Virginia Tech Online Training Program

Virginia Tech's Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute has developed a comprehensive series of online training modules that form an introductory-level course designed to train employees new to adhesive and sealant science. Funded in part by the ASC Education Foundation, this online education program enables students to view the lecture materials (available with audio and streaming video) at their office or home computers, at their own pace when their schedules permit.

Licenses can be purchased for individual course modules on a per person basis. License terms are three months for individual courses, six months for the entire program. Online registration via credit card payment is directly with IDDL (affiliated with Virginia Tech).

IMPORTANT: ASC MEMBERS should first log on as a member to purchase at discounted member pricing. If you a customer of an ASC member company, you are also eligible to purchase at the discounted rate. Contact ASC to learn more (301) 986-9700.

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The Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute faculty at Virginia Tech will hold its technical conference and review program April 13-15, 2009, in Blacks­burg, VA at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center. The program, titled “Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at Virginia Tech: Enabling a healthy and Sustainable World” will begin at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 13 and conclude on Wednesday, April 15, 2009.

The program will include short technical presentations by faculty and in­vited guests. Poster sessions will be provided by students with the opportunity to discuss their research and interact with visitors. This conference and review will provide an opportunity for scientists and engineers from industry and government to increase their awareness of MII’s interdisciplinary research and education programs.
For additional details on this program go to http://www.mii.vt.edu/Outreach/Conference.html or contact Tammy Jo Hiner at (540) 231-6824 / thiner@vt.edu.

For the 16th consecutive year, the Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at Virginia Tech (MII) will offer its annual Adhesion Science Short Course in Blacksburg, VA, May 18-22, 2009. The short course combines lectures on the fundamentals of adhesion science with opportunities to apply these underlying principles to adhesion problems, as well as hands-on laboratories focused on adhesion characterization. The fundamentals include surface science, polymer science, and mechanics topics relevant to adhesion, adhesives, and sealants

Lecture sessions for the Adhesion Science Short Course will be held at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center in Blacksburg, VA, and participants will attend various labs on the Virginia Tech campus for the hands-on portion of the short course.
Register on-line at http://www.mii.vt.edu/Outreach/AdhesionShortCourse.htm, or contact Tammy Jo Hiner at (540) 231-6824 / thiner@vt.edu.

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