| Metal Protection Through Coatings Technology Conference October 19-20, 2010 Sheraton Station Square Hotel Pittsburgh, PA Schedule of Events (Subject to Change) Tuesday, October 19th 7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration 7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast 8:30am - 9:30 am Welcome Address & Keynote Lecture Gale Murphy, The Sherwin-Williams Company 9:30 am - 10:00 am Technical Focus Lecture S. Ray Taylor, Houston Biomaterials Research Center - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 10:30 am - 11:00 am Refreshment Break 11:00 am - 11:30 am Development and Implementation of Sol-Gel Coatings for Aerospace Applications Jill E. Seebergh, The Boeing Company 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Surface Preparation of Multi-Metal Vehicle Bodies Janice L. Tardiff, Ford Motor Company 12:00pm - 1:30pm Luncheon Session 1: Additives for Corrosion Inhibition 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Corrosion Protection and Rheological Control with Gelled Calcium Sulfonates Clifford K. Schoff, Kimes Technologies International, Inc. 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Modern, Non-toxic, Anticorrosive Pigments for High-performance Applications: Is the Never-ending Battle Over Chromates Won Yet? Lars Kirmaier, Heubach GmbH 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Multifunctional Organic Corrosion Inhibitors for Environmentally Compliant Coatings Andrew Balgeman, HALOX 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Improving Water-based Protective Metal Coatings Using a Nanoparticle Additive Steffen Pilotek, Buhler PARTEC GmbH 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Electroactive Conducting Polymers for Corrosion Control Victoria J. Gelling, North Dakota State University 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm How Nanoparticles Work to Resist Corrosion in Today's Coatings Robert H. McMullin, BYK USA Session 2: Analytical Methods for Evaluating Weathering & Corrosion 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Employing Electrochemical Impedance in Predicting Corrosion Events Tony Gichuhi, HALOX 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Correlating Electrochemical Impedance Spectra and Structural Changes in Latex Films Tami Lasseter Clare, Portland State University 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Effects of Entrapped Soluble Salts upon Coating Performance Rick A. Huntley and Kenneth B. Tator, KTA-Tator, Inc. 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Simulation of Water Distribution in an Army Primer-topcoat for Various Accelerated Weathering Protocols and Impact on Degradation Victoria J. Gelling, North Dakota State University 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Characterization of Surface Mechanical Properties of Corrosion Coatings Nicholas Randall, CSM Instruments 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Welcome Reception with Tabletop Exhibitors Wednesday, October 20th 7:30 am - 11:30 am Registration 7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast Session 3: Polymer Developments 8:30 am - 9:00 am Creating Super-Hydrophobic Coatings on Aluminum and Steel for Corrosion Prevention Bi-min Zhang Newby, University of Akron 9:00 am - 9:30 am Ultra High Solids Silicone-Epoxy Resins: The Best of Three Worlds Ira Stocksill, Evonik Industries 9:30 am - 10:00 am Protection of Metal with a Novel Waterborne Acrylic/Urethane Hybrid Technology Leo Procopio, The Dow Company. 10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break 10:30 am - 11:00 am FEVE Fluoropolymer Technology for Metal Protection of Exterior Structures Bob Parker, AGC Chemicals Americas 11:00 am - 11:30 am The Development of Next Generation, High Performance Waterborne Coatings Using Coalescence Theory to Improve Formulation and Application Stacy Haynes, BASF Corporation Session 4: New Developments 8:30 am - 9:00 am Metal Protection with Composite Electroless Nickel Coatings Michael Feldstein, Surface Technology, Inc. 9:00 am - 9:30 am Novel Mildly Alkaline, Non-Chrome, Thin Organic Coating Brian D. Bammel, Henkel Corporation 9:30 am - 10:00 am A Selection Tool for Waterborne Polyurethane Coatings for Direct to Metal Applications Pete Schmitt, Bayer Material Science LLC 10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break 10:30 am - 11:00 am Solvent-free, Water-based 'Super-Fast' Cure Pretreatment Primer for the Application of Coil Coatings Heming Wang, Sheffield Hallam University 11:00 am - 11:30 am Innovative rganic Pigments for Protective Coatings Romesh Kumar, Clariant Corporation 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Investigation of Binder Systems for Magnesium Rich Coatings Nicholas Richter and Neena Ravindran, North Dakota State University 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Luncheon with Tabletop Exhibitors  Full Conference Schedule Hotel Information Guided Tour of Heinz Field Stadium Return to Details
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