CPI Announces Best Paper Presentation And Poster Award Winners From Polyurethanes 2009 Technical Conference
National Harbor, MD - (October 7, 2009) – The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) announced recently the winners of the Polyurethanes 2009 Technical Conference Best Paper Presentation and Best Poster awards. A total of 16 papers and four posters were selected, and award winners were recognized at the Conference, held Oct. 5 – 7, just outside Washington, D.C.
Over 700 attendees from 25 countries had the opportunity to hear 72 technical paper presentations and view 39 poster presentations during the three-day conference. Judging was conducted by panels made up of industry veterans, subject matter experts and members of the media.
Technical paper judging criteria included originality and relevance of the technology, effectiveness of the speaker, as well as clarity of the presentation. Posters were judged on both technical and artistic merits.
Technical Paper Award Winners
Automotive 1: Advances in Automotive Processing Technologies – Noise and Harshness Reduction by Using MDE and Solid Fillers in the Automotive Industry; Christian Decker, DESMA.
Automotive 2: Innovations – Recommended Accelerated Humidification Treatment for Polyurethane Foams; Ron Blair, Woodbridge Foam Corporation.
Blowing Agents – Investigation of New Low GWP Blowing Agent AFA-L1 For PUR/PIR; Joseph Costa, Arkema Inc.
Chemistry and Fundamentals – New Organotin Catalysts For Polyurethane Applications; Michael Dimitroff, Momentive Performance Materials.
Coatings & Elastomers – Polyurethanes as Wear Components of Hip Replacement Devices; Ibrahim Sendijarevic, Troy Polymers, Inc.
Construction 1: Building Blocks of the Construction Industry – Experimental Study On The Performance Of Buildings Insulated With Spray Polyurethane Foam; Jose Luis Muller, Synthesia Espanola, S.A.
Construction 2: Insulation for the Building Envelope – Mixing In PIR Laminate Foams; Christian Eilbracht, Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH.
Construction 3: Spray Foam in the Construction Industry – Next Generation (LGWP) of Blowing Agents for Spray Foam Applications; Mary Bogdan, Honeywell.
Environment, Health & Safety – The Current MDI Industrial Hygiene Data on Spray Foam; Mark Spence, Spence Consulting, LLC.
Flame Retardants and Combustibility – New Fire Test Method for Ignition Barrier Alternatives in Attics and Crawlspaces; Rick Duncan, SPFA.
Flexible Foam – High-Performance Polymer Polyol Designed with Small Particle Sizes and Highly Effective Polymer Content; Tomohisa Hirano, Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Footwear – Thermoplastic Polyurethanes: Imagine the Possibilities; Limei Lu, BASF Corporation.
Fundamentals of Elastomers – Determining Stoichiometry of MDI-Based Elastomers Using Compression Set and its Relation to Dynamic Performance; Stephen Seneker, Anderson Development Company.
Processing Innovations – Graco EP250 and EP375 Pour Gun Technology - Next Generation Polyurethane Mixheads; Stephanie Gosset, Graco Ohio Inc.
Renewable Content Polyols 1: Applications – Battelle Biopolyol Technology; Herman Benecke, Battelle Memorial Institute.
Renewable Content Polyols 2: Chemistry – DuPont Cerenol: A Novel Renewably Sourced Ingredient for Polyurethanes; Hari Sunkara, DuPont.
Poster Award Winners
Chemistry and Fundamentals I – Poly (Trimethylene Ether) Triols for Flexible Polyurethane Foams; Mihail Ionescu, Pittsburg State University, Kansas Polymer Research Center.
Chemistry and Fundamentals II – Polyurethanes as Wear Components of Hip Replacement Devices; Ibrahim Sendijarevic, Troy Polymers, Inc.
Environment Impact Reduction – Effect of Modified Cellulosic Microfibers on Flexible Molded Polyurethane Foam Properties; Ivan Javni, Pittsburg State University, Kansas Polymer Research Center.
Processing Innovations – Multistream Mixing Head with Unique Twin Filler Dosing System for Hot Cast Elastomers; Bjoern Dormann, DESMA GmbH.
For copies of the winning papers, or to order a copy of the Polyurethanes 2009 Technical Conference Proceedings, visit the CPI web site at www.americanchemistry.com/polyurethane. Proceedings are available in CD format.
SOURCE: CPI