Registration is now open for the annual lecture-laboratory short course for those who produce or utilize adhesives and sealants. The course is taught by Virginia Tech faculty. (Brochure) Schedule
On-line registration is coming SOON!
If your company is an Industrial Partner - you should register - contact Tammy Hiner (540-231-6824)
A list of members can be found at here. Only "Contributing" partners are qualify for this discount!
Dates:
$1700.00* (Enrollment is limited to 32 participants) - Industrial Partner companies should contact Tammy Jo Hiner for their coupon code.
Costs:
Industrial chemists, mechanical engineers, material scientists, material engineers, chemical engineers. Advanced prior knowledge of the subjects is not assumed. Participants will be exposed to a wide range of practical information involving many combinations of materials. A B.S. degree or equivalent will be assumed.
Units:
Designed for:
Venu:
3.2 Continuing Education Units (CEU)
The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
901 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-231-8000 or 877-200-3360; Fax: 540-231-0146
May 16-20, 2016
Welcome to the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
Prof. Dave Dillard presenting lecture on "Stresses in Joints"
2013 short course participants
Welcome to the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
Richey M. Davis, David A. Dillard, S. Richard Turner, Alan R. Esker, and Garth L. Wilkes, Timothy E. Long, and Charles E. Frazier.
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Brief Survey of Relevant Polymer/Adhesion Terminology and Concepts
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Adhesives, Sealant and Waterborne Rheology
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Adsorption on Surfaces/Surface Energy
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Stresses in Bonded Joints
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Basic Viscoelastic Experiments on Elastomers, Glasses and Semicrystalline Polymers
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Surfaces and Surface Preparation
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Fracture of Adhesive Bonds
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Adhesive Test Methods
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Analysis of Surfaces
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Introduction to Adhesive Chemistry
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Free Volume and DSC
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New Directions in Adhesive Design
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PSA Performance and Testing
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Accelerated Characterization
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Wood Adhesion
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Applications of Surface Science to Adhesion
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Durability and Design
"This is a great course: it's well organized, the instructors are top-notch, and the course material is very informative".
....Research Specialist
"This has been an excellent course. The instructors demonstrated a keen interest in the topics they presented. I could tell that they were presenting the information to help our understanding rather than just to complete a task."
....Associate Chemist
"Very well presented, handouts contained a lot of information. The course gave a very good overview of materials and structure-properties relationship. It provided me with knowledge that would otherwise require years of studying to become familiar with."
....Anonymous "Good overall scope.
Comments from past attendees.......
Course Site and Housing
Introduction
Instructors
Lecture sessions for the Adhesion Science Short Course will be held on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. A block of sleeping rooms has been reserved at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center and will be held until April 16, 2016. When making your room reservation by phone at (540) 231-8000, please be sure to mention that you are an Adhesion Science Short Course participant. Special room rates are $135 single/double occupancy plus tax.
The closest airport (Roanoke Regional Airport—ROA) is located in Roanoke, Virginia, about an hour's ride from Blacksburg. A shuttle service and three major car rental agencies are available at the airport. For further information, please contact Tammy Jo Hiner by phone at (540) 231-6824 or by e-mail at thiner@vt.edu.
For more information on this course, please contact Tammy Jo Hiner at (540) 231-6824 or by email at thiner@vt.edu.