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PMSE Executive Committee


    OFFICERS, 2006
    POSITION: Chair
    Ronald N. DeMartino
    11 Mandeville Drive
    Wayne, NJ 07470
    WORK: (973) 696-8839
    HOME: (973) 696-8839
    FAX: (973) 696-8839
    e-mail: rndemartino_at_optonline.net
    POSITION: Chair-Elect
    CHAIR: Meeting Arrangements
    Elliot P. Douglas
    Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
    University of Florida
    P.O. Box 116400, 323 MAE
    Gainesville, FL 32611
    WORK: (352) 846-2836
    FAX: (352) 392-3771
    e-mail: edoug_at_mse.ufl.edu
    POSITION: Vice Chair
    Dean Webster
    North Dakota State University
    Department of Coatings and
    Polymeric Materials

    1735 NDSU Research Park Drive
    P.O. Box 5376
    Fargo, ND 58105
    WORK: (701) 231-8709
    FAX: (701) 231-8439

    e-mail: dean.webster_at_ndsu.edu
    POSITION: Secretary, 2005-2006

    Julie L. P. Jessop
    University of Iowa
    Dept. of Chemical & Biochemical Engg.
    4133 Seamans Center
    Iowa City, IA 52242-1527
    WORK: (319) 335-0681
    FAX: (319) 335-1415
    e-mail: julie-jessop_at_uiowa.edu
    POSITION: Treasurer, 2004-2006
    CHAIR: Finance and Investment
    E. Bryan Coughlin
    Dept. of Polymer Science & Engineering
    University of Massachusetts
    120 Governors Drive
    Amherst, MA 01003-4530
    WORK: (413) 577-1616
    FAX: (413) 545-0082
    e-mail: coughlin_at_mail.pse.umass.edu
    POSITION: Past Chair
    CHAIR: Nominations
    Benny D. Freeman
    University of Texas at Austin
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    10100 Burnet Road, Building 133
    Austin, TX 78758
    WORK: (512) 232-2803
    FAX: (512) 232-2807
    e-mail: freeman_at_che.utexas.edu
    POSITION: Administrative Assistant Eileen Ernst
    2088 Berwyn Street
    Union, NJ 07083
    WORK: (908) 851-9465
    FAX: (908) 810-0723
    HOME: (908) 851-9465
    e-mail: eernst_at_comcast.net

    COUNCILORS

    POSITION: Councilor, 2006-2008
    CO-CHAIR: Long-Range Planning
    Ray A. Dickie
    6429 Mount Mitchell Road
    Efland, NC 27243
    HOME: (919) 563-9617
    e-mail: rdickie_at_mebtel.net
    POSITION: Councilor, 2004-2006
    CO-CHAIR: Long-Range Planning
    Michael Jaffe
    N.J. Institute of Technology
    Medical Device Concept Laboratory
    111 Lock Street
    Newark, NJ 07103
    WORK: (973) 596-6497
    FAX: (973) 802-1545
    HOME: (973) 761-1184
    e-mail: jaffe_at_adm.njit.edu
    POSITION: Councilor, 2006-2008
    David J. Lohse
    ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
    Corporate Strategic Research Laboratories
    1545 Route 22 East
    Annandale, NJ 08801
    WORK: (908) 730-2541
    FAX: (262) 313-4775.
    HOME: (908) 526-6196
    e-mail: david.j.lohse_at_exxonmobil.com
    POSITION: Councilor, 2005-2007
    CHAIR: DAC Liaison
    Theodore Provder
    Director, Coatings Research Institute
    Eastern Michigan University
    430 West Forest Avenue
    Ypsilanti, MI 48197
    WORK: (734) 487-2203
    FAX: (734) 483-0085
    HOME: (440) 235-3680
    e-mail: ted.provder_at_emich.edu; tprovder_at_worldnet.att.net

    ALTERNATE COUNCILORS

    POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2004-2006
    CHAIR: Roy W. Tess Award
    CO-CHAIR: Audit; Long-Range Planning
    David R. Bauer
    Ford Motor Company
    MD-3182, SRL
    P.O. Box 2053
    Dearborn, MI 48121-2053
    WORK: (313) 594-1756
    FAX: (313) 323-1129
    e-mail: dbauer3_at_ford.com
    POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2006-2008
    CO-CHAIR: Joint Polymer Education;

