1

Polymer Analysis Division Polymer Analysis Division Society of Plastics EngineersSociety of Plastics Engineers

Dear PAD Members,

The winter is coming to an end and it is the time to plan your ANTEC conference. The year, the ANTEC 2012 will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, USA, on April 2-4, co-located with NPE. Our technical pro-gram chairs, Dr. Gregory Kamykowski of the TA Instruments and Dr. Feina Cao of the Lubrizol Corporation, have worked together to put up a wonderful program for us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for the great work they have done!

The PAD division has planned four sessions this year, which include a joint session with EPSDIV and an award session to honor Dr. Lloyd M. Robeson. The detailed program is now published on the SPE website as well as in this newspaper. The PAD will hold its annual business meeting in Room S330E at the Orange County Convention Center on Monday, April 2nd after the last presentation (5 PM). I encourage you to join us and meet the board. If you are interested in joining the division leadership team, please contact a board member. The contact information of all board members is listed on se-cond page of this newsletter.

Thank you for your continuing support of the PAD division and the Society of Plastic Engineers. I look forward to meeting all of you at ANTEC 2012!

Changdeng Liu

Vol. 39 No. 1 March 2012

IN THIS ISSUE

Chair’s Message Page 1 ANTEC 2012 Schedule Page 2 Best Paper Award 2011 Page 6 BOD Members Page 7 New Members Page 7 BOD Meeting Report Page 8 Treasurer’s Report Page 9 Councilors Report Page 10 SPE Applications Page 12 Contact numbers Page 13

The PAD webpage address is: http://www.4spe.org/communities/divisions/d33.php

2

PAD Final Program for ANTEC 2012

Monday Afternoon • April 2 M32 Polymer Analysis D33 Polymer Analysis D33 Hyphenated Characterizations 1:30 Keynote: Walter McDonough, National Institute of Standards and Technology

1258916 | Overview of the Testing Program on Fibers Used in Ballistic Applications This paper and presentation give an overview of the research effort being conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology on polymeric fibers used in soft body armor (SBA) and a discussion of future directions. The overview covers chemi-cal and mechanical fiber testing, microscopy, and X-ray scattering as means to understand potential mechanisms of degradation in these materials. Tensile testing results at quasi-static and at high strain rates that are comparable to strain rates experienced during ballistic events are also presented. 2:00 Diffusion Properties in Polymer Membranes by FT-IR-ATR

1259851 | James Sloan, US Army Research Lab FTIR-ATR spectroscopy was used to measure the effective diffusion coefficients of various liquids through a series aliphatic polyurethanes and a series of sulfonated triblock co-polymer films. For the polyurethane elastomers, the effect of varying isomer structure at a fixed hard segment content on the diffusion of acetonitrile was examined with FTIR-ATR spectroscopy. The results show a clear dependence on the chemical structure of the hard segment. In the case of the sulfonated triblock co-polymer, the increasing the sulfonation level leads to the ability of the membrane to transport water and other polar molecules through the film. 2:30 Using Simultaneous DSC-Raman Technology to Study Crystallization of Nylon 6

1242080 | Peng Ye, PerkinElmer Nylon 6 (polycaprolactam) is a polyamide widely used in the form of fiber. There are two crystalline forms, α and γ. The common α form has a fully extended planar zigzag conformation. The γ form differs in the hydrogen bonding between chains, which pro-duces a twisted gauche conformation about the C-N bond of the amide group. This change in conformation leads to significant differences in the Raman spectra of the two forms. The crystallization behavior of nylon-6 is known to differ between virgin and previously extruded material. DSC measurements show that crystallization from the melt occurs at about 173°C for virgin materi-al but at about 185°C for samples that have previously been extruded. Combined DSC and Raman measurements provide dif-ferent insights into thermally induced phase changes. In the case of semi-crystalline materials Raman data gives qualitative information about molecular conformations to complement the quantitative information from DSC. The crystallization of nylon-6 is studied here by DSC-Raman. 3:00 Effect of Nano-SiO2 on the Crystallinity and Crystallization Behavior (Non-Isothermal and Isothermal) of

Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanocomposite 1258038 | Rabeh Elleithy, Printpack Inc

