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PMSE Executive Committee



OFFICERS, 2009
POSITION: Chair
CHAIR: Meeting Arrangements
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: Chair-Elect 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: Vice-Chair 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

POSITION: Secretary David Schiraldi
Case Western Reserve University
2100 Adelbert Road
Cleveland, OH 44106-7202
WORK: (216) 368-4243
FAX:
(216) 368-4202

e-mail: das44_at_po.cwru.edu

POSITION: Treasurer; Member-at-Large, 2008-2009
CHAIR: Finance and Investment
David Martin
University of Delaware

201C DuPont Hall
Newark, Delaware 19716
WORK: (302) 831-8810
CELL: (734) 272-3834
FAX: (508) 256-8352
e-mail: milty_at_udel.edu
POSITION: Past-Chair
CHAIR: Nominations
Dean Webster
North Dakota State University
Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials

P.O. Box 6050
Department 2760
Fargo, ND 58108-6050

WORK: (701) 231-8709
FAX: (701) 231-8439

e-mail: dean.webster_at_ndsu.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, 2009-2011
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, 2009-2011
CO-CHAIR: Long Range Planning Committee
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
e-mail:
david.j.lohse_at_exxonmobil.com
POSITION: Councilor, 2007-2009
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, 2008-2010
CHAIR: M & E Committee Associate
Member: Roy W. Tess Award

Theodore Provder
Polymer and Coatings Consultants, LLC
5645A Emerald Ridge Parkway
Solon, Ohio 44139
HOME: (440) 914-0611
FAX: (440) 914-0611
CELL: (440) 610-4809
e-mail: tprovder_at_att.net
ALTERNATE COUNCILORS
POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2009-2011
CO-CHAIR: Joint Polymer Education;
PMSE Representative to IPEC
Charles E. Carraher
Florida Atlantic University
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
777 Glades Road
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, 2009-2011 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, 2008-2010 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: Alt. Councilor, 2007-2009
CHAIR: PMSE Representative to IPEC
Frank N. Jones
5206 Village Road
Saline, MI 48176


November - April
8286 Quail Meadow Way
West Palm Beach, FL 33412-1515

HOME: (734) 470-6664
FLORIDA: (561) 775-7418
e-mail: frankjones_at_comcast.net
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE, 2008-2009
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
CHAIR: Educational Funding; AkzoNobel Student Award
John W. Gilmer
King College
1350 King College Road
Bristol, TN 37620
WORK: (423) 652-4808
e-mail: jwgilmer_at_king.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/RXBN, Building 654
Nanostructured and Biological Mats. Branch
2941 Hobson Way
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7750
WORK: (937) 255-9209
FAX: (937) 255-9157
e-mail: richard.vaia_at_wpafb.af.mil
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE, 2009-2010
Zhenan Bao
Department of Chemical Engineering
Stanford University
381 North South Mall
Stanford, CA 94305

WORK: (650) 723-2419
FAX: (650) 723-9780
e-mail: zbao_at_stanford.edu
Timothy J. Bunning
Air Force Research Laboratory
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
AFRL/RXP
3005 P. St., Suite 1
WPAFB, OH 45433
WORK: (937) 255-9649
FAX: (937) 255-1128
CELL: (937) 776-6891
e-mail: timothy.bunning_at_wpafb.af.mil
LaShanda Korley
Department of Macromolecular Sci. & Engg.

Case Western Reserve University
2100 Adelbert Road
Cleveland, OH 44106-7202
WORK: (216) 368-1421
FAX: (216) 388-4202
e-mail: lashanda.korley_at_case.edu
James Rawlins
University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive # 10037
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
WORK: (601) 266-4781
FAX: (601) 266-5880
CELL: (601) 310-0188
e-mail: james.rawlins_at_usm.edu
Stuart Rowan
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
2100 Adelbert Road
Cleveland, OH 44106-7202

WORK: (216) 368-4242
FAX: (216) 388-4202
e-mail: sjr4_at_case.edu
COMMITTEE: Newsletter/Publicity Debra Tindall
468 Oakmont Dr.
Kingsport, TN 37663
WORK: (423) 782-8923 (Cell)
e-mail:
dtn086_at_yahoo.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS
CHAIR: Educational Outreach
CO-CHAIR: Educational Funding
Jamil Baghdachi
Coatings Research Institute
Eastern Michigan University
430 West Forest Ave.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197

WORK: (734) 487-3192
FAX: (734) 483-0085
HOME: (248)474-9447
CELL: (248) 212-8577
e-mail: jamil.baghdachi_at_emich.edu
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
CHAIR: Investment David Chung
8802 Croes Drive
Houston, Texas 77055-4711
HOME: (713) 463-5846
e-mail: dycx99_at_yahoo.com
CO-CHAIR: Strategic Planning 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
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: Strategic Planning 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
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
MEMBER: PMSE/POLY Student Chapters Sergio Granados-Focil
Clark University
S225, Sackler Sciences Center
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
WORK: 508-793-7375
e-mail: sgranadosfocil_at_clarku.edu
CO-CHAIR: Fellowship Selection Jaime C. Grunlan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
3123 – Texas A & M University
College Station, TX 77843-3123
WORK: (979) 845-3027
FAX: (979) 862-3989
e-mail: jgrunlan_at_tamu.edu
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: Ford Graduate Student Research Award Rajeswari M. Kasi
Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science
and Chemistry Department

University of Connecticut
97 North Eagleville Road
Storrs, CT 06269
WORK: (860)-486-4713
FAX: (960) 486-4745
e-mail:
kasi_at_ims.uconn.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
CHAIR: Webmaster
CO-CHAIR: Fellowship Selection
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: 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
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
CO-CHAIR: Macromolecular Secretariat 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: 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: Technical Program Jeffrey Pyun
University of Arizona

1306 East University Boulevard
Tucson, AZ 85721
WORK: 520-626-1834
FAX: 520-621-8407
e-mail:
jpyun_at_email.arizona.edu
MEMBER: PMSE/POLY Student Chapters Javid Rzayev
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Chemistry
826 Natural Sciences Complex
Buffalo, NY 14260-3000
WORK: 716-645-6800 x2237
FAX: 716-645-6963
e-mail: jrzayev_at_buffalo.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
CELL: (908) 884-9928
e-mail: donald.n.schulz_at_exxonmobil.com
COMMITTEE: Preprints Subscription Manager;
PMSE/POLY Student Chapter Coordination
Adriana Silva
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Baytown Technology & Engg. Complex
5200 Bayway Drive
Baytown, TX 77520

WORK: (281) 834-2990
FAX
: (281) 834-1516
email:
adriana.s.silva_at_exxonmobil.com
CO-CHAIR: Technical Program Christopher Soles
National Inst. of Standards & Technology
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8541

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8541
PHONE: (301) 975-8087
FAX: (301) 975 - 3928
e-mail: christopher.soles_at_nist.gov
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
9001 Ferry Road
Grosse Ile, Michigan 48138-1504
WORK: (734) 324-6041
CELL: +49 1520 9375213
e-mail: james.w.taylor_at_basf.com; jamestb1950_at_comcast.net
COMMITTEE: AkzoNobel 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 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: 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: Cooperative Research Award Kurt Wiegel
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Department of Chemistry
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54702

WORK: (715) 836-4815
FAX: (715) 836-4979
e-mail:
wiegelkn_at_uwec.edu
CO-CHAIR: Technical Program Todd R. Younkin
Intel Corporation
2501 N.W. 229th Avenue
RA3-252
Hillsboro, OR 97124
WORK: (971) 214-9973
FAX: (503) 613-7997
e-mail: todd.r.younkin_at_intel.com



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