymers LLC, for her paper titled, “ Novel
Synthetic Methods for Bicyclic Coating Resin.”
The Shelby F. Thames Best Paper Award was given to
Shannon Morrison of BYK Additives, for his paper, “
Instantaneous Interfacial Barrier Growth Stabilization of
Water-in-Water Dispersions.” Panel Discussion

For the first tine this year, the Symposium added a new format with a panel discussion session on Automotive Coatings, which was chaired by Dale Pritchett, publisher of Coatings World.

Automotive Coatings is a $15.7 billion dollar market and the second largest market in the global coatings industry. This Automotive Panel offered attendees the opportunity to hear firsthand from major automotive and pigment manufacturers about the future innovations, performance and green technologies that are the key factors in this dynamic market.

The panel was comprised of Mark Nichols, technical leader, paint research, materials research department, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering at Ford Motor Company; Bill Eibon, director, global color technology at PPG Industries and Russell Schwartz, chief technology officer at Sun Chemical Corporation.