S PONSORS
Aerojet
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Augmentix
Evonik
Exquadrum
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Fire Research Laboratories (FRL)
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Nanotailor
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NASA
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
StanChem
Omega Point Laboratory (OPL)
PBI Performance Products
Pilato Consulting
Raytheon Company
Texas Research Institute/Austin (TRI-Austin)
C OLLABORATORS
K. Marshall, K. McAlea, 3D Systems
J. Ly, P. Marchol, W. Tam, Aerojet
R. Blanski, M. Fernandez, L. Knox, D. Marchant, J. Mabry, K. McFall, H. Nguyen, S.
Phillips, P. Ruth, S. Svejda, R. Vaia, AFRL
J. Lee, Agency for Defense Development, Korea
W. Shih, Allcomp
D. Burton, C. Leer-Lake, M. Lake, P. Lake, Applied Sciences
G. Filou, P. Piccione, Arkema, France
J. Bowen, A. Chamseddine, S. Zimlim, Augmentix
J. Ventura, Bayer MaterialScience
T. Postick, Carbon Nanotechnologies
T. Reilly, Clariant, USA and Germany
C. Pederson, J. Weispfenning, Cytec Engineered Materials
G. Horlbeck, Evonik, USA and Germany
P. Van Dine, Electric Boat
M. C. Lin, Emory U
K. Mahaffy, Exquadrum
R. Liang, Florida State U
S. Sathyanarayana, Fraunhofer ICT, Germany
S. Menon, V. Yang, Georgia Tech
G. Pruett, Hitco Carbon Composites
W. K. Chow, Hong Kong Polytechnic U, Hong Kong
J. Lichtenhan, Hybrid Plastics
M. J. Mutton, D. E. Yuhas, IMS
A. Grand, S. Romo, Intertek
K. W. Hyung, Jenoju U, Korea
S. Das, Lonza
L. Drzal, A. Lee, Michigan State U
C. Pittman, Mississippi State U
L. Daniel, B. Wardle, MIT
T. Lan, Nanocor
M, King, S. Sprenger, Nanoresins, USA and Germany
U. Sorathia, Naval Surface Warfare Center
K. Shivakumar, North Carolina A&T U
G. Stein, Northrop Grumman Corp
J. Morral, The Ohio State U
G. Copeland, PBI Performance Products
K. Kuo, R. Yetter, The Pennsylvania State U
C. Ibeh, Pittsburg State U
L. Pilato, Pilato Consulting/KAI
P. Chua, Raytheon Company
Z. Horvath, Res Inst for Tech Phys and Mat Sc, Hungary
J. Agee, J. Lou, Rice U
Y. Chang, J. Slavens, Sasol NA
S. Jones, SMJ Carbon
A. Bray, SMRC
B. Broquere, Snecma, France
J. El-Hibri, G. Jack, Solvay Advanced Polymers
D. Hunter, Southern Clay Products
M. Hussain, C. West, StanChem
Z.P. Luo, Texas A&M U
J. Tate, S. Venumbaka, W. Wootan, Texas State U
H. Stretz, TN Tech U
E. Kuramoto, Thinky, USA and Japan
R. Rushing, B. Muskopf, TRI-Austin
G. Wissler, 21st Century Polymers/KAI
J. Abot, M. Schulz, V. Shanov, U of Cincinnati
A. Morgan, U of Dayton Research Institute
A. Avila, U Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
K. Brezinsky, U of Illinois-Chicago
F. van Hattum, U of Minho, Portugal
M. Natali, U of Perugia, Italy
H. Phoehn, U of South Carolina
Faculty members: J. Beaman, D. Bourell, S. Chen, C. Deckard, O. Ezekoye, P. Ferreira,
P. Ho, J. Howell, M. Krifa, W. Li, M. Londa, T. Moon, R. Moser, R. Ruoff, L. Shi, &
Students: E. Allcorn, M. Baek, M. Bruns, D. Chen, J. Cheng, A. Cummings, A. Duncan, K.
Gregory, A. Gupta, B. Hadisujoto, A. Hall, W. Ho, M. Jaramillo, B. Johnson, A. Jor, M.
Kan, J. Keena, A. Sallean, Y. Kim, C. Lam, S. Lao, J. Lee, K. Li, B. Lisco, C. Lu, T. Luce, J.
Malinoff, A. Mercado, K. Ngyuen, B. Ong, E. Onyegam, B. Rockwell, A. Scott, T.
Silverman, B. South, C. Wu, H. Wu, X. Yin, J. Yong, W. Yong, M. Yuan, and others, U of
Texas at Austin
S. Tan, WMR
M. Knox, XG Sciences
ONR-MURI with Penn State, Emory U, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, UI-Chicago, UT-
Austin