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with nano SiO2 were prepared using a Haake batch mixer. The thermal properties of PET and its nanocomposites were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The crystallization process of the nanocompo-sites samples was found to be different than that of the neat PET. The presence of SiO2 shows a considerable effect on the crystallization behavior & crystallinity of the composites. The half-crystallization time of the nanocomposites were evaluated using Avrami's method. The morphology of the composites was characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The dispersion and interfacial interaction between SiO2 and the polymer matrix were also investigated using SEM. 3:30 Rheological Characterization of Injection Molding Grade Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Polymers

1259566 | Ahmed Rahman, RMIT University, Australia Liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) are advanced high temperature processing polymers with unique physical properties. It contains rigid rod like molecules, which exhibit structural orientation during the flow process at one or two dimensional level. Rheological behavior of unfilled LCPs and filled (glass fiber) LCPs were characterized by ARES and capillary rheometry at low and high shear rates. The complex viscosities (h*) as well as shear viscosities (h) showed typical shearthinning behavior. LCPs exhibit anomalous rheological behavior with shear and temperature. Viscosity was reduced at the low shear rate region because of the tumbling nature of the rod-like molecules. The abnormal temperature dependence of the viscosities can be explained by the transition of anisotropic rod-like molecules to isotropic molecules with increase in temperature. Further results are detailed. Tuesday Morning • April 3 T5 Engineering Properties & Structure D26 & Polymer Analysis D33 Polymer 2012 SPE International Award Symposium Honoring Dr. Lloyd M. Robeson: Advances in Polyer

3

Blends and Polymeric Membranes Organized by James E. McGrath, NAE University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech 8:00-8:10 Introduction

James E. McGrath, NAE, Organizer University Distinguished Professor Chemistry, Virginia Tech

8:10-8:40 Ordering Kinetics of Block Copolymers in Solution During Solvent Extraction Using Dynamic Oscillatory

Measurements and SAXS Donald G. Baird, Alexander Giacco Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech

The iso-concentration ordering kinetics of poly(styrene-b-butadiene) in a neutral solvent, toluene, at several concentrations along the solvent extraction path at room temperature were studied using dynamic mechanical rheological measurements and SAXS. These experiments are in contrast to more common studies of the ordering kinetics of block copolymers, which consider phase separation following temperature quenches. Poly(styrene-bbutadiene) in toluene was found to order into hexagonally-packed cylinders beginning at a polymer concentration of 30 wt%. The half-time was found to initially decrease, then increase, due to a competition between thermodynamic and kinetic effects. At higher concentrations, the half-time decreased once more, which was believed to be the result of a change in the ordering mechanism. An Avrami exponent of 1 was obtained at all concentrations and was correlated to two-dimensional diffusion-controlled growth or heterogeneous nucleation and linear growth at higher concentra-tions. A comparison of the rheological and SAXS data suggested that changes in the dynamic mechanical response during order-ing were induced by the development of individual microstructures acting as physical crosslinks. However, a correlation between microstructure and the Avrami exponent was not found. 8:45-9:15 Multiphase Design and Morphology Control of Proton Exchange Membranes

Robert A. Weiss, Hezzleton E. Simmons Professor of Polymer Engineering, Dept. of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron

In 2007, Lloyd Robeson, together with Henry Hwu and Jim McGrath, extended Lloyd’s seminal identification of an upper bound for gas separations to the performance of proton exchange membranes (PEMs). The fundamental issues for PEMs are to opti-mize permeation, in this case proton flux, and durability. Unfortunately, thin films that are highly swollen do not, in general, have very good mechanical properties. The two variables, proton transport and durability, are intimately coupled for conventional ho-mopolymer or random copolymer membranes. High conductivity requires high ion-exchange capacity (IEC), which also produces higher water solubility in the membrane, but high water swelling reduces durability. By surveying the literature, Lloyd and his co-authors observed that there appeared to be an upper bound for a graph of conductivity versus water concentration in a PEM. As with the upper bound for gas separations, they proposed that to exceed the upper bound, one needed to radically change the morphology of the membrane. Decoupling of the transport and mechanical properties can be achieved by introducing another phase into the morphology. That can be done with polymer blends, block copolymers or polymer composites, and there are a number of research groups around the world who have been considering new designs for PEMs based on multiphase polymer systems. Similar work is also under-way with respect to membranes in other separation processes, such as reverse osmosis and batteries. In this talk, we will discuss our research on the development of PEMs prepared from polymer blends and nanocomposites. Spe-cifically, the polymer blends are composed of an ionomer with either a neutral polymer or another ionomer and nanocomposites comprising very high IEC organic nanoparticles dispersed in a matrix with a lower IEC. In both cases, the effects of electric field alignment of the conducting phase in the transport direction will be discussed. 9:20-9:50 Lloyd Robeson’s Impact on Gas Separation Membranes

