PolyMAC 2008 is scheduled for June 17-19. The meeting is scheduled to end by lunch on Thursday, June 19.
Unfortunately, due to DOE regulations, we have to charge for meals or provide enough time in the schedule for people to wander off on their own. Based on the schedule of prior PolyMAC conferences and the fact that we are not close to restaurants, we will be having pizza one day and sandwiches another. The charge for these will be approximately $10 each, including chips and a drink. This money will be collected at registration/check-in. Alternately, a cafe with a small lunch selection is located adjacent to our meeting room. Please indicate on your registration forms if you will be participating in these lunches so we can plan accordingly.
Tuesday night we are planning to have the group dinner and bocce at Campo di Bocce in the southwest corner of Livermore. We will have 1.5 hours of bocce followed by dinner, which includes a salad and a choice of two entrees (TBD). The cost for bocce and dinner will be approximately $45. The actual amount will depend on the number of people that sign-up. Rules for bocce can be found here.
Download the PolyMAC 2008 Agenda (PDF, 121Kb).
| 8:30-9:00 | Badging, Registration, Coffee |
| Session 1 | Chair: Linda Domeier |
| 9:00 | "KCRIMS - Status of the Kansas City Plant Transformation" Erich Grotheer (KCP) |
| 9:25 | "Weapon Headspace Organics" Chris A. Harvey (LLNL) |
| 9:50 | "Polyolefin-Coated Cantilever Arrays for Real-Time Surveillance of Stockpile-Relevant Vapor Signatures" Al Loui (LLNL) |
| 10:15 | "SPME Analysis of Polyurethane Elastomers" Linda Domeier (SNL/CA), LeRoy Whinnery, Pat Keifer, Chris Harvey |
| 10:40 | Break |
| Session 2 | Chair: Cindy Sandoval |
| 11:00 | "Oxidation of Isotopically Labeled Nylon Characterized by Mass Spectrometry" James Hochrein (SNL/NM) |
| 11:25 | "Volatile Evolution from a Poly(ethylenevinylacetate) System" Paul Morrell, David Netherton, Andree Maclean, Julian Murphy (AWE) |
| 11:50 | "Strategies and Frameworks - Getting Value for Money from University Outreach" Gary Burnell, Chris Lord and Norman Godfrey (AWE) |
| 12:15 | Lunch (pizza) |
| Session 3 | Chair: Dan Bowen |
| 1:15 | "Approaches Toward the Synthesis of Carborane Containing Elastomers" Peter Beavis (AWE) Tony Swain, Mogon Patel |
| 1:40 | "Boron Cage Compound Nanocomposites Systems Based on Silicone and VCE Elastomers" Eric Eastwood (KCP) |
| 2:05 | "Boron Cage Compound Nanocomposites Based on Epoxies and Urethanes" Dan Bowen (KCP) |
| 2:30 | "Polysiloxanes Containing Carboranes as Physics Property Modifiers" Mogon Patel (AWE), Paul Morrell, Tony Swain, Jenny Cunningham, Peter Beavis, Julian Murphy |
| 2:55 | Break |
| Session 4 | Chair: Norman Godfrey |
| 3:15 | "Development of Gated Processes for Product Development: Dealing with New Technology Development and Insertion" Julian Murphy (AWE) |
| 3:40 | "Aqueous Gels for Blast and Aerosol Mitigation" Andrew Vance (SNL/CA), Will Wente, Mike Foley, Tim Shepodd, Linda Domeier, John Hachman |
| 4:05 | "General Discussion Topics" All (LeRoy Whinnery will lead discussion) |
| 5:30-7:00 | Bocce at Campo di Bocce / Livermore |
| 7:00 | Dinner at Campo di Bocce / Livermore |
