Preliminary Program subject to change
17006 Biobased Material Composites: Processes and Product Applications I
OverviewThis session is devoted to new research in the area of materials and products made as composites of biobased materials. Nanoparticle filled polymers and such are of high interest.
Primary SponsorForest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17)

Chair

Amar K. Mohanty
Professor abd Premier's Research Chair in Biomaterials & Transportation
Department of Plant Agriculture & School of Engineering
Crop Science Building
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Canada
Phone Number: 519 824 4120 ext 56664
Fax Number: 519 763 8933
Email: mohanty@uoguelph.ca
Effect of Nanoclay on Extrusion Foaming of Wf/pp/clay Composites Using N2
Yoon H. Lee1, Takashi Kuboki2, Chul B. Park2 and Mohini Sain1, (1)Center for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B3, Canada, (2)Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, ON M5S 3G8, Canada
Fundamental Design of Bio-Based Materials
Richard P. Wool, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, Colburn Lab, Newark, DE 19716
New Biobased Materials from Co-Products
Amar K. Mohanty, Department of Plant Agriculture & School of Engineering, Crop Science Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Effects of Adding Chain Extender on the Properties of Injection-Molded Solid and Microcellular Polylactide
Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong1, Lih-Sheng Turng2, Liqiang Yang3, Adam Kramschuster2, Junghoo Lee4 and Srikanth Pilla5, (1)Departments of Mechanical Engineering & Materials, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3200 North Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211, (2)Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1572, (3)Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3200 North Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211, (4)Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, (5)Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3200 North Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211
Self-Assembled Soft Materials from Renewable Resources. A New Paradigm
George John, Department of Chemistry, The City College of New York,CUNY, Convent Avenue at 138th Street, New York, NY 10031
Renewable (Truly Green) Highly Porous Nanocomposite Polymer Foams Synthesised Form Pickering - Emulsion Templates
Jonny J. Blaker, Xinxin Li, Angelika Menner and Alexander Bismarck, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom

Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division