| Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM | |||
| Room 355 B (Salt Palace Convention Center) | |||
Forest Products Division (17) | |||
| #154 - Bioproducts and Biomaterials - Critical Products for a Sustainable Economy I (17006) | |||
| 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) | ||
| 8:30 AM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 8:35 AM | 154a | High Performance Polymers Made with Renewable Resources Joseph V. Kurian | |
| 9:00 AM | 154b | Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials For Military Applications John J. La Scala | |
| 9:25 AM | 154c | Biofiber Reinforced Biopolyester Composites S. Sahoo, A. Nakai, Manju Misra, A.K. Mohanty, Z. A. M. Ishak, H. Hamada | |
| 9:50 AM | 154d | Starch-Oil Interaction In Dry Film Lubricants With Chemically Modified starch1 Girma Biresaw, R. Shogren | |
| 10:15 AM | 154e | Injection Molded Solid And Microcellular Polylactide-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, Srikanth Pilla, Adam Kramschuster, Alexander Chandra, Lih-Sheng Turng | |
| 10:40 AM | Panel Discussion | ||
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