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2013 Short Courses

Reformulating to Waterborne Coatings
Advances in Polymeric Materials for Protective, Decorative, and Functional Films
Physical Principles of Formulation
One Day Workshop - The Entrepreneurial Side of Innovation

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 2013 SHORT COURSE ATTENDEES!

DUE TO THE 2013 SUPERBOWL BEING HELD IN NEW ORLEANS THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE 2013 SHORTCOURSE SCHEDULE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED!

Day ONE for Reformulating to Waterborne Coatings short course will be held at the University of Southern Mississippi Campus in the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials Building.
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Day TWO for Reformulating to Waterborne Coatings short course will be held at the New Orleans Marriott, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA. This will enable our short course attendees to participate in the Opening Reception and Technology Showcase Exhibit Hall on Tuesday evening.

Physical Principles of Formulation short course will be condensed to one day, Tuesday, February 5 at the New Orleans Marriott.

We recommend that you fly into New Orleans Airport on Sunday, February 3, 2013 and rent a car to drive to Hattiesburg, MS.
Directions to Courtyard Marriott, Hattiesburg - from New Orleans Airport

Your other options include flying directly into Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport, or Gulfport/Biloxi International Airport. For those who choose to fly into Hattiesburg directly we can arrange transportation to pick you up and take you to your hotel. We will also be providing transportation from Hattiesburg down to New Orleans on Monday evening via bus for those not wishing to drive.

Hotel Reservations for Hattiesburg: The Courtyard Marriott, 119 Grand Drive, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
601-268-3050    Room Block for Discount: USM/Waterborne Symposium
Discounted Room Rate: $99.00 for 2 queen beds / 1 King Bed for Monday, February 4, 2013
Cut-Off Date for hotel reservations: January 20, 2013
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Reformulating to Waterborne Coatings
February 4-5, 2013

Dr. Robson F. Storey
Professor of Polymer Science
Course Description:
Reformulating to Waterborne Coatings is an intensive, two day course providing an introduction to the technology of waterborne coatings with an emphasis on the challenges encountered in converting existing solvent-borne coating systems to water. The course is designed for coating chemists and formulators and for persons interested in new applications for waterborne coatings. It consists of a series of lectures organized around various popular coating types including acrylic latex, polyester/alkyd, two-component polyurethane, polyurethane dispersion, epoxy, and silicone. Additional topics include the use of additives, pigments and pigment dispersion, and application methods for waterborne coatings.

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Physical Principles of Formulation
February 5, 2013

Dr. Robert Lochhead
Professor of Polymer Science
Course Description:

Today's formulator should be well acquainted with the chemical and physical theoretical underpinnings of formulation. These include knowledge of the types of interactions that can occur in complex mixtures. This course addresses the physical principles of formulation with respect to polymers and macromolecules, surfactants, dispersions and emulsions. Upon completion of the course, each participant would be expected to possess an understanding of the theoretical basis of formulating with these materials.

The course is divided into four parts, each of which will be taught over the course of half a day :

Part 1: The physical principles of formulating with polymers

• An introduction to polymers
  • Polymer classification
  • The characteristics conferred by polymer architecture
• Polymer solubility and miscibility
• Solubility parameter
  • Hildebrand parameter
  • Hoy-Hansen Approach
  • Teas diagrams and how to use them
• Flory-Huggins Basics
  • What is the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter and how can it be used in
    practical applications.
    • What are the limitations of Flory-Huggins
• Phase Diagrams and how they can be used as predictors of formulation behavior
• The relationship between physical properties and polymer architecture
• Polymer adsorption at interfaces
• Self assembly of polymers
• Rheology modifiers -- performance and selection

Part 2: The physical principles of formulating with surfactants

• An introduction to surfactants
  • Surfactant classification
  • Structure-property relationships in surfactants
  • Adsorption at interfaces – what can be learned by measuring surface and
    interfacial tension
  • Micellization and self-assembly into mesomorphic supermolecular structures
    • Micelle stuctures and the properties that they confer
    • Lyotropic liquid crystals and gels
  • Mechanisms of wetting, spreading, adhesion and cleaning

Part 3: The physical principles of dispersions and emulsions

• The nature of solid dispersions: dispersion, flocculation, aggregation and agglomeration
• The electrical double layer – DLVO theory and its applications
• Steric Stabilization — The theory and where it is used
• Dispersion Rheology—from Einstein Theory to Yield Stress
• Solids dispersion and the practical evaluation of dispersants
• Emulsions
  • Classification of emulsions
  • The selection of emulsifiers
    • HLB and PIT
  • Emulsion rheology and stability
  • Practical aspects of emulsions and scale-up considerations
    

Part 4: Bringing it all together

• Demonstrations of the physical principles applied to examples from the recent patent literature and from the field.
  

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One Day Workshop
February 5, 2013

Jay Martin The Entrepreneurial Side of Innovation

Transform your hobbies and Ideas into income generating engines. Write your own patents versus paying your attorney. Bullet-proof your endeavor with entity structuring secrets. Raise capital without giving up equity or control. Launch your ideas for free using leveraging strategies. Turn life’s expenses into business tax deductions. Maximize profit by creating your contract deal structure terms

 

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The Typical short course day starts with breakfast at 7:30 am and ends at 5:00 pm.
Course specific schedules will be released before the symposium.