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 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMHigh Performance Polymers Made with Renewable Resources
Joseph V. Kurian
9:00 AMEnvironmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials For Military Applications
John J. La Scala
9:25 AMBiofiber Reinforced Biopolyester Composites
S. Sahoo, A. Nakai, Manju Misra, A.K. Mohanty, Z. A. M. Ishak, H. Hamada
9:50 AMStarch-Oil Interaction In Dry Film Lubricants With Chemically Modified starch1
Girma Biresaw, R. Shogren
10:15 AMInjection Molded Solid And Microcellular Polylactide-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites
Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, Srikanth Pilla, Adam Kramschuster, Alexander Chandra, Lih-Sheng Turng
10:40 AMPanel Discussion

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