Session: Composites I (2009 Annual Meeting)

Description:

This session invites contributions from all areas of (micro and nano)composites materials particularly new developments in structures, processing, properties of composites. Topics may include, but are not limited to, theoretical, modeling, and/or experimental of polymeric composites, carbon-carbon composites, environment-friendly composites, smart composites, biocompatible composites,and nano- and molecular composites.

Sponsor:

Composites

Chair:

Holly Stretz
Tennessee Technological University
Chemical Engineering
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone Number: 931-372-3495
Email: hstretz@tntech.edu

Co-chairs:

Zhanhu Guo and Wei Chen

Papers:

352a

Transient Rheology of a Polypropylene Melt Reinforced with Long Glass Fibers
Kevin C. Ortman, Virginia Tech; Neeraj Agarwal, Virginia Tech; Don Baird, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Peter Wapperom, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Jeffrey Giacomin, University of Wisconsin-Madison

352b

Towards Improved Durability of Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Bio-Separations
Jeffery W. Thompson, Tennessee Technological University; Holly Stretz, Tennessee Technological University; Pedro Arce, Tennessee Technological University

352c

Enhanced Conductivity and Melt Processing of Filled Polymer Composites through the Addition of A Low Melting Eutectic Metal
Randy A. Mrozek, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Phillip J. Cole, Sandia National Laboratories; Joseph L. Lenhart, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Michael C. Berg, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Mark VanLandingham, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Jan Andzelm, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Yelena Sliozberg, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Kenneth Strawhecker, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

352d

Diels-Alder Reaction Kinetics for the Development of Remendable Polymer Composites
Amy M. Peterson, Drexel University; Giuseppe R. Palmese, Drexel University; Robert Jensen, Army Research Laboratory

352e

Optical and Electrical Characterization of Conjugated Polymer/Ceramic Nanocomposites
Steven D. Bearden Jr., Louisiana Tech University; Joseph Cannon, Louisiana Tech University; Scott A. Gold, Louisiana Tech University

352f

Complete Fiber Orientation Analysis for a Short Glass Fiber Reinforced Center-Cated Disk Using the Shadow Optical Microscopy Analysis
Gregorio M. Velez-Garcia, Virginia Tech; Peter Wapperom, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Donald G. Baird, Virginia Tech; Jeremiah T. Abiade, Virginia Tech

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