Polymers: sustainability, processes, applications & characterization

Materials for More Sustainable Polymers and Chemicals

Symposium Co-Chairs

YuanQiao Rao
Fellow
Dow Chemical Company

Yuming Lai
Research Scientist
The Dow Chemical Company

Matt Kweon
Senior Product Development Engineer
ExxonMobil

Key Speakers

Kinetics of homogeneous nucleation in supercooled polymer melts
Andrew Anstey
Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa

Processes of Environmental Plastic Weathering and Biodegradation in Natural Systems
Melissa Beth Duhaime
Associate Professor, University of Michigan

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	Monday June 17
10:30	Sustainable Polymers
4:00	Polymers - Posters

2024 Symposium Program
	Monday June 17

10:30	Sustainable Polymers	Chesapeake 1
	Session chair: Mu Sung (Matt) Kweon, ExxonMobil, US
	Microbial Processes of Environmental Plastic Weathering and Biodegradation in Natural Systems M.B. Duhaime, R.N. Cable, J.K. Choi, A. Mizrahi, L. Michaelson, A. Bhaumik, C. Plotzke, S. Zhang, T. Lin, P. Thakre, Y. Tan, J. Hu, D. Meunier, Y. Lai, Z. Chen, University of Michigan, US
	Kinetics of homogeneous nucleation in supercooled polymer melts A. Anstey, P.C. Lee, University of Ottawa, CA
	Sustainable Cannabinoid-Derived Biopolymers for Biopotential Electrodes M. Sotzing, J. Toribio, A. Pollock, G. Sotzing, A. Chortos, Purdue University, US
	Mixed Plastic recycling into valuable chemicals M. Arifuzzaman, Re-Du, US

4:00	Polymers - Posters	Expo Hall BC
	Degradation and Upcycling of Polyolefins to Valuable Chemicals G. Liu, Virginia Tech, US
	De-plasticization of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Wastes into Value-Added Carbon Materials D. Saha, H. Grappe, Eco Carbon LLC, US
	Fungal Chitin as a Renewable and Abundant Alternative to Crustacean Chitin A. Zannat, J.L. Shamshina, Texas Tech University, US
	Economically viable Viable Approaches for the generation Generation of Chitin Nanomaterials and Their Utilization in Material Reinforcement R. Panackal Shibu, J.L. Shamshina, Texas Tech University, US