The Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at Virginia Tech, is now accepting registrations for its annual lecture-laboratory short course for those who produce or utilize adhesives and sealants.  The course is taught by Virginia Tech faculty.

To learn more view the Course Flyer.

Course topics include:

• Brief Survey of Relevant Polymer/Adhesion Terminology and Concepts

• Adhesives, Sealant and Waterborne Rheology

• Adsorption on Surfaces/Surface Energy

• Stresses in Bonded Joints

• Basic Viscoelastic Experiments on Elastomers, Glasses and Semicrystalline Polymers

• Surfaces and Surface Preparation

• Fracture of Adhesive Bonds

• Adhesive Test Methods

• Analysis of Surfaces

• Introduction to Adhesive Chemistry

• Free Volume and DSC

• New Directions in Adhesive Design

• PSA Performance and Testing

• Accelerated Characterization

• Wood Adhesion

• Applications of Surface Science to Adhesion

• Durability and Design