Dr. Sharon Feng, Senior Associate Dean of the Institute for Molecular Engineering at The University of Chicago, was the Keynote Speaker at the opening session of the American Coatings Conference on Monday. Dr. Feng’s presentation was titled Interdisciplinary Approach: An Imperative for New Material Discovery. Although an old topic, Dr. Feng noted that cross-disciplinary collaboration is still a very hot topic, and one that can be successful at impacting material discovery.
The American Coatings Association (ACA), in partnership with Vincentz Network, invites interested parties from industry, academia and research groups to submit papers for the 2016 American Coatings CONFERENCE and SHOW, to be held in Indianapolis from April 11-13, 2016.
The American Coatings Association (ACA) presented Drew Vogel, President and CEO of Vogel Paint Inc. and member of ACA and PaintCare®’s Board of Directors and ACA’s Industrial Coatings Committee, with the George Baugh Heckel Award, the association’s highest honor.
Dow Coating Materials’ Principal Research Scientist, Zhenwen Fu, has received first place in the Roon Awards competition, part of the 2014 American Coatings CONFERENCE held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta April 8-10.
Kyle Price, a PhD candidate with the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, and researchers from Arkema Coating Resins, a business unit of Arkema, have earned the American Coatings AWARD for most outstanding technical presentation at the American Coatings Conference in Atlanta
Dow Coating Materials’ principal research scientist, Zhenwen Fu, has received first place in the prestigious Roon Awards competition, part of the 2014 American Coatings Conference.
The American Coatings Conference began Monday and will run until 12:30 on Wednesday. Organizers noted at the plenary session that they thought it would be difficult to break the 2012 attendance record, but are happy to report that 2014 is another record-breaking event.
