Coatings, Surfaces & Membranes

JUNE 9-11, 2025 | AUSTIN, TX
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Innovations in design, production and control of micro/nanostructured surfaces enable new and improved product features and device performance. This symposium highlights exciting research and development work on surfaces, coatings and membranes made of metals, polymers, organics, oxides, and composites.

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Topics & Application Areas

Novel Coatings Materials
Corrosion Resistance Coatings
Biomedical Applications
Superhydrophobic/Hydrophilic Surface Applications
Adhesives
Wetting, Dewetting, Spreading
Lubrication, Friction & Wear
Nanostructured Surfaces & Self Assembly
Membrane Materials & Applications
Modeling & Simulation of Coatings & Surfaces
Other

Symposium Chair

Chih-Hao Chang

Associate Professor

UT Austin

2024 Key Speakers Included

Chen Zhang

Assistant Professor,

University of Maryland

Stephen Boyes

Professor,

George Washington University

Hyun Wook Ro

Polymer Scientist,

PPG Industries

Zhe Qiang

Assistant Professor,

University of Southern Mississippi

Back to Top ↑ 2024 Symposium Sessions
	Monday June 17
1:30	Membranes & Transport
3:00	Coatings & Surfaces
4:00	Coatings & Surfaces - Posters

2024 Symposium Program
	Monday June 17

1:30	Membranes & Transport	Chesapeake 2
	Session chair: Derek L. Patton, University of Southern Mississippi, US
	Aromatic polyamide-derived carbon molecular sieve membranes for hydrogen separation C. Zhang, G. Iyer, C.E. Ku, University of Maryland, College Park, US
	Measuring Structure-Property Relationships in Polymer Composites Containing Metal-Organic Frameworks A.B. Baumann, P.A. Beaucage, R. Vallery, D. Gidley, R.C. Nieuwendaal, C.R. Snyder, J. Ilavsky, C.M. Stafford, C.L. Soles, National Institute of Standards and Technology, US
	Commodity plastic derived mesoporous materials for environmental remediation Z. Qiang, M. Robertson, A. Griffin, University of Southern Mississippi, US
	Impact of pressure and time on water absorption of coated paperboard B. Mesic, Karlstad University, SE

3:00	Coatings & Surfaces	Chesapeake 2
	Session chair: Christopher M. Stafford, NIST, US
	Industrial Coating Technologies Trend and Evolution: Functionality, Sustainability, and Productivity H.W. Ro, PPG Industries, US
	White Aluminium Anodising Technology with Wide Applicability Z. Yang, D. Tang, C. Goode, Cirrus Materials Science, NZ
	Well-defined functional aromatic polyamide brushes for high performance coatings and anti-fouling surfaces C.J. Reese, R.J. Dickhudt, N. Conte, M.D. Shlafstein, V. Skovorodnev, P. Montgomery, S. Jung, E. Ambrosius, X. Guan, B. Anger, Y. Qi, X. Liu, S.G. Boyes, George Washington University, US

4:00	Coatings & Surfaces - Posters	Expo Hall BC
	Rapid R2R Prototyping of Novel Technologies B. Sullivan, M. Merwin, J. Beaudry, Y. Sahoo, FHT, US