Monday, May 5, 2008 Session M17 Properties of Foams Moderator: N.S. Ramesh

8:00 AM - #0740
Effects Of The Foam Morphology In The Mechanical Properties Of Injection Molded Thermoplastic Foams
Laura Florez, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University (IKV)

8:30 AM - #0858
Synthesis And Characterization Of Open-Cell Foams For Sound Absorption With Rotational Molding Method
Raymond Chu, University of Toronto

9:00 AM - #0833
Mechanical Property Prediction Of Structural Foams Using Density Profile
Mohamad Reza Barzegari, Laval University

9:30 AM - #0727
Polymer Foams Flexural Modulus Optimazation: Effect Of Density Profile
Denis Rodrigue, Laval University

10:00 AM - #0663
Mechanical Properties Of Injection Molded Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) Cellular Foams
John Lee, University of Toronto

10:30 AM - #0460
Mechanical Properties Of Syntactic Foams
Obiageli Onovo, Pittsburg State University

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Monday, May 5, 2008 Session M35 Foam Processing Moderator: Chul Park

1:30 PM - Tutorial on Foam
Industrial Perspectives of Foaming
Martin Tusim, The Dow Chemical Company

2:30 PM - #0882
Extrusion Foaming Of High-Melt-Strength PP With Supercritical Carbon Dioxide I: Cell Nucleation Behaviors
Eung Kee Lee, University of Toronto

3:00 PM - #0176
Benign Processing Of High Performance Polymer Foams Of Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone)
Desmond VanHouten, Virginia Tech

3:30 PM - #0936
A Comparison Between The Foaming Abilities Of Polymers Prepared With CO2 And N2
Qingping Guo, University of Toronto

4 :00 PM - #0567
Synthesis And Foaming Of Water Expandable Polystyrene-Activated Carbon Composites
Nan-Rong Chiou, Nanomaterial Innovation Ltd., The Ohio State University

4:30 PM - #0817
Profoam - A New Foaming Process For Injection Molding
Thorsten Krumpholz, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University (IKV)

5:00 PM - #0554
Cell Nucleation And Morphology Of Batch-Foamed Polypropylene Copolymer/Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) With Co2
Wenli Zhu, University of Toronto

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Tuesday, 6, 2008 Session T37 Advances in Materials for Foams Moderator: Hani Naguib

1:30 PM - Keynote
XPS Foams with Enhanced Thermal Insulation Properties
Manoj Choudhary, Owens Corning

2:30 PM - #0658
Exploratory Experiments On Solid-State Foaming Of PLA Films And COC/LDPE Multi-Layered Films
John Lu, University of Washington

3:00 PM - #0916
Effect Of Crystallinity On The Cell Morphology And Mechanical Properties Of HDPE/CLAY Nanocomposite Foams
Choonghee Jo, University of Toronto

3:30 PM - #0241
Microcellular Extrusion Of Polylactide With Chain-Extender
Srikanth Pilla, University of Wisconsin

4:00 PM - #0289
Foaming Polypropylene With Nanoclays
Amit Chaudhary, Michigan State University

4:30 PM - #0664
Bi-cellular PS Foams with Higher Insulation Using Water and Butane
Kyungmin Lee, University of Toronto

5:00 PM
Business Meeting

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8:30 AM - #0730
Effects Of Long-Chain Branching, Concentration Of Supercritical CO2 And Pressure On The Viscosity Of Linear And Branched Polypropylenes
Hee Eon Park

9:00 AM - #0902
Manufacturing And Characterization Of Novel Porous Two-Part Shape Memory Polymer
Hani Naguib

9:30 AM - #0930
Analysis Of Bubble Nucleation Using The Critical Radius Change During Decompression Or Heating Processes
Qingping Guo

10:00 AM - #0449
The Foamability Of Polypropylene Copolymer Blown With Argon, Helium And Nitrogen
Anson Wong

10:30 AM - #0461
PP/CO2 Melt Volume Swelling From Measurement And EOS Prediction
Yao Gai Gary Li

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Session W29 Thermoplastics & Engineering Plastics Moderator: Perry Vadhar

2:00 PM - #0845
Evaluation Of Internal And External Donors In The Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalyst For Stereospecific Propylene Polymerization
Renata Cardoso

2:30 PM - #0672
Weathering Of Transparent Polyester-Carbonates Under High Intensity Discharge Lighting
Gheorghe Cojocariu

3:00 PM - #0992
Unsaturated Polyester Resin From Chemical Recycling Of Off-Grade Polyethylene Terephthalate
Alireza Zahedi

3:30 PM - #0592 (C)
New Environmentally Progressive Polyester Flame Retardant Resins
Rama Konduri

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