Benny D. Freeman, Kenneth A. Kobe Professor in Chemical Engineering, University of Texas Today, gas separations using polymer membranes are widely practiced in applications such as air separation and dehydration, hydrogen purification and separation, and natural gas purification. Lloyd Robeson made many fundamental contributions to the science and engineering of this field that contribute to its success today. For example, he was the first to codify the so-called “Upper Bound” tradeoff between gas permeability and selectivity in its most widely recognized and used form today, and his semi-nal paper on this topic is the most-cited non-review article in the Journal of Membrane Science. Gas permeation properties of new materials are routinely compared with Lloyd’s original Upper Bound or his more recent update to it to demonstrate advances in separation properties. He extended this concept to the fuel cell membrane arena in 2007. His work inspired our efforts to devel-op a model of the upper bound as well as more recent work demonstrating the existence of such tradeoffs between membrane throughput and selectivity in porous liquid filtration membranes as well as membranes used for desalination. Based on this con-cept, Lloyd used a vast database of gas permeability data in thousands of polymers to define what are undoubtedly the best val-ues of effective gas molecule size for permeation properties. As interest has expanded to the area of high temperature gas sepa-rations, the temperature dependence of the upper bound has been described theoretically and presented in a joint paper between Lloyd and our group at Texas. This presentation will highlight these as well as other contributions by Lloyd to the field of gas sep-arations, in an attempt to provide some perspective of the immense impact and influence that Lloyd’s work has had and continues to have on the field of membrane science. 9:55-10:25 Miscible and Compatible Blends of Ethylene Copolymers or Engineering Thermoplastics

James E. McGrath, University Distinguished Professor Chemistry, Virginia Tech I had the pleasure of working with the awardee for about eight years at Union Carbide where we developed a longrunning collab-oration (published a paper in 1968; the last one in 2008). I will review some of the efforts—mostly unpublished—where we had blended ethylene co or terpolymers with specific interacting sites, which led to highly compatible and even miscible blends of the

4

ethylene copolymers with particularly polyvinylchloride (PVC) or in some cases even thermoplastic polyurethanes. All the copol-ymers were made by high pressure free radical co or terpolymerization processes, which included as comonomers carbon mon-oxide, ethyl acrylate and N,N’-dimethyl acrylamide (DMA). An analogous acrylamide copolymer was made by the melt post mod-ification of commercially available ethylene ethyl acrylate with either dimethyl amine to produce to produce the dimethyl acryla-mide moiety (EDMA), or mono methylamine, which could afford N-methyl acrylamide copolymers with ethylene (EMMA). The synthesis and characterization of these materials and their blending capabilities will be reviewed. Later, Robeson et al. showed that surprisingly, the important commercial polymers—PEEK and ULTEM—could be melt blended to produce a miscible 1 Tg system. VT extended that work by also showing that one could make multiblock copolymers of poly(dimethyl siloxane) and ULTEM or related polyimides and blend them either with PEEK or in some cases with polybenzimidaz-ole (PBI) to produce highly compatible and even miscible systems. These efforts will also be reviewed. 10:25-11:15 Polymer Science and Engineering: A Career in Industrial Research and Development

Lloyd M. Robeson, NAE, Awardee Union Carbide, retired Air Products, retired Lehigh University, Adjunct Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

