Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association

Friday (8/15/2008) Morning Session: Joint Session with PCP
Session Chairs: Hyuk Yu (U. Wisconsin ) and Kun Sup Hyun (PPI.NJIT)
8:00am PCP/PET-1.1 Non-Canonical Amino Acids in Protein Design, Evolution and Analysis;
David A. Tirrell, Caltech, USA
8:45am PCP/PET-1.2 Characterization for Polymer Physics and Chemistry,
Eric J. Amis, National Institute of Standards and Technology USA
9:30am
9:45am PCP/PET-2.1 New Horizons in Inherently Conducting Polymers: An Overview of Our 5 Year
Studies of Polyanilines; Suck-Hyun Lee and O-Pil Kwon Ajou Univ.
10:30am PCP/PET-2.2 Hierarchically Structured Nanocomposites; Emmanuel P. Giannelis, Cornell Univ.
11:30am
Friday (8/15/2008) Afternoon Session: Recent Advances in Nanocomposites/
Polymeric Materials
Session Chairs: James Chung (Bayer Material Science) and Seung Joon Rhee (Sunoco)
2:15pm PET-3.1 Carbon Nanotubes? Processing & Applications; Heiko Hocke, Bayer BMS/AG,
Germany
2:45pm PET-3.2 Graphite Oxide/Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Nanocomposites prepared by a Novel
Method utilizing Macroazoinitiator; Jin Young Jang, Min Seok Kim and Han Mo Jeong; Univ. of
Ulsan, Cheol Min Shin; N-Baro Tech. Co.
3:15pm PET-3.3 Shape Memory Polymer Nanocomposites; Sadhan C. Jana, I. Sedat Gunes and Feina
Cao; Univ. of Akron
3:45pm PET-3.4 Thermal and Flammability Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites; J.H. Koo and S.
Lao; Univ. of Texas-Austin, L.A. Pilato, and G.E. Wissler, KAI, LLC.
4:15pm PET-4.1 Polyimides for Electro-optic Applications; Chang-Sik Ha, Pusan Nat’l Univ.
4:45pm PET-4.2 Performance Characteristics Of a Styrene-Isobutylene Block Copolymer produced
by Living Cationic Polymerization Technology; David Marshall; Kaneka Texas and Ryuji
Fukuda; Kaneka, Japan
5:15pm PET-4.3 Transparent Impact Modifier for Bisphenol A Polycarbonate; James Chung and
James P. Mason, Bayer BMS USA and Michael Erkelenz, Bayer BMS/AG Germany
5:45pm
Saturday (8/16/2008) Morning Session: Polymer Rheology and Processing
Session Chairs: Yong Lak Joo (Cornell U.) and Kab Sik Seo (Eastman Chemical)
8:00am PET-5.1 Hysterisis; J, D, Goddard; Univ. of California, San Diego
8:30am PET-5.2 Interesting Nonlinear Dynamics in Film Blowing Process; Jae Chun Hyun; Korea Univ.
9:00am PET-6.1 Nanofibers from Electrically Driven Viscoelastic Jets: Modeling and Experiments;
Colman P. Carroll, Eduard Zhmayev, Vibha Kalra and Yong L. Joo; Cornell Univ.
9:20am PET-6.2 Development of a Runner Valve for the Runner Balance Adjustment in Multi-Cavity
Injection Mold; Byung-Ohk Rhee, Hyung-Pil Park and Kwon-Il Choi; Ajou Univ.
9:40am
10:00am PET-6.3 The PVT and Solubility Behaviors in the Nanocomposites; M.M. Hasan, G.Li, and C.B.
Park; Univ. of Toronto
10:20am PET-6.4 The Solid State Orientation of Polymer Systems and New Application Opportunities
in Plastic Industry; Eung Kyu Kim, The Dow Chemical Company
10:40am PET-6.5 A Continuous Process for Large-Area Thermal Embossing of Micro/Nanopatterns
onto Polymeric Films; Mattew Fagan and Byung Kim, Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst
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