Coatings World - March 2016

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Doug Amato for “Environmentally Friendly One-Pot Synthesis
of Hairy Nanoparticles by Emulsion Thiol-ene and ATRP,”
Brian Donovan for “Thiol-Trifluorovinyl Ether (Thiol-TFVE)
Photochemistry: A New Route to Semifluorinated Materials”
and Abagail Jentsch for “Utilizing Polymer-Chromophore
Interactions Towards Optimizing Triplet-Triplet Annihilation in
Solid-State Materials.”
The Student Best Paper Award sponsored by the SSCT went
to Greg Curtzwiller for “Comparison of the Added Value for
Corrosion Performance of Chemically Modified Multiwall Carbon
Nanotube Epoxy-Amine Coating Systems on Steel Substrates”
PCI Magazine’s Award for Technical Excellence was given to
Andrew Steward of Molecular REBAR Design, LLC for “Novel
Industrial Coatings Developed Using Molecular REBAR.”
The Siltech Innovation Award was given to Luz Calle of
NASA for “Environmentally Friendly Coating Technology for
Autonomous Corrosion Control.”
Allison Robers and Dane Wesgeworth were the recipients of
the Sidney Lauren Memorial Scholarship.

Expert Coatings Panel Discussion

For the third year, Dale Pritchett, publisher of Coatings World,
moderated a panel discussion. This year’s panel was titled
“Trends and Innovations in the Global Coatings Industry.”
This year’s panel focused on the business and trends that
impact this market. Attendees had the opportunity to hear first
hand from major architectural coatings manufacturers on how
their company succeeds in this dynamic market.
The panel was comprised of James Bodwell, senior principal
scientist at Avery Dennison; Swagata Chakraborty, senior de-
velopment manager at Berger Paints; Dennis Lay, vice president
R&D at Rust-Oleum and Diane Stewart, senior scientist at DAP.
The panel concluded with a Q&A session with the audience.