Events

Polymer Processing Society Meeting at Quebec City, August 14-17, 2005.

The research of HfMI in the processing area was presented at the PPS 2005 meeting. Prof. Kalyon was a session organizer in the Processing of Composites and Filled Systems session and delivered the key note address in the Processing of Energetic Materials session of the conference along with two additional papers on the processing of nanocomposites and processing of suspensions of hydrogel binders with nanoparticles.

AICHE Annual Meeting 2005, Cincinnati, Ohio

HfMI continued to play a key role in the Safety and Processing of Energetic Materials session of the annual AICHE meeting at Cincinnati, Ohio (October 31- November 3, 2005) with five joint papers with US Army, Naval Surface Warfare Center and Material Processing & Research, Inc. The papers appeared in the proceedings volume of the meeting. The participants of HfMI in the session included Dr. Kalyon, Dr. Malik and Dr. Gevgilili.

Furthermore, Dr. Degirmencibasi, Mr. Demirkol, Dr. Malik and Dr. Kalyon presented an additional four papers in the areas of mathematical modeling of the co-rotating twin screw extrusion flow, the mixing and rheology of nanocomposites of clay/polyolefins, and the in-situ synthesis and characterization of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles.

World Congress of Particle Technology, Orlando, Florida,
April 23-27, 2006

HfMI is committed to participate in the 2006 World Congress of Particle Technology to take place in Orlando, Florida. This event is held once in every four year cycle, switching locations between three continents.



HfMI/ARMY/NAVY Workshop on co-extrusion of concentrated suspensions May 3, 2005 at SIT

A day-long workshop was held at Stevens Institute of Technology to cover the work done by HfMI in the area of co-extrusion of concentrated suspensions. The viscoplasticity and the wall slip of such suspensions render their co-extrusion a challenge. The workshop was attended by the representatives of the US Army Picatinny TACOM and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division.

AICHE - Processing and Safety of Energetic Materials
November 8-12, 2004

HfMI played a key role in the safety and processing session of the next annual AICHE meeting at Austin, Texas with four joint papers with US Army, Naval Surface Warfare Center and Material Processing & Research, Inc. The texts of the papers appeared in the proceedings of the meeting.

1. Kristin L. Jasinkiewicz, Timothy E. Dawag, Michael Fair, Roderick King, Dilhan Kalyon, Elvan Birinci and Halil Gevgilili, “Continuous Processing of Black Powder”, Proceedings of AICHE Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas (2004).

2. Suzanne Prickett, William Newton, Stuart Richman, Wayne Thomas, Christopher Gonzalez, Dilhan M. Kalyon, Halil Gevgilili, Moinuddin Malik Tugrulbey Kiryaman and James E. Kowalczyk, "Twin screw extrusion processing of double base rocket propellant", Proceedings of AICHE Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas (2004).

3. Dilhan M. Kalyon, "Rheological characterization platforms for the extrudability and safety analysis of energetic materials", Proceedings of AICHE Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas (2004).

4. James E. Kowalczyk, James B. Graybill, Moinuddin Malik, Dilhan Kalyon, Halil Gevgilili, Mark Mezger and Brett Reddingius “Novel Extrusion Platforms for the Continuous Processing of Energetics”, Proceedings of AICHE Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas (2004).

A fifth paper was presented by Prof. Kalyon in the Fundamental Research in fluid Mechanics: Non-Newtonian Flows session in the area of development of flow instabilities with compressible viscoplastic fluids subject to wall slip:

5. H. S. Tang and D. M. Kalyon. “ Time-dependent development of flow instabilities of non-Newtonian melts and suspensions with rigid particles”, with the paper of the talk to appear in the Proceedings of AICHE Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas (2004).

13th JOCG-CMEUG Meeting

The next meeting of the Joint Ordnance Commanders Group (JOCG) Continuous Mixer & Extruder Users Group (CMEUG) was hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology, Highly Filled Materials Institute in Hoboken, New Jersey in the Wesley J. Howe Center, on October 13-14 2004. Click for:

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Industry Day, 2003

Industry Day was held on May 20th, 2003. Research and new technologies developed at HfMI were introduced and specialized capabilities, including continuous processing, rheology, and structural analysis of highly filled systems were reviewed. Please give us feedback.


Seminars and Invited Lectures of Prof. Kalyon:

• “Technologies for the processing of highly filled materials under optimum geometry and operating conditions”, London, ON, Canada October 25, 2004.

• “Development of instabilities during the flow of polymer melts and polymeric suspensions”, Hoboken, New Jersey, Oct 6, 2004.

• “Rheology of concentrated suspensions”, Corning Incorporated seminar, Corning, New York, June 26, 2003.

