JUNE 17-19, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC


Polymers: sustainability, processes, applications & characterization

Materials for More Sustainable Polymers and Chemicals

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Symposium Co-Chairs

YuanQiao RaoYuanQiao Rao
Fellow
Dow Chemical Company

Yuming LaiYuming Lai
Research Scientist
The Dow Chemical Company

Matt KweonMatt Kweon
Senior Product Development Engineer
ExxonMobil

 

2023 Key Speakers

Jean-Mathieu PinJean-Mathieu Pin
Director of Research and Development
Polystyvert

Sara OrskiMultimodal Characterization of Degraded and Consumer Polyolefins Towards Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships in a Sustainable Plastics Economy
Sara Orski
Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Lily LiuRethinking Plastics – Approaches and Contributions from BASF Plastics Additives Group
Lily Liu
Senior Scientist, BASF

Jill MartinTransforming Plastic Waste for a Low Carbon, Circular Economy
Jill Martin
Senior Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company

Andrew DetwilerRethinking Materials: From Molecular Recycling to Food Service
Andrew Detwiler
Group Leader, Eastman Chemical

Christopher TassoneChristopher Tassone
Materials Science Division Director
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and BOTTLE

 
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2023 Symposium Sessions

9:00Sustainable Polymers
4:00Polymers - Posters

2023 Symposium Program

Monday June 19

9:00Sustainable PolymersNational Harbor 8
Session chair: Yuming Lai, Dow Chemical, US & Maksim E. Shivokhin, ExxonMobil, US
9:00Transforming Plastic Waste for a Low Carbon, Circular Economy
J. Martin, M.J. Hogg, A. Coleman, D. Chatman-Moore, V. Shah, E. Ruiz, Dow Inc., US
9:25Rethinking Materials: From Molecular Recycling to Food Service
A. Detwiler, Eastman, US
9:50Recyclable-by-Design Plastics for the Future
C.J. Tassone, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and BOTTLE, US
10:15Break
10:25Multimodal Characterization of Degraded and Consumer Polyolefins Towards Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships in a Sustainable Plastics Economy
S. Orski, National Institute of Standards & Technology, US
10:50Generation and identification of microplastics under accelerated UV weathering
L-P Sung, S.S. Jhang, S. Rostampour, R. Cook, National Institute of Standards and Technology, US
11:10Solvents-based Green Recycling Process of Polystyrene and Associated Copolymers
J-M. Pin, Polystyvert Inc., CA
11:35Rethinking Plastics – Approaches and Contributions from BASF Plastics Additives Group
L. Liu, BASF, US
12:00High Throughput Methods for The Development of Polymeric Stabilizers for The Mechanical Dispersion Process.
T.H. Kalantar, M. Ladika, G. Strandburg, A. Safir, S. Zong, Dow Chemical, US
4:00Polymers - PostersExpo Hall AB
Harvesting environmental water by hydroscopic hydrogels embedded in delinquent salt and ‎carbon nanotube
N. Hamidi, I. Williams, H. Hamidi, M. McKinney, E. Smalls, P.‎D. Ferguson, South Carolina State University, US
Understanding the Effect of Fabrication Technique on Plarn Properties
U. Ezimora, L.P. Davila, University of California Merced, US
Evaluation of PET degradation under accelerated weathering
S-S. Jhang, R. Cook, S. Rostampour, B.H. Liu,, L-P. Sung, National Institute of Standards and Technology, US
Scalable Catalytic Deuteration of Polyolefins
G. Larsen, T. Guin, K. McDonald, C. Malone, J. Folkert, Savannah River National Laboratory, US
Topics & Application Areas
  • Sustainable Plastics: Degradable, Recyclable, and Reusable
  • Separation, Filtration & Absorption
  • Catalysis
  • Advanced Structural Materials
  • Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Polyolefins
  • Nano- and Microcellular Polymers
  • Other
 

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