I wish to thank the Society of Plastics Engineers for this prestigious award. The area of polymer science and engineering has been personally a rewarding area of research in my career in which countless interactions with highly talented professionals provided valuable input. The specific areas of polymer blend technology and polymeric membrane gas separation comprised emerging technologies during my career which will be highlighted in this presentation. Both areas received a high level of indus-trial and academic attention and a summary of my involvement with these subjects and contributions will be discussed. With polymer blends, studies in structure-properties of multicomponent systems with emphasis on polymer-polymer miscibility will be reviewed along with commercial systems based on these studies. In the area of membrane separation, the upper bound con-cept, permeability/permselectivity correlations and a group contribution approach will be highlighted. Additional areas include antiplasticization, impact polystyrene, block copolymers, engineering polymers, environmental stress failure, and various struc-ture-property studies. More recent involvement with emerging technology areas including fuel cell membranes, optoelectronic properties, electrically conducting polymers and nanocomposite technology will be briefly discussed. PAD Annual Business Meeting : Tuesday Afternoon • April 3 T33 Polymer Analysis D33 Polymer Analysis D33 Instrumental Innovations, Modeling, and Bioplastics 1:30 Keynote: Martin Sentmanat, Xpansion Instruments

Extensional Rheology: An Invaluable Tool for Material Characterization

2:30 Isothermal Growth Rates of Nodular and Spherulitic Structures of Isotactic Polypropylene 1163294 | Yousef A. Mubarak, University of Jordan

A comparison between individual spherulite growth rates and circumferential nodular growth rates for isotactic polypropylene crystallized from the melt was studied by means of polarized optical microscopy. The results showed that both spherulites and nodules grow linearly with approximately similar growth rates at high crystallization temperatures while the individual spherulites grow a little faster at lower crystallization temperatures. 3:00 Modeling and Analysis of Cure Kinetics of Aliphatic Epoxy Resin With and Without Diffusion

1256467 | Nora Restrepo-Zapata, Universidad Nacional de Colombia The curing reaction of an aliphatic epoxy resin is modeled from differential scanning calorimetry, generalizing a methodology proposed by Hernandez-Ortiz and Osswald. The kinetics is represented by the Kamal-Sourour model with and without diffusion reaction control and was extracted using a non-linear regression method and modified with DiBenedetto’s equation. The kinetic fitting methodology uses dynamic and isothermal differential scanning calorimetries for different accelerator concentration, allow-ing the differentiation of high and small peaks during the curing and diffusion reaction control regimens. 3:30 Transformation of Measured p-v-T Data Into Moldflow Software

1259150 | Ruben Schlutter, University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden New polymers and additives are constantly being developed. Many are not yet available in databases and cannot be used in simulation software. But it is important to know as much as possible about these polymers in order to avoid problems in product development and the manufacturing process. So the polymers must be tested. This paper shows a possibility of measuring points of a p-v-T chart and transforming them into a mathematic model to do simulation with the specific material afterwards. 4:00 Detecting Polymer Long Chain Branching Structures by Using Analytical Rheology

1285279 | Xue Chen, Dow Chemical Polymer rheology is a very sensitive indicator of polymer long chain branching, and therefore can be used as a tool to determine polymer structures. This paper is thus focused on the study of the relationship between polymer linear viscoelastic properties and polymer structures using both rheological experiments as well as theoretical modeling methods applied to both model poly-

5

mers and commercial polymers. In this work, the “hierarchical model” was employed to predict their rheological behaviors as well as to identify the impurities in the materials using the “analytical rheology” concept. After validating the tube model theory successfully on the model polymer melts, we tried to access the validity of the modeling predictions for commercial polyolefins. Wednesday Morning • April 4 W6 Engineering Properties & Structure D26 & Polymer Analysis D33 Polymer Analysis D33 Structure-2 8:00 Keynote: Maria Auad, Auburn University

1259947 | Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (IPNs) Individual polymers are known to exhibit a wide range of characteristics that can be manipulated physically, thermally, and chemically. Furthermore, combining these materials through various mixtures can extend the ranges in properties offered. An interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) is a typical example of a multi-component polymer material. These polymers are closely related to other multi-component materials, containing completely entangled chains, such as polymer blends, grafts and blocks copolymers. IPN is a multiphase polymer material comprising of two or more networks that are at least partially interlaced on a molecular scale but are not covalently bonded to each other and cannot be separated unless chemical bonds are broken. The most common classifications of IPNs are full- or semi-IPNs. Compositions in which one or more polymers are crosslinked and one or more polymers are linear or branched are semi-IPNs; when both polymers are crosslinked in full, they are full-IPNs. The-se concepts were developed in the 1970s, when several research groups studied different systems in some detail. From the available literature it is possible to infer that IPNs possess several interesting characteristics when compared to normal polymer blends, because the varied synthetic techniques yield IPNs of such diverse properties that their engineering potential is vast. These networks exhibit dual phase continuity, meaning two or more polymers in the system form phases that are continuous on a macroscopic scale and the kinetics of formation of the individual networks and the process of phase formation (phase separa-tion) influence the final properties and the degree-of-compatibility of the final system. This talk presents critical reviews of pre-sent and future trends in interpenetrating polymer science, including chemistry, physics and materials science. 8:30 Evaluation of non-crosslinked polyethylene pipes for heating

