| Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 12:30 PM-3:00 PM | |||
| Room 355 B (Salt Palace Convention Center) | |||
Forest Products Division (17) | |||
| #217 - Bioproducts and Biomaterials - Critical Products for a Sustainable Economy II (17002) | |||
| Composites and plastics made from biodegradable resources are critical to the future of a sustainable economy. This session will focus on the preparation methods, properties and manfacturing of biocomposites. | |||
| Chair: | Amar K. Mohanty | ||
| CoChair: | Manju Misra | ||
| CoSponsor(s): | Biomaterials (08b) Composites (08f) Sustainable Engineering Forum (23) Topical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries (T4) Topical E: Sustainability (TE) | ||
| 12:30 PM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 12:35 PM | 217a | Polyurethane Foams Using Functionalized Soybean Oil for Automotive Applications Cynthia M. Flanigan, Christine Perry, Deborah M. Mielewski | |
| 1:00 PM | 217b | Biodegradable Nanocomposites Yulin Deng, Jihoon Lee | |
| 1:25 PM | 217c | All-Cellulose Hierarchical Composites Anthony Abbott, Julasak Juntaro, Alexander Bismarck | |
| 1:50 PM | 217d | Coproduction of Wheat Straw-Derived Cellulose Fibers and Nanowhiskers with Ethanol in a Biorefinery Christopher Saffron, Farzaneh Teymouri, Janette Moore, Darold McCalla, F. Larry Leistritz, Bernie Steele | |
| 2:15 PM | 217e | Biobased Materials from Polyhydroxyalkanoate and Thermoplastic Starch Blends and Their Biocomposites: Opportunities and Challenges Amar K. Mohanty, Yashodhan S. Parulekar | |
| 2:40 PM | Panel Discussion | ||
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