    PMSE Representative to IPEC
    Charles E. Carraher
    Florida Atlantic University
    Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
    500 N.W. 20th Street
    Boca Raton, FL 33431
    WORK: (561) 297-2107
    FAX: (561) 297-2759
    HOME: (954) 755-2768
    e-mail: carraher_at_fau.edu; carrahercm_at_bellsouth.net
    POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2006-2008
    Clara D. Craver
    Consultant
    Goose Creek Lake
    Highway Y
    P.O. Box 265
    French Village, MO 63036-0265
    *November – April
    500 Park Blvd. South, #72
    Venice, FL 34285
    email: claracraver_at_socket.net
    WORK: (573) 358-2589
    ALTERNATE*: (941) 485-0820
    FAX: (573) 358-2589
    e-mail: clara_at_irspectroscopy.com

    POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2005-2007
    COMMITTEE: Long-Range Planning
    Christopher K. Ober
    Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
    Cornell University
    310 Bard Hall
    Ithaca, NY 14853-1501
    WORK: (607) 255-8417
    FAX: (607)255-2365
    e-mail: cober_at_ccmr.cornell.edu
    MEMBERS-AT-LARGE, 2006-2007
    COMMITTEE: Newsletter/Publicity
    CHAIR: Books
    CHAIR: PMSE Preprints Circulation/Subscriptions
    Lisa Saunders Baugh
    ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
    Corporate Strategic Research Laboratories
    Route 22 East

    Annandale, NJ 08801
    WORK: (908) 730-2240
    FAX: (908) 730-2536
    e-mail: lisa.s.baugh_at_exxonmobil.com
    COMMITTEE: Newsletter/Publicity John W. Gilmer
    King College
    1350 King College Road
    Bristol, TN 37620
    WORK: (423) 652-4808
    e-mail: jwgilmer_at_king.edu
    Ellen Lee
    Ford Motor Company
    Materials Science Department/FRL
    P.O. Box 2053 – MD3182 – SRL
    Dearborn, MI 48121-2053

    WORK: (313) 390-4222
    FAX:
    (313) 323-1129
    e-mail:
    elee9_at_ford.com
    COMMITTEE: Ford Graduate Student
    Research Award
    David Martin
    University of Michigan
    Department of Materials Science & Engg.
    Macromolecular Science & Engg. Ctr.
    2125 H.H. Dow Building
    2300 Hayward Street
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2136

    WORK: (734) 763-4196
    FAX: (734) 763-4788
    e-mail:
    milty_at_engin.umich.edu
    CHAIR: Cooperative Research Award David Schiraldi
    Case Western Reserve University
    2100 Adelbert Road
    Cleveland, OH 44106-7202

    WORK: (216) 368-4243
    FAX:
    (216) 368-4243

    e-mail: das44_at_po.cwru.edu
    COMMITTEE: POLYED; Nomenclature Leslie H. Sperling
    Lehigh University
    5 East Packer Avenue
    Bethlehem, PA 18015-3194
    WORK: (610) 758-3845
    FAX: (610) 758-3526
    e-mail: lhs0_at_lehigh.edu
    Richard A. Vaia
    AFRL/MLBP, Building 654
    2941 Hobson Way
    Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7750
    WORK: (937) 255-9184
    FAX: (937) 255-9157
    e-mail: richard.vaia_at_wpafb.af.mil

    MEMBERS-AT-LARGE, 2005-2006

    CO-CHAIR: Technical Program
    COMMITTEE: Ford Graduate Student
    Research Award
    Zhenan Bao
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    Stanford University

    381 North South Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-5025
    WORK: (650) 723-2419
    FAX: (650) 723-9780
    e-mail: zbao_at_chemeng.stanford.edu
    Timothy J. Bunning
    Air Force Research Laboratory
    Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
    AFRL/MLPJ
    3005 P. St., Suite 1
    WPAFB, OH 45433
    WORK: (937) 255-3808 x3167
    FAX: (937) 255-1128
    CELL: (937) 602-1638
    e-mail: timothy.bunning_at_wpafb.af.mil
    Paula T. Hammond
    Dept. of Chemical Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    25 Ames Street, 66-550
    Cambridge, MA 02139
    WORK: (617) 258-7577
    FAX: (617) 258-5766
    e-mail: hammond_at_mit.edu
    CO-CHAIR: Macromolecular Secretariat;
    Technical Program
    Abhimanyu Patil
    ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
    Corporate Strategic Research Laboratories
    Route 22 East

