James W. Rawlins

Assistant Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering
School of Polymers and High Performance Materials
Polymer Science Building,Room 188
118 College Drive #10037
Hattiesburg,MS 39406-0001
Phone:(601)-266-4781
Fax:(601)-266-5880
Email: James.Rawlins@usm.edu
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Background

B.S. in Polymer Science in 1993, and Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering in 1999, from The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss); Highland International, Inc. 1999-2000; Bayer Corporation, Senior Research Chemist/Technical Marketing Manager of Powder Coating Raw Materials, 2000-2004; Assistant Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi.

Research Areas

Polymer science and engineering; Polymer design for thermosetting systems; Polymer-coated surfaces; Polymer interpenetrating networks; Compatible and incompatible blending in crosslinked polymer systems; Forensic analysis of polymers, coatings, adhesives, fibers, films; Structure property-relationships with crosslinked polymer systems; Raw material development from natural and renewable resources; Chemical and biological agent permeability with crosslinked systems, and intelligent and responsive polymers.

Representative Publications, Patents

“Powder Coatings Produced with Crosslinkers Capable of Curing at Low Temperature and Coated Articles Produced Therefrom,” with Thomas Faecke, Ramesh Subramanian, and Eric Vidra, U.S. and European patent application, 1 479 705 A1, May 2004.

“Carboxyfunctionelle Vernetzer für epoxyfunctionelle Pulverlackbindemittel,” with Hans-Josef Laas, Christoph Guertler, Reinhard Halpaap, Michael Grahl, and Peter Thometzek, European patent application 04013873.7-2102, June 2004.

“Powder Crosslinker,” with Richard R. Roesler, Eric Vidra, and Dinesh Pethiyagoda, U.S. patent application 2003.

“The Industrial Status of Powder Coating Plastics,” presented at the DFO Tagung Kunstofflackierung (Coating Plastics Symposium), Dresden Germany, Nov. 2002.

“A New Generation of Low- or Non- Emissive Crosslinkers for Polyurethane Powder Coatings,” S. Feng, R. Halpaap, and H. Laas, ICE Expo, Oct. 2002.

“New Crosslinkers for Polyurethane Powder Coating,” S. Feng, C. Sullivan, and P. Thometzek, 29th Int. Waterborne, High-Solids, & Powder Coating Symposium, Feb. 2002.

“Powder Coating Compositions Containing Hyperbranched Polyesters, Their Preparation and Use,” European EP 1070748, 2001.

“A research overview of UV-curable powder coatings from USM,” S.F. Thames, Powder Coating, Aug. 2000, p. 37.

“Annealing Profile and UV Exposure Effects on Network Development in UV Curable Powder Coatings,” S.F. Thames, 27th Int. Waterborne, High-Solids, & Powder Coatings Symposium, Mar. 2000.

“Reactive Hyperbranched Polyesters for Powder Coatings,” R. Vicari, O.S. Fruchey, K.N. Juneau, and S.F. Thames, U.S. 6,114,489, 2000.

“UV Curable Powder Coatings Derived from Novel Silicon Modified Polymers,” S.F. Thames, 26th Int. Waterborne, High-Solids, & Powder Coatings Symposium, Feb. 1999.

“POWDER COATINGS (Overview),” Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia, Volume 9, S.F. Thames and S.D. Pace II, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1996.