1259031 | Hideo Hirabayashi, Kyoto Institute of Technology New plumbing materials with long lifetimes and recyclability are needed. In this study, PE-RT mixed with several stabilizers was tested to evaluate lifetime. It was found that HALS was very effective and the hydrodynamic pressure test was useful in evaluat-ing lifetimes. 9:00 Melt Mixed PCL – MWCNT Nanocomposites Prepared At Different Mixing Speeds

1259181 | Petra Pötschke, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF) Composites of poly(caprolactone) (PCL) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were produced by melt-mixing in a small scale compounder by varying the screw speed between 25 and 400 rpm at a constant mixing time. Different levels of MWCNT dispersion, as assessed by quantitative analysis using light microscopy, and different degrees of MWCNT shortening, as meas-ured from TEM images, were achieved. Both effects are also reflected in rheological and electrical measurements. 9:30 Study on Environmental Stress Cracking Behavior of Injection Molded Polycarbonate Parts Under Different

Processing Conditions 1260241 | Jian Jan, Zhengzhou University

The environmental stress cracking (ESC) behavior of injection molded polycarbonate (PC) plates in carbon tetrachloride (CCL4) was investigated. Molecular orientation was determined by birefringence measurements, which were used to study the effect of microstructure on crack development. It has been found that cracks occurred in the edge surface of the molded PC plates after immersion in CCL4. The crack formation and location were correlated with molecular orientation and residual stresses of the parts. The effects of processing conditions on ESC behavior of molded PC parts were also elucidated in terms of microstructural analyses. 10:00 FEM Modeling of Surface Friction Effect on Scratch-induced Deformation in Polymers

1259553 | Mohammad Hossain, Texas A&M University A three-dimensional finite element method (FEM) parametric study was performed to investigate the effect of surface friction on scratch-induced deformation. By varying the post-yield behavior of the polymer substrate, the effect of surface friction on scratch depth and its correlation with the strain hardening slope were sought. The simulation results indicate that the onset of groove formation during the scratch process is strongly influenced by surface friction. Also, increase in strain hardening slope reduces the relative frictional effect on scratch depth. 10:30 Relationship Between Residual Stress and Flame Resistance of Polycarbonate

1260291 | Himanshu Asthana, SABIC Innovative Plastics There is growing interest in flame retardant (FR) thermoplastic materials especially in thin wall applications. Consistency in flame rating measurement is critical in FR resin development and commercialization. However, flame performance is difficult to assess because of many factors that influence material behavior, such as molding conditions, operator training and orientation of specimen during testing. In this study we investigated the role of mold/barrel temperatures, injection speed, switch point, and

6

holding pressure on flame properties of a Lexan* grade of polycarbonate. Monday, APRIL 2 & Tuesday, APRIL 3 INT6 Polymer Analysis D33 Polymer Analysis D33 4:00-6:00 Characterization Aspects of Pharmaceutical Melt Extrusion

1162452 | Huiju Liu, New Jersey Institute of Technology Pharmaceutical melt extrusion has attracted much attention recently due to broad applications such as bioavailability enhance-ment, controlled release and taste masking. This article summarizes the characterization methods utilized in the field of pharma-ceutical extrusion, and focuses on three applications: characterization of solid dispersion, process analytical technology (PAT) and solubility measurement of drugs in polymeric materials.

The 2011 Best PAD Paper Award:

Each year, a committee of PAD members select the best paper presented at ANTEC. For last year, the winner was:

Rapid Determination of Cure Rate and Direct Identification of

Spatial Variations in Cross Link Density

Khoren Sahagian (1), Kevin Kjoller (1), Louis Germinario (2), Roshan Shetty (1)

(1) Anasys Instruments Inc.; 121 Gray Avenue - Suite 100;

Santa Barbara CA 93101 USA

(2) Department of Physics and Astronomy - Appalachian State University; Boone NC 28608 USA

Congratulations to the winner for their excellent work in cutting edge polymer analysis.