    Annandale, NJ 08801
    WORK: (908) 730-2639
    FAX: (908) 730-2536
    e-mail: abhimanyu.o.patil_at_exxonmobil.com
    COMMITTEE: Newsletter/Publicity Debra Tindall
    Eastman Chemical Company
    P.O. Box 1972
    Kingsport, TN 37662-5150

    WORK: (423) 229-4821
    FAX: (423) 229-4558
    e-mail:
    dtindall_at_eastman.com

    COMMITTEE: Long-Range Planning Marek W. Urban
    University of Southern Mississippi
    Department of Polymer Science
    Box 10076
    Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0076
    WORK: (601) 266-6454 or
    (601) 266-6868

    FAX: (601) 266-6178
    e-mail: marek.urban_at_usm.edu

    COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS

    CO-CHAIR: POLYED, Precollege Directorate
    David A. Cocuzzi
    Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.
    P.O. Box 489
    Columbus, OH 43216-0489
    WORK: (614) 298-1832
    FAX: (614) 421-4360
    e-mail: david.cocuzzi_at_akzonobel.com
    COMMITTEE: Newsletter/Publicity Peggy Cebe
    Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
    Tufts University
    Science and Technology Center
    4 Colby Street, Room 208
    Medford, MA 02155
    WORK: (617) 627-3365
    FAX: (617) 627-3744
    e-mail: peggy.cebe_at_tufts.edu
    Larry F. Charbonneau
    5711 Cannon Lake Trail
    Faribault, MN 55021
    WORK: 507-333-5947
    FAX: 507-333-5947
    e-mail: lcharbonneau_at_fmwildblue.com
    CHAIR: Newsletter/Publicity Cher H. Davis
    2416 Orleans Lane
    Seabrook, TX 77586
    WORK: (281) 291-8254
    e-mail:
    pmsepublicity_at_hotmail.com
    CHAIR: Symposia Funding A. Jay Dias
    ExxonMobil Chemical Company
    Baytown Polymer Center
    5200 Bayway Drive
    Baytown, TX 77520-5200
    WORK: (281) 834-5199
    FAX: (281) 834-2678
    e-mail: jay.dias_at_exxonmobil.com
    CO-CHAIR: Joint Polymer Education; Director,
    POLYED National Information Center
    John P. Droske
    Department of Chemistry
    University of Wisconsin -- Stevens Point
    Stevens Point, WI 54481
    WORK: (715) 346-3771
    FAX: (715) 346-2640
    e-mail: jdroske_at_uwsp.edu
    CHAIR: Distinguished Service Award Kenneth N. Edwards
    Dunn-Edwards Corporation
    136 West Walnut
    Monrovia, CA 91016-3426
    WORK: (626) 359-0666
    FAX: (626) 357-4367
    HOME: (818) 241-8514
    e-mail: KNEatDE_at_aol.com
    CHAIR: Ford Graduate Student
    Research Award
    Todd Emrick
    Department of Polymer Science & Engg.
    University of Massachusetts
    120 Governors Drive
    Amherst, MA 01003
    WORK: (413) 577-1613
    FAX: (413) 545-0082
    e-mail: tsemrick_at_mail.pse.umass.edu

    COMMITTEE: ICI Student Award Thomas Hahn
    National Starch and Chemical Company
    10 Finderne Avenue
    Bridgewater, NJ 08807
    WORK: (908) 685-5672
    FAX: (908) 685-6980
    e-mail: tom.hahn_at_nstarch.com

