Other Events of Interest to the Adhesive & Sealant Industry

Virginia Tech Macromolecules Innovation Institute

2018 Adhesion Science Short Course - May 14-18, 2018

Registration is now open for the annual lecture-laboratory short course for those who produce or utilize adhesives and sealants. Lecture sessions for the Adhesion Science Short Course will be held on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:

• Adhesives and Polymer Design Parameters
• Adhesives, Sealant, and Waterborne Rheology
• Adsorption on Surfaces/Surface Energy
• Classes of Adhesive Structure and Synthetic Methods
• Stresses in Bonded Joints
• Surfaces and Surface Preparation
• Fracture of Adhesive Bonds
• Viscoelasticity and Applications to Adhesives
• Adhesive Test Methods
• Analysis of Surfaces
• Free Volume and DSC
• Dynamic Mechanical Methodology
• PSA Performance and Testing
• Accelerated Characterization
• Frontiers in Adhesion Science
• Wood Adhesion
• Durability and Design

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