Organizational Committee

Speakers

Karlis Adamsons, Dupont – The Role of Fundamental Mechanistic Studies in Practical Service Life Prediction

Gaurav Agrawal, Air Products – Stone Chip Resistance of Automotive Coatings

Dave Bauer, Ford – The Role of Fundamental Mechanistic Studies in Practical Service Life Prediction

Gordon Bierwagon, North Dakota State University – Fundamentals of Corrosion and Corrosion Protection

Joannie Chin, NIST – Novel Approaches to Artificial UV Weathering of Coatings, Plastics, and Composites

Anthony DeBellis, Ciba Specialty Chemicals - Computer Simulations of the Conformational Preference of 3' Substituents in 2'-Hydroxyphenyl Benzotriazole UV Absorbers: Correlation with UVA Photopermanence in Coatings

Brian Dickens, Consultant – A Computer Program for Nearly Real-Time Estimation of Photolytic and Hydrolytic Degradation Testing to Storage Media

James Duckworth, Galactic – The Role and Usage of Standard Data Formats for Spectroscopic Information

Lou Floyd, Director PRA Labs – Fracture Mechanics Approach to Predicting the Service Life of Architectural Coatings

John Gerlock,( Smith, C.A.; Nichols, M.E.; Tardiff, J.L.; Kaberline, S.L.; Prater, T.J.; Carter III, R.O.; Dusbiber, T.G.; Cooper, V.A.; and Misovski, T.) Ford – Paint Weathering Test Development at Ford Research: Transition from Art to Science to Eng

Kelly Hardcastle, Atlas Weathering Services Group Fractional Factorial Approaches to EMMAQUA Experiments

Kelly Hardcastle, Atlas Weathering Services Group - Overview of Exposure Angle Considerations on Material Service Life

Bill Heeschen, Dow Chemical – Digital Imaging and LIMS: an Industrial Analytical Lab Perspective

Fern Hunt, NIST – A First Step Toward Photo-realistic Rendering of Coated Surfaces and Computer-Based Standards for Appearance

Jerry Jean, University of Missouri- Kansas – Characterization of Aging-Induced Physical and Chemical Defects in Aircraft Long-Life Coating Systems

Gary Jorgensen, NREL – Use of Uniformly Distributed Concentrated Sunlight for Highly Accelerated Testing of Coatings

Larry Kaetzel, K-Systems – Data Management and Use for a Solar UV Network

LIMS

Jonathan W. Martin, NIST – Service Life Prediction Methodology and Metrologies

Bill Meeker, Iowa State University – Using Accelerated Degradation Tests to Predict Service Life in Highly-Variable Environments

Bill Murray, Consultant – Application of Accelerated Degradation Testing to Data Storage Media

Tinh Nguyen, NIST – Predicting Coating Service Life Using Effective UV Dosage: An Experimental Study

Mark Nichols (Tardiff, J.L.; Gerlock, J.) - Ford – Weathering and Mechanical Performance of Automotive Coatings

Peter Norberg, Center For the Built Environment, Gävle, Sweden – Surface Moisture and Time of Wetness Measurements

James E. Pickett, GE Corporate R&D – Permanence of UV Absorbers in Coatings and Plastics

Jan Pospisil, Czechoslovakian Academy of Science, Light Stabilizers Enhancing Outdoor Service Life of Coatings

Rose Ryntz, Visteon – Mechanical Properties of Painted TPO Plastic Resulting from Morphological Interphase Variation

Sam Saunders, Consultant – An Analysis of Hydrolysis

Peter Trubiroha, Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing of Germany – Simulation of Acid Precipitation; A Promising Step to Improved Artificial Weathering Tests

Kim Williams, Colorado School of Mines – Characterization of Coating Constituents via Field Flow Fractionization