• “Development of wall slip and flow instabilities”, University of Akron, M. R. Kamal Symposium, April 25, 2003.

• “Rheology and processing of highly filled suspensions”, Levich Institute seminar, March 18, 2003.

• “Enabling technologies for the processing of nanocomposites and nanoenergetics”, US Army TACOM ARDEC Nano Valley Kickoff Meeting, Mt. Arlington, NJ, October 25, 2002.

• “Rheology and Extrusion of Highly Filled Polymeric Suspensions”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Polymer Science and Technology Seminar, October 31, 2001.

• “Twin screw extrusion of thermosetting formulations for encapsulation applications in electronics”, Henkel-Loctite Corporation, Olean, NY, April 26, 2002.

• “Mathematical Modeling of Processing Flows using 3-D Finite Element Method”, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, May 16, 2002.

• “Extrusion of Pastes and Soft Solids”, 2001 IFPRI Annual General Meeting, Gainesville, Florida, July 11, 2001.

• “Possibilities in Nano-energetics”, Workshop of US Army on Nano Technology Strategy, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ October 26, 2000.

• “Rheology and Processing of Highly Filled Suspensions”, Duracell Bethel Corporate Facility, November 2, 2000.

• "Extrusion of Pastes and Soft Solids”, 2000 IFPRI Annual General Meeting, Scheveningen, Den Haag, The Netherlands, July 11, 2000.

• “Improvement of Extrusion Process efficiency”, Dexter Electronic Materials, Olean, NY, June 12, 2000.

• “Structure and Processing of Highly Filled Materials”, Eugenie Lamothe Colloquium Series, Department of Chemical Engineering of McGill University, January 24, 2000.

• “Rheology, Structure development/Characterization and the Simulation of the Extrusion Processing of Highly Filled Materials”, Duracell-Gillette Company, Needham, Massachusetts, January 10, 2000.

• “Simulation of the Extrusion of Soap Formulations”, Unilever Edgewater Research and Development, Edgewater, NJ November 29, 1999.

• “Mathematical Modeling of the Continuous Processing of Highly Filled materials, Seminar Series in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stevens Institute of Technology, December 6, 1999.

• “Viscoelasticity of ink formulations and Ramifications on Misting of uv-curable inks”, Sun Chemical, Carlstadt, NJ, October 29, 1999.

• “Processing of Highly Filled Materials and applications to co-extruded permanent magnets”, Delphi Automotive Systems, Saginaw, Michigan, Sept. 24, 1999.

• “New concepts in casting of rocket fuels”, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Maryland, Sept. 21, 1999.

• “Continuous Processing of Highly Filled Materials: Possible applications to processing of pulp and paper waste products”, Marcal Paper Mills Inc. Elmwood Park, NJ, Aug. 11, 1999.

• ”Recent developments in mathematical modeling and characterization of the structure of energetic materials”, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Maryland, June 25, 1999.

• “Extrusion of pastes”, IFPRI annual meeting, New Brunswick, NJ, June 8, 1999.

• “Rheology and Extrusion of bar soaps”, Unilever Research Center, Edgewater, NJ, January 7, 1999.

• “Continuous processing of energetic materials”, Briefing given to Congressman R. Frelinghuysen, Picatinny Arsenal US Army Base, Dec. 10, 1998.

• “Twin screw extrusion based recycling of Al powders”, Toyal America, November 9, 1998.

• “A new squeeze flow rheometer for on-line quality control of gun propellants”, Alliant TechSystems, August 14, 1998.

• “Crystallization of CL-20”, Picatinny Arsenal US Army Base, Dover, NJ, May 26, 1998.

• “Structure development in suspensions with silica fillers”, PPG Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, March 31, 1998.

• “Extrusion Processing of Highly Filled Materials”, SPARK International Workshop of Unilever on Product Structure-Soft Solids and Liquids, November 7, 1997, Tenafly, New Jersey.

• "Integrated Simulation and Microstructural Tools for Continuous Processing of Composite Energetics," Workshop on the Intelligent Processing and Inspection of Polymer Composite Materials, sponsored by U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Baltimore, MD, August 26, 1997.

• “Rheology and Extrusion of PAX IIA Formulation and Solvent Migration Effects”, Workshop of Totally Integrated Manufacturing Enterprise sponsored by the US Army, Thiokol Corporation, Brigham City, Utah, January 6 (1998).

