JUNE 19-21, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC


Polymers: sustainability, processes, applications & characterization

Materials for More Sustainable Polymers and Chemicals

Symposium Co-Chairs

Maksim ShivokhinMaksim Shivokhin
Staff Engineer
ExxonMobil

YuanQiao RaoGreen Chemistry in Home and Personal Care
YuanQiao Rao
Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company

Yuming LaiYuming Lai
Research Scientist
The Dow Chemical Company

 

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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