7

Contact Information

PAD MISSION STATEMENT The purpose of the Polymer Analysis Division is to facilitate dissemina-tion of knowledge in the field of polymer analysis, to stimulate technical ad-vances, to encourage high standards of scholarship and to provide a forum for discussion on all related issues.

Board of Directors

Changdeng Liu Chairman Ethicon Inc. (Johnson & Johnson) cliu26@its.jnj.com

Gregory W Kamykowski Secretary/Co-Chair TPC TA Instruments gkamykowski@tainstruments.com

John B. Enns Treasurer Vistakon jenns@its.jnj.com

Sanjiv Bhatt Past Chair Enetgris sanjiv_bhatt@entegris.com

Kevin Menard Communication Chair PerkinElmer LSAS kevin.menard@perkinelmer.com

Nandika D’Souza Award Chair Univ. of North Texas ndsouza@unt.edu

Vassilios Galiatsatos Member LyondellBasell Industries vassilios.galiatsatos@equistarchem.com

George Martin Member Syracuse University gcmartin@syr.edu

Kwabena A Narh Member New Jersey Institute of Technology narh@admin.njit.edu

David W. Riley Membership Chair Extrusion Engineers drdriley@aol.com

Patrick Mather Member Syracuse University ptmather@syr.edu

Welcome to our New Pad Members

Arnaldo  Lorenzo  Dow Chemical Company 

Barbara  Kopp  Univa on Technologies 

Peter  Tre n  Intercorp Inc. 

Art  Lemm  Cooper Power Systems 

Anuradha  Varshney  Vishnu Hari Concrete (P) Ltd 

Ken  Wright  Wright Polymer 

Huimin  Guo  University of Washington 

Gordon  Meyer  Applied Technical Services 

Aditya  Narayanan  SABIC Innova ve Plas cs 

Anthony  Musey  Greene Tweed 

8

Minutes of the February 13, 2011 Meeting of the Polymer Analysis Division Attendees: Vassilios Galiatsatos, George Martin, Kwabena A Narh, David W. Riley, Patrick Mather, Chang-deng Liu; Feina Cao; Sanjiv Bhatt; John B. Enns; Dhuwaihi S. Otaibi-Al; and Tricia McKnight Time: 12:00-1:00 PM EST

Changdeng Liu reviewed PAD 2012 goals and work plans. There are following action items: Organization

Board will continue to maintain compliance with SPE guidelines and policies. Board will recognize at least one fellow or HSM, and will send at least one member to leader-

ship training. Tricia will provide the previous training records to Changdeng to start with. Communication:

Board will continue to communicate effectively with our members to foster a sense of commu-nity.

Board decided to advertise ANTEC 2012 through the Polymer Analysis Division Group of the Linkedin. We already have more than 500 members signed up for this group. Sanjiv or Changdeng to advertise ANTEC 2012 meeting and member recruiting on Linked-in web-site;

Changdeng Liu to prepare a PAD brochure and send to board for review. Tricia will check if there is a template to use.

Technical Programing

Feina updated the team with ANTEC 2012 preparation. This year, the PAD division arranged four sessions. The detailed information will be included in the newsletter and send out to our members.

Changdeng proposed to plan an e-live presentation series or a Topcon to increase the influence of PAD division. Board suggested team up with other division or universities (e.g., Leigh University on nanocomposites). Changdeng Liu, Sanjiv Bhatt, Greg Kamykowski, etc. to discuss the details in a separate meeting.

Membership

Changdeng proposed a plan of growing membership of 2% this year. Tricia McKnight to connect Dhuwaihi S. Otaibi-Al to membership marketing team, which will

provide membership group rate information to him.

Feina, on half of Greg Kamykowski, updated on ANTEC 2012. PAD will have 2 individual sessions, 1 joint session, 1 award session and 1 interactive session at ANTEC 2012. Feina will assemble a detailed pro-gram and publish on the next Newletter.