• "Recovery, Recycle and Reuse of Thermoplastic Elastomer based Propellants and Explosives", Green Energetic Materials (GEM) Technical Information Product Team Workshop, Arlington, Virginia, February, 4, 5 (1997)

• "Integrated Simulation and Experimental Methods for the Continuous Processing of Composite Propellants", invited lecture, Workshop on the Intelligent Processing and Inspection of Polymer Composite Materials", Baltimore, Maryland August, 26, 27 (1997)

• "Characterization of Poly(BAMO/AMMO)", Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Processing Workshop at JANNAF Propellant Development Subcommittee Meeting, NASA AMES Center, Sunnyvale, California, 17 March, (1997)

• "Progress in Dissolution Studies," Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Processing Workshop at JANNAF Propellant Development Subcommittee Meeting, NASA AMES Center, Sunnyvale, California, 17 March (1997)

• Invited Lecture, "Soft Solids Processing", International Conference sponsored by Chemical Engineering Science and Unilever, " Putting Structure into Chemical Engineering", Port Sunlight, Chester United Kingdom, November 8,9 (1996)

• “Batch and Continuous Processing of Energetics”, Alliant Tech Corporation seminar, Radford, VA, August 28, 1996.

• “Extrusion Flows and Microstructure Development of Dispersions and Suspensions”, Lever Brothers Seminar, Edgewater, NJ, June 18, 1996.

• “Mathematical Modeling of Manufacturing Operations of Energetics”, Strategic Analysis Corporation Workshop sponsored by BMDO/IST, Arlington, VA, June 14, 1996.

• "Rheology and Continuous Processing of Highly Filled Materials," Bogazici University, Dept. of Chemical Eng., Istanbul, Turkey, June 5, 1996.

• "Compounding of Extrusion of Highly Filled Systems in Twin Screw Extruders," Koç University, Chemistry Dept., Istanbul, Turkey, May 28, 1996.

• "Highly Filled Materials: Characterization Processing, Microstructure Development," Special Chem. Eng. Seminar at Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey, May 27, 1996.

• “Rheology and Continuous Processing of highly Filled Suspensions”, Hoechst Celanese, R. L. Mitchell Technical Center, April 11, 1996.

• “Rheology and Processability of Concentrated Suspensions with Colloidal Particles”, PPG Corporation seminar, Pittsburgh, PA, March 11, 1996.

• "Processing and Microstructural Distributions of Highly Filled Materials," Material Science and Engineering Dept. at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, March 6, 1996.

• "Rheology and Continuous Processing of Highly Filled Suspensions," Procter and Gamble Corporation Seminar, Cincinnati, OH, Dec.12, 1995.

• "Simulation of the Continuous Processing of Propellants and Explosives," Joint Ordnance Commanders Explosives and Propellants Subgroup, Picatinny Arsenal Army Base, NJ, Nov. 7, 1995.

• "Rheology and Simulation of Continuous Processing Flows of Highly Filled Suspensions," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fluid Dynamics Seminar, June 3, 1993.

• "Rheology and Continuous Processing of Concentrated Suspensions," Process Engineering and Chemistry Lab Seminar Series of General Electric Research and Development, Schenectady, New York, July 2, 1992.

• "Rheology of Concentrated Suspensions," Industrial Materials Institute of National Research Council of Canada, Boucherville, Quebec, July 3, 1992.

• "Incorporation of Wall Slip in Non-isothermal Modeling of Single Screw Extrusion Processing," First International Conference on Transport Phenomena in Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 22-26, 1992.

• "Simulation and Experimental Studies of Continuous Processing in Twin Screw Extruders," SDIO/IST, ONR Workshop, 1991.

• "Rheological Behavior of Highly Filled Suspensions," 24th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of American Chemical Society, Farleigh Dickinson University, Florham Park/Madison, NJ, May 23-25, 1990.

• "Blow Molding of Polyethylenes," Invited Seminar, Mobil Chemical Company, Edison, NJ, June 20, 1990.

• "Conversion of Polymeric Precursors into Ceramics: Pore Formation," TSM The VI Northeast Regional Symposium High Performance Composites for the 1990's, Morristown, NJ, June 6-8, 1990.

• "Processing, Rheology and Dynamic Testing of Elastomers," Workshop A, 6th Annual Conference of Engineering Design with Elastomers at Stevens, Hoboken, NJ, August 22, 1990.

• "Fundamentals of the Processing and the Rheology of Elastomers," 6th Annual Conference of Engineering Design with Elastomers at Stevens, Hoboken, NJ, August 20, 1990.

• "New Developments in Rheological Characterization and Behavior of Highly Filled Suspensions," SDIO Workshop at Lockheed Missiles and Space, Palo Alto, CA March 12-13, 1990.

• "Product Performance Through Rheology: A Short Course in Solving Materials Problems," invited lecturer, Cherry Hill, NJ, April 17, 1990.

• "Continuous Processing of Highly Filled Suspensions," Mobil Corporation, Edison, NJ, June 20, 1990.

