Preliminary Program subject to change
17005 Biobased/Green Materials and Processing Technology: Invited Talks III
OverviewTBA
Primary SponsorForest Products Division (17)
Co-Sponsor(s)Topical 7 - Envisioning Biorefineries (T7)

Chair

Amar K. Mohanty
Associate Professor
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, School of Packaging
Michigan State University
130 Packaging Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1223
Phone Number: 517-355-3603
Fax Number: 517-353-8999
Email: mohantya@egr.msu.edu

CoChair

William J. Orts
Research Leader
USDA
USDA-ARS-WRRC
800 Buchanan Street
Albany, CA 94710
Phone Number: 510-559-5730
Fax Number: 510-559-5818
Email: orts@mail.pw.usda.gov
Ecobionanocomposites: a New Class of Green Materials
John R. Dorgan, Colorado School of Mines, Chemical Engineering Department, 431 Alderson Hall, Golden, CO 80401
Environmentally Friendly Polymers and Composites for Military Applications
John J. La Scala, Army Research Laboratory, AMSRD-ARL-WM-MC, Building 4600, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, James M. Sands, Army Research Laboratory, Building 4600, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 and Giuseppe R. Palmese, Drexel University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 32 and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Microcellular Polylactide (Pla) Nanocomposites
Lih-Sheng Turng, Shaoqin Gong, Adam Kramschuster and Tongnian Li, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1572
From a Kraft Mill to a Forest Products Biorefinery
Adriaan Van Heiningen, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Maine, 5737 Jenness Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5737
Panel Discussion III
Amar K. Mohanty, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, School of Packaging, Michigan State University, 130 Packaging Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1223

Forest Products Division