Vassilios Galiatsatos updated 2011 Best paper selection result, which will be published on 1st PAD Newslet-

ter 2012. John gave the PAD Treasurer’s report. The current balance of $15,336.84. John has filed IRS 992. The de-

tailed finance report will be sent to Kevin for the Newsletter. Dave mentioned that the membership data we have is not up-to-date. He will get the current data from Tri-

cia McKnight. Our goal of member growth in 2012 is 2%. Sanjiv gave an update on the Councilor’s meeting held on Feb 10th. Sanjiv Bhatt will send the report to Kev-

in for the Newsletter. Changdeng Liu will schedule a budget meeting. The ideas to discuss include, but not limit to 1) set up a

travel award for students; 2) support ANTEC 2012.

9

Annual Financial Report for the Period:

Section/Division Name:

Balance as of July 1, 2010 -1 15,530.38$

Income Actual Budget Variance

Interest & Dividends -2 9.89$ 50.00$ (40.11)$ Monthly Meetings -3 -$ -$ -$ Board Meetings -4 -$ -$ -$ TOPCON Receipts -5 -$ -$ -$ Educational Programs -6 -$ -$ -$ Newsletter Ads / Sponsorships -7 -$ -$ -$ Grant Contributions -8 -$ 2,500.00$ (2,500.00)$ Scholarship Contributions -9 -$ 5,000.00$ (5,000.00)$ SPE Rebate -10 966.12$ 1,000.00$ (33.88)$ Other: -11 -$ -$ -$ Other: -12 -$ -$ -$ Other: -13 -$ -$ -$ Other: -14 -$ -$ -$ Other: -15 -$ -$ -$ Total Income (add lines 2 - 15) -16 976.01$ 8,550.00$ (7,573.99)$

Total Funds Available(add lines 1 and 16)

Expenses Actual Budget Variance

General Office Expenses -18 4.50$ 100.00$ (95.50)$ Monthly Meetings -19 -$ -$ -$ Board Meetings -20 30.59$ 800.00$ (769.41)$ TOPCON -21 -$ -$ -$ Educational Programs -22 -$ -$ -$ Newsletter Printing / Mailing -23 -$ -$ -$ Awards -24 -$ 650.00$ (650.00)$ Scholarships / Grants -25 -$ -$ -$ ANTEC Expenses -26 276.46$ 5,000.00$ (4,723.54)$ Councilor Travel -27 558.00$ 1,500.00$ (942.00)$ Other: -28 -$ 200.00$ (200.00)$ Other: -29 -$ -$ -$ Other: -30 -$ -$ -$ Total Expenses (add lines 18 – 30) -31 869.55$ 8,250.00$ (7,380.45)$

Ending Balance(subtract line 31 from line 17)

Allocation of Funds on Line 32 (enter allocations as applicable)Checking Account (A) 15,636.84$ Savings Account 1 (B) -$ Savings Account 2 (C) -$ Investment 1 (D) -$ Investment 2 (E) -$ Investment 3 (F) -$ TOTAL (G) 15,636.84$

Section / Division Treasurer's Name: John Enns

Polymer Analysis Division

Cash, check ing, savings, investments. Equal to line 32 of prevous year's SPE Financial Report. On file with SPE HQ if needed

-17 16,506.39$ 24,080.38$ 7,956.39$

SPE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

-32 15,636.84$ 15,830.38$ 15,336.84$

Amount on line G should equal amount reported on line 32

July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011

10

November 2011 Council Summary

TO: THE COUNCIL This summary is intended to help you review the highlights of the Council Meeting held in Bar-celona, Spain on November 12, 2011. All presentations and updated reports mentioned in this summary are available via the following link: http://goo.gl/HFw7g

EUROTEC

Attendance in Barcelona reached approximately 350.

