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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@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@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@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@po.cwru.edu

 

 

POSITION:  Treasurer; Member-at-Large, 2008-2010

CHAIR:  Finance and Investment

 

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@engin.umich.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@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@comcast.net

COUNCILORS

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@adm.njit.edu

POSITION: Councilor, 2008-2010

CHAIR: DAC Liaison; Roy W. Tess Award

 

Theodore Provder

Polymers and Coatings Consultants, LLC

5645A Emerald Ridge Parkway

Solon, Ohio  44136

HOME: (440) 914-0611

CELL: (440) 610-4809

e-mail: tprovder@att.net

ALTERNATE COUNCILORS

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@che.utexas.edu

POSITION: Alt. Councilor, 2007-2009
CHAIR: PMSE Representative to IPEC

Frank N. Jones

2705 Aspen Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9779

 

November - April

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

HOME:  (313) 769-5296

FLORIDA:  (561) 775-7418

e-mail: frankjones@comcast.net

 

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE, 2008-2010

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@exxonmobil.com

CHAIR: Educational Funding

CHAIR: AkzoNobel Student Award

John W. Gilmer

King College

1350 King College Road

Bristol, TN  37620

WORK: (423) 652-4808

e-mail: jwgilmer@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@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@wpafb.af.mil

 

 

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@emich.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@wpafb.af.mil

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@fau.edu; carrahercm@bellsouth.net

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@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@tufts.edu

CHAIR: Investment

David Chung

8802 Croes Drive

Houston, Texas  77055-4711

HOME: (713) 463-5846

e-mail: dycx99@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@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@exxonmobil.com

CO-CHAIR: Long-Range Planning

 

Ray A. Dickie

6429 Mount Mitchell Road

Efland, NC  27243

HOME: (919) 563-9617

e-mail: rdickie@mebtel.net

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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@us.ibm.com

 

POSITION: 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
HOME:  (908) 526-6196

e-mail: david.j.lohse@exxonmobil.com

CHAIR: Advertising

Patrick R. L. Malenfant

General Electric Company

Global Research CenterNiskayuna

K-1 4A49, 1 Research Circle

Niskayuna, NY  12309

 

WORK: (518) 387-7212

CELL: (518) 505-8370

FAX: (518) 387-7403

e-mail: malenfan@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@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@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@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@email.arizona.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@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@case.edu

 

MEMBER: PMSE/POLY Student Chapters

Javide 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@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@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@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@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@research.ge.com

CHAIR: By-Laws; Biotechnology Secretariat

Graham Swift

10378 East Church

Chapel Hill, NC  27517

WORK: (919) 960-0832

e-mail: grahamgswift@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@JWP.com

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@nstarch.com

 

COMMITTEE:  Newsletter/Publicity

Debra Tindall
Eastman Chemical Company
Cellulose Esters Research Laboratories
P.O. Box 1972, B-150B
Kingsport, TN  37662-5150

WORK: (423) 229-4821
FAX: (423) 229-4558
e-mail: 
dtindall@eastman.com



COMMITTEE: Long-Range Planning

Marek W. Urban

University of Southern Mississippi

Department of Polymer Science

Box 10076

Hattiesburg, MS 

WORK: (601) 266-6454 or
(601) 266-6868

FAX: (601) 266-6178

e-mail: marek.urban@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@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@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@uwec.edu

 

CO-CHAIR: Technical Program

Todd R. Younkin

Intel Corporation

RA3-252

2501 N.W. 229th Avenue

Hillsboro, OR  97124

 

WORK: (971) 214-9973

FAX: 503-613-7997

e-mail: todd.r.younkin@intel.com

 

 



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