    CO-CHAIR: Catalysis and Surface Science
    Secretariat
    Frieder Jaekle
    Department of Chemistry
    Rutgers University
    73 Warran Street
    Newark, NJ 07102
    PHONE: (973) 353-5064
    FAX: (973) 353-1264
    e-mail: fjaekle_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu
    CHAIR: PMSE Representative to IPEC Frank N. Jones
    Coatings Research Institute
    Eastern Michigan University
    430 West Forest Street
    Ypsilanti, MI 48197
    WORK: (734) 487-2203
    FAX: (734) 483-0085
    HOME: (734) 769-5296
    e-mail: frank.jones_at_emich.edu
    CHAIR: Doolittle Award Yu-Chin Lai
    Global RD & E
    Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    1400 North Goodman Street
    P.O. Box 450
    Rochester, NY 14603-0450
    WORK: (585) 338-8711
    FAX: 585-338-5875
    e-mail: yu-chin_lai_at_bausch.com
    COMMITTEE: Webmaster
    CHAIR: Materials Secretariat
    Qinghuang Lin
    IBM T. J. Watson Research Ctr.
    Route 134, MS 36-209
    Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
    WORK: (914) 945-2366
    FAX: (914) 945-2141
    e-mail: qhlin_at_us.ibm.com
    CHAIR: Investment John Lupinski
    Consultant
    44465 Chamberlain Terrace
    #307
    Ashburn, VA 20147
    WORK: (703) 858-9791
    e-mail: j.lupinski_at_att.net
    CHAIR: Advertising Patrick R. L. Malenfant
    General Electric Company
    Global Research Center – Niskayuna
    K-1 4A49, 1 Research Circle
    Niskayuna, NY 12309
    WORK: (518) 387-7212
    CELL: (518) 505-8370
    FAX: (518) 387-7403
    e-mail: malenfan_at_research.ge.com
    CHAIR: Educational Outreach;
    Educational Funding
    George R. Pilcher
    165 Mainsail Drive
    Westerville, OH 43081-2723
    HOME: (614) 895-3191
    CELL: (614) 397-4358

    e-mail: grp-pilcher-home_at_columbus.rr.com
    CO-CHAIR: Technical Program
    COMMITTEE: Ford Graduate Student
    Research Award
    Darrin J. Pochan
    University of Delaware
    Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
    201 DuPont Hall
    Newark, DE 19716
    WORK: (302) 831-3569
    FAX: (302) 831-4545
    e-mail: pochan_at_udel.edu


    CO-CHAIR: Macromolecular Secretariat Donald N. Schulz
    ExxonMobil Res.& Engg. Co.
    Corporate Strategic Research Laboratories
    Route 22 East
    Annandale, NJ 08801
    WORK: (908) 730-2526
    FAX: (908) 730-2536
    e-mail: donald.n.schulz_at_exxonmobil.com
    CHAIR: Newsletter Prameela Susarla
    GE Global Research
    1 Research Circle
    Niskayuna, New York 12309
    WORK: (518) 387-4505
    FAX: (518) 387-5592
    e-mail: susarla_at_research.ge.com
    CHAIR: By-Laws; Biotechnology Secretariat Graham Swift
    10378 East Church
    Chapel Hill, NC 27517
    WORK: (919) 960-0832
    e-mail: grahamgswift_at_aol.com
    COMMITTEE: POLYED
    James W. Taylor
    Johnson Polymer
    P.O. Box 902, MS 712
    Sturtevant, WI 53177-0902
    WORK: (262) 631-4044
    FAX: (262) 631-4039
    HOME: (847) 856-0434
    e-mail: james.taylor_at_JWP.com
    CHAIR: ICI Student Award John Thomaides
    National Starch and Chemical Company
    10 Finderne Avenue
    Bridgewater, NJ 08807
    WORK: (908) 685-5064
    FAX: (908) 685-7400
    e-mail: john.s.thomaides_at_nstarch.com
    COMMITTEE: Long Range Planning Paul L. Valint, Jr.
    Department of Chemistry
    University at Buffalo
    State University of New York

    NSM Complex
    Buffalo, NY 14260
    WORK: (585) 248-9303
    CELL: (585) 314-6338
    e-mail: plvjr_at_aol.com
    CHAIR: Membership
    CO-CHAIR: Catalysis and Surface
    Science Secretariat
    Weiqing Weng
    Baytown Technology &
    Engineering Complex
    ExxonMobil Chemical Company
    5200 Bayway Drive
    Baytown, TX 77520
    WORK: (281) 834-0222
    FAX:
    (281) 834-2395

    e-mail: weiqing.weng_at_exxonmobil.com
    CHAIR: Fellowship Selection Douglas Wicks
    School of Polymers and High Performance
    Materials

    The University of Southern Mississippi
    118 College Drive #10076
    Hattiesburg, MS 39401
    WORK: (601) 266-5269
    FAX: (601) 266-5504
    e-mail: douglas.wicks_at_usm.edu



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