Polymer Engineering
This symposium will offer a comprehensive overview of the current development and future trends in the field of Polymer Engineering. In this field, the latest efforts in both academia and industry on basic and applied research and technological advances are very welcome.
The symposium will cover general but updated engineering aspects of the polymerization processes. Homogeneous and heterogeneous polymerizations, modeling and control, and polymer processing will be considered. Besides, topics as controlled radical polymerization, microtechnologies, new reactors and process technologies, bioprocesses and green pathways to produce new and smart polymers, and nanoestructured materials.
Confirmed keynotes
E. Bourgeat-Lami 
" Organic/inorganic composite latexes: A few examples of past and recent investigations. "
Robin Hutchinson
" Reducing atrp catalyst concentration in batch, semibatch and continuous reactors. "
Denis Bertin
" The blocbuilder (copyright) technology: a success story. "
J. MacGregor
" Control and optimization of polymer processes using idustrial databases. "
C. Abad
" Reservoir Stimulation Through Hydraulic Fracturing: Polymerization and Polymer Degradation in Unconventional Slurry Reactors. "
D. Sundberg
" Polymer Phase Separation in Composite Latex Particles During and After Polymerization. "
Scope
This symposium will cover all the key areas of Polymer Engineering, and it aims at bringing together polymer academic researchers, industrial practitioners, students, and general participants from all over the world.
The authors are invited to submit regular contributions to be considered for publication in Macromolecular Reaction Engineering.
The proposed symposium topics are :
Polymerization in homogeneous and heterogeneous media. New advances.
Monitoring, modeling, optimization and control of polymerization reactors/processes.
Polymer Processing.
Industrial Process Innovation and Applications.
Controlled radical polymerization. From the lab to the plant ?
Microreactor technology.
Biopolymers and biodegradable polymers.
Nanostructured materials and nanoparticles
Publication
This symposium will be included in the WCCE8 proceedings.
Organizers
Prof. Dr. Diana A. Estenoz
Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química.
Facultad de Ingeniería Química (Univ. Nac. del Litoral)
INTEC, Güemes 3450- 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
Phone : +54 (342) 451 1546/47/93/94 Int.1056
Fax : +54 (342) 451 1087
destenoz@santafe-conicet.gov.ar
Prof. Dr. J.R. Leiza
POLYMAT/ KIMIKA FAKULTATEA
The University of the Basque Country
Joxe Mari Korta Zentroa
Tolosa Etorbidea, 72
20018 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN
Euskal Herria (Spain)
Phone: 34 943 01 53 29 Fax: 34 943 01 70 65
jrleiza@ehu.es
Dr. José Sosa
Senior Research Scientist
TOTAL Petrochemicals USA
Research and Technology Center
1902 Battleground Road
La Porte, TX 77571
Phone : 281-884-7507
jose.sosa@total.com
Members of the Scientific Committee
Alex Penlidis, University of Waterloo, Canada, penlidis@uwaterloo.ca
Bo-Geng Li, Zhejiang University, China, bgli@zju.edu.cn
Bruce Nauman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, nauman@rpi.edu
Costas Kiparissides, Aristotle University of Thesaloniki, Grecia, cypress@certh.gr
Diana A. Estenoz, Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química, INTEC, Argentina, destenoz@santafe-conicet.gov.ar
Enrique Saldívar, Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Mexico, esaldivar@ciqa.mx
Gregorio Meira, Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química, INTEC, Argentina, gmeira@conicet-santafe.gov.ar
Haydee Oliva, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela, holiva@luz.edu.ve
John Vlachopoulos, Mc Master University, Canada, vlachopj@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Jose Carlos Costa da Silva Pinto, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, pinto@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
José M. Asua, University of the Basque Country, Spain, jm.asua@ehu.es
José Ramón Leiza, University of the Basque Country, Spain, jrleiza@ehu.es
Jose Sosa, Total Petrochemical, USA, jose.sosa@total.com
Kim McAuley, Queen’s University, Canada, kim.mcauley@chee.queensu.ca
Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg, BASF, Germany, klaus-dieter.hungenberg@basf.com
Milan Maric, McGill University, Canadá, milan.maric@mcgill.ca
Ramanan Krishnamoorti, University of Houston, USA, ramanan@uh.edu
Richard Wool, University of Delaware, USA, wool@udel.edu
Shahriar Sajjadi, King's College London, England, shahriar.sajjadi-emami@kcl.ac.uk
Shiping Zhu, McMaster University, Canada, zhuship@mcmaster.ca
Thomas Daszkowski, Bayer Technology Services Americas, USA, thomas.daszkowski.b@bayer.com
Wolf-Dieter Hergeth, Wacker Chemie, Germany, wolf-dieter.hergeth@wacker.com