Kerry Pianoforte, Editor03.21.16
The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) held its 43rd Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium February 1-5 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Waterborne Symposium is a technical forum for environmentally friendly coatings technologies. Proceeds from the symposium are used by USM for various elements of academic program development including junior faculty development, graduate student stipends, equipment acquisition and maintenance, and especially scholarships for undergraduate students majoring in Polymer Science. Most of these students enter the coatings or related polymer industries upon graduation. These scholarships are key to USM’s efforts to recruit the highest-achieving students into their Polymer program.
This year’s event had 352 attendees and featured 47 talks organized into seven sessions related to various aspects of surface coatings: waterborne, nanotube, bio based, corrosion, academia, additives and general.
“This year’s Symposium is our best year since 2001,” noted Dr. Robson Storey, USM professor and Symposium
This year’s event had 352 attendees and featured 47 talks organized into seven sessions related to various aspects of surface coatings: waterborne, nanotube, bio based, corrosion, academia, additives and general.
“This year’s Symposium is our best year since 2001,” noted Dr. Robson Storey, USM professor and Symposium
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