• "Experimental Studies and Simulation of Continuous Processing of Concentrated Suspensions," SDIO/IST Advanced Propellants ONR Workshop, July 24-26, 1990.

• "Product Performance Through Rheology: A Short Course in Solving Materials Problems," invited lecturer, Chantilly, Virginia, April 19, 1990.

• "Simulation and Experimental Studies of Continuous Processing of Energetics," Invited Lecture, Third Continuous Mixer and Extruder Users Group Meeting, Indian Head, MD, Dec. 5-7, 1989.

• "Microstructure Development in Injection Molding of Amorphous Engineering Plastics," Invited Chemical Engineering Seminar, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, Feb 1, 1989.

• "Behavior of Highly Filled suspensions in Viscometric and Processing Flows," Invited Lecture, Polymer Division of National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Jan 13, 1989.

• "Rheology and Processability of Highly Filled Suspensions," Invited Lecture, The 1989 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies_Pacifichem '89, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec 19, 1989.

• "Experimental Studies and Simulation of Continuous Processing of Highly Filled Suspensions in Co-rotating Twin Screw Extruders," Invited Lecture, Third Annual Continuous Mixer and Extruder Users' Group (Naval Ordnance Station), Indian Head, Maryland, Dec 6, 1989.

• "Experimental Studies and Simulation of Mixing of Highly Filled Suspensions," Invited Seminar, Mechanical Engineering Department of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, March 29, 1989.

• "Simulation and Experimental Research on Continuous Processing of Highly Filled Materials at Stevens," Picatinny Arsenal Army Base (June 7); United Technologies in San Jose, CA (May 8); Aerojet in Sacramento, CA, May 10, 1989.

• "Product Performance through Rheology," Rheometrics sponsored lecture, Monroeville, PA, May 18, 1989.

• "Processing of Propellants in Co-rotating Twin Screw Extruders," SDIO/IST Workshop, July 10-11, 1989.

• "Experimental Studies and Simulation of Mixing in Co-rotating Twin Screw Extruders," Chemical Engineering Department Seminar at Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, May 13, 1988.

• "Analyzing the Blow Molding Process," E. I. Dupont de Nemours Fabrication Technologies Technical Conference, Scanticon Conference Center, Princeton, NJ, May 18, 1988.

• "Experimental Studies and Simulation of Mixing of Highly Filled Suspensions in Twin Screw Extruders," GE Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, NY, Dec 12, 1988.

• "Simulation of Mixing in Co-rotating Twin Screw Extrusion Processes," Invited Lecture, Second continuous Mixer and Extruder Users Group Meeting (Sponsored by US Army and NOS), Radford, VA, Dec 8, 1988.

• "Continuous Processing of Solid Rocket Fuels with Twin Screw Extruders," SDIO, Innovative Science and Technology Office Workshop on Continuous Processing Science, Chestertown, Maryland, Aug 30-Sep 1, 1988.

• "Simulation of the Continuous Processing of Propellants in the Twin Screw Extrusion Process," Department of Navy, Propulsion Technology, Panel W4, Technical Cooperation Program, MIT, Cambridge, Mass., Mar 3, 1987.

• "Rheology of Highly Filled Propellants," Department of the Army: Continuous Mixer and Extruder Users Groups Meeting, NSWC, White Oak, Nov 30, 1987.

• "Mixing in Twin Screw Extruders: Simulation and Experimental Studies," Department Seminar at the Department of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, Nov 20, 1987.

• "Rheology and Injection Molding of Engineering Plastics," GE Corporation, Selkirk, Oct 23, 1987.

• "Mixing of Propellants in Continuous Twin Screw Extruders," Invited Lecture, Office of Naval Research Propellant Processing Workshop, Chestertown, Maryland, Aug 25-26, 1987.

• "Drag Flow Principles and Drag Flow Equipment Review," Hilton Head, SC, May 12, 1986.

• "Microstructure Development in Injection Molding," GE Corporation, Pittsfield, Mass., May 14, 1986.

• "Processing of Polymeric Precursors for Ceramic Applications," National Science Foundation Workshop on Processing of Polymers, University of Akron, Akron, OH, June 13, 1986.

• "Fundamentals and Current Technology of Blow Molding," Plastech, Atlantic City, NJ, June 17, 1986.

• "Co-rotating Twin Screw Extrusion Principles," Lecture, Office of Naval Research Workshop on Propellant Processing, University of Maryland, May 12, 1985.

• "Use of Fillers in Plastics Industries," Union Camp Corporation, May 12, 1985.

• "Dynamics of High Pressure Low Density Polyethylene Tubular Reactor," Chemical Engineering Department of McGill University, Montreal, Canada, May 4, 1984.


 

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