| 8:00-8:35 | Coffee |
| Session 5 | Chair: Sarah Chinn |
| 8:35 | "If You Can't Buy It, You May Have to Make It Yourself (Using Synthetic Chemistry to Investigate Replacement Materials Issues)" Norman Godfrey (AWE) |
| 9:00 | "Constitutive Modeling of Radiation Effects on the Permanent Set in a Silicone Elastomer" A. Maiti (LLNL), R. H. Gee, T. Weisgraber, S. Chinn, and R. S. Maxwell |
| 9:25 | "A Mesoscopic Network Model for Permanent Set in Crosslinked Elastomers" T.H. Weisgraber (LLNL), R.H. Gee, A. Maiti, S. Chinn, R.S. Maxwell |
| 9:50 | "Radiation Induced Degradation of Toughened Silicone Rubber TR55" Cindy Alviso (LLNL), Sarah Chinn, Robert Maxwell, Tom Wilson, Chris Harvey, Rebecca Cohenour |
| 10:15 | Break |
| Session 6 | Chair: Mogan Patel |
| 10:35 | "How Not to Make Your Bonds Weak (Factors Affecting the Peel Strength Performance of Pressure Sensitive Silicone Adhesive)" Julie Etheridge, Kath Ford, Norman Godfrey (AWE) |
| 11:00 | "Control of Microstructure and Density in Foamed Polysiloxanes" Mogon Patel (AWE), Peter Jenkins, Julian Murphy, Paul Morrell, Tony Swain |
| 11:25 | "Stress-Sensing Polysiloxane Materials" Peter Beavis (AWE), Mogon Patel, Anthony Swain, David Roberts, Simon Holder, Jon Meegan |
| 11:50 | "An Investigation into the Material Properties of Polyurethane Elastomer Mouldings" Sarra Boyd, presented by Norman Godfrey (AWE) |
| 12:15 | Lunch (sandwiches) |
| Session 7 | Chair: Andy Vance |
| 1:15 | "Development of High Char Foam Encapsulation Materials" Mat Celina (SNL/NM), Jim Aubert, Ken Erickson, Ana Trujillo, Nick Giron, Ed Russick |
| 1:40 | "Removable Foam Aging and Reliability Study for a System Upgrade: Update of Recent Activity" ” Ed Russick SNL/NM), Jim Aubert, Sarah Leming |
| 2:05 | "Process Improvements and Scale-up of RER1 Bismaleimide (BMI)" Mark Wilson (KCP) |
| 2:30 | "Foam Mechanical Characterization and Model Validation" Wei-Yang Lu (SNL/CA), Mike Neilsen, Helena Jin, and Soonsung Hong |
| 2:55 | Break |
| Session 8 | Chair: Jim Aubert |
| 3:15 | "Synthesis of Alkyne-Containing Materials for Incorporation into Organic Hydrogen Scavengers" Anthony C Swain (AWE), Chris Entwistle |
| 3:40 | "Development of a Getter Sensor" Ward Small (LLNL), Duncan Maitland, Jane Bearinger, Steve Letts, Jim Trebes |
| 4:05 | "Development and Manufacturing of AFT-2 OBA Optical Gantry Beam" David A Calkins (SNL/NM) and Kevin Schmidt |
| Free evening to enjoy the Bay Area | |
| 8:30-9:00 | Coffee |
| Session 9 | Chair: LeRoy Whinnery |
| 9:00 | "Production of Monolithic Components from Polyethylene" Anthony Swain (AWE), Niaz Khan |
| 9:25 | "Material Morphology and Electrical Resistivity in EPDM Gaskets" Linda Domeier (SNL/CA) and Nancy Yang |
| 9:50 | "Fabrication of the Second Stage Conduit Cable for the STARS Program" Rex Jaramillo (SNL/NM), Joanetta Bruhn |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:40 | "Bulk Mechanical Properties of Wilethane 44 Urethane Adhesive" Seth Gleiman (LANL) |
| 11:05 | "Redevelopment of a Quality Assurance Test for Wilethane 44 Urethane Adhesive" Seth Gleiman (LANL) |
| Adjourn | |
| Business Meeting - TBD | |
For more information, contact LeRoy Whinnery.