Highlights from the Council Floor

President’s Remarks President Russell Broome welcomed everyone to Barcelona. He announced that Lesley Kyle, Director of Even Management, had submitted her resignation effective November 23, 2011, and asked for a round of applause in recognition of her 10 years of service to SPE. Past President’s Report Past President Ken Braney Council updated Council on the search for a new Executive Director and the new registered office in Brussels. Financial Review Treasurer Vijay Boolani presented the 2012 Budget to Council. It was approved as presented. The budget calls for gross income of $4,040,000, direct expenses of $3,922,114, and a net income of $117,826. Society Elections Society elections for the 2012-2013 leadership year were held. The following were elected: President-elect: Jon Ratzlaff Senior Vice President: Dick Cameron Vice President: Greg Campbell CCOW Chair: Monika Verheij Bylaws & Policies Multiple Bylaws were presented for first reading to Council, including Bylaws regarding

11

changes to membership grades and Bylaws 9.3, 10.3, 11.3, 11.4 regarding deactivation of Sec-tions, Divisions, and SIGs. Committee Reports Sections Committee: Council approved placing a number of Student Chapters on Provisional or Abandoned Status. Awards Committee: Sarah Sullinger reported the recipients of the Annual Awards, to be pre-sented at the Hall of Fame banquet in Orlando, FL. The Fellows Election Committee and the HSM Election Committee planned to meet on December first and second, respectively, to elect members to those membership grades. Corporate Outreach: Ken Braney, Chair, reported that this committee has taken on a regional focus – seeking corporate affiliates, sponsorships and advertisements. Academic Outreach: Lance Neward, Chair, reported that the committee is providing publicity for Student Chapter schools via publication of articles on the schools in Plastics Engineering. The first article, on Pennsylvania College of Technology, appears in the November/December 2011 issue of Plastics Engineering. Officer and Staff Updates EUROTEC: 200 papers will be presented in 28 sessions at EUROTEC in the coming 3 days. ANTEC 2012: ANTEC will be co-located with NPE April 2-4 in Orlando, Florida. Membership Update: Tom Conklin reported that as of November 1st, membership was 15,180. This is up by 374 members for the same time period in 2010. Avectra Database Update: Tom Conklin updated Councilors on the changes members will see when they access their membership information on line. President-elect Update Jim Griffing reviewed the meeting schedule and locations for the 2012-2013 leadership year. Also discussed was separating the budget approval and election of officers from the fall meet-ing to the fall and winter meetings respectively. Presentations Margie Hanna presented SPE Headquarters with a check for $2,500 from the Medical Plastics Division Conference held in Anaheim, CA. Next Meeting The next meeting of the Council is a virtual meeting, scheduled for Friday, February 24, 2012.

12

13

SPE Staff with Telephone and Email

Name Title Phone Email

Gail Bristol Managing Director, Foundation & 

Corporate Outreach

+1 203-740-5447 grbristol@4spe.org 

Ruth Carpenter Sr. Manager, HR/Operations

+1 203-740-5404 recarpenter@4spe.org 

Martha Charris Technical Program 

Coordinator +1 203-740-5431 mlcharris@4spe.org 

Tom Conklin Marketing Director +1 203-740-5453 tconklin@4spe.org

Daniel Domoff Managing Editor, PE/Journals

+1 203-740-5429 djdomoff@4spe.org 

Tobi Gebauer Sr. Manager, Membership

+1 203-740-5457 tgebauer@4spe.org 

Karen Hately European Office +44 1962 736495 khately@4spe.org

Bonnie Kaczowski Manager, Customer Relations

+1 203-740-5428 ba-kaczowski@4spe.org 

Lesley Kyle Sr. Event Manager +1 203-740-5452 lskyle@4spe.org

Pedro Matos Web Administrator +1 203-740-5438 pmatos@4spe.org

Tricia McKnight Manager, Leader-ship Services

+1 203-740-5430 tmcknight@4spe.org 

Susan Oderwald Executive Director +1 203-740-5471 seoderwald@4spe.org

Cheryl Peatfield Facilities/Shipping Supervisor

+1 203-740-5417 cpeatfield@4spe.org 

Elizabeth Reagan Online Program 

Coordinator +1 203-253-1368 ereagan@4spe.org 

Dawn Roman-Weide Accounting Man-

ager +1 203-740-5414 dromanwei-

de@4spe.org 

Marie Salzo Governance Liai-son

+1 203-750-5422 mcsalzo@4spe.org

Rob Thorpe IT Student Intern +1 203-740-5468 rthorpe@4spe.org

Kim Wakuluk In-House Graphics Designer 

+1 203-740-5439 kawakuluk@4spe.org

Newsletter Edited and Managed by: Kevin Menard Layout in this issue by: Kevin Menard

“The PAD Review” is published on-line by the non-profit Polymer Analysis Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers. For corpo-rate sponsorship rates, contact the editor.