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Announcing the Golden Gate Polymer Forum May Dinner Lecture

A Joint meeting with the Northern California Section of the Society for Applied Spectrosocopy

As always, be sure to page down for upcoming GGPF events & other local events of possible interest to the GGPF audience, including
- revised date for SPE tech fair
- preliminary details for the GGPF special one-day event in June on modeling polymer materials

Wednesday, May 18 - GGPF Monthly Dinner Lecture

"Chemical Imaging by Raman and Luminescence Spectroscopies for the
Characterization of Polymer and Polymer Blend Structure"

David Tuschel, ChemImage Corp.
www.chemimage.com

Abstract:

Full field-of-view hyperspectral imaging by Raman and luminescence modalities have been developed and applied for the characterization of crystallinity, density and defects in bulk, extruded and coated
polymers. In addition, polymer blends can be imaged for characterization of degree of mixing, orientation and chemical interaction. We will review some aspects of the physical chemistry that forms the underlying basis of the chemical and physical characterization of polymers by vibrational spectroscopy. Results of
hyperspectral imaging studies of polymers and polymer blends will be presented and discussed with particular emphasis on the spatial heterogeneity revealed by full field-of-view imaging. Work performed
on blends of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene napthalate will be emphasized.

About the Speaker:

David Tuschel is the Principal Materials Scientist at ChemImage. He is the inventor of a commercially available hyperspectral (Raman, luminescence and visible absorption) imaging instrument incorporating
oblique illumination independent of the image capture optics. His research responsibilities at ChemImage include the development of spectral imaging applications for a wide variety of materials including, pharmaceuticals, polymers and semiconductors. David received his M.S. from the Univ. of Arizona under the direction of Prof. Jeanne E. Pemberton.

David has been awarded one patent and has published 23 research papers in refereed scientific journals and conference proceedings. He is a frequent contributor of research papers at conferences and university
lecture series, and has been an editor of the Asian Journal of Spectroscopy since 1997.

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PRACTICAL DETAILS

DATE: Wednesday, May 18

Location: Michael's at Shoreline
(see directions below)

Timing: 6 PM social hour
7 PM dinner
8 PM lecture

Cost: $30 with advance registration
half price students, retired, unemployed
free for just the lecture at 8PM
(but please let us know for headcount)
$35 after registration deadline

PLEASE NOTE: we accept cash or checks, but are unable to
accept payment by credit card at this time.

Deadline for registration: 5 PM Monday, May 16

Please register on the web site
www.GGPF.org

Or, contact:
Lothar Kleiner
lkleiner@guidant.com
408-845-3090

You should receive confirmation of your registration; if not,
please contact us again.

PLEASE SPECIFY YOUR DINNER SELECTION, NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS,
AND AFFILIATION

Dinner choices (pick one when registering):
Broiled Salmon
Chicken Portobello
Grilled Vegetable Brochette with Wild Rice

Note that we must request that you be liable for your
registration fee if you register and do not attend;
cancellation is allowed up to the registration deadline.

DIRECTIONS:

Restaurant's web page directions
http://www.michaelsatshoreline.com/location/index.html#directions

From 101 in Mountain View, take the Shoreline Boulevard
Exit, turning toward the bay. Drive past the Shoreline
Amphitheater on the left hand side and go straight ahead,
entering into Shoreline Park. After a mile or so inside
the park, a sign for Michael's will direct you to turn left
into the parking lot for Michael's Restaurant.
Address: 2960 N Shoreline Blvd.
Restaurant phone: 650-962-1014
(do not call restaurant for reservations)

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Upcoming GGPF Events:

Sat. June 11, San Jose State University campus, Engineering Bldg Auditorium
A special one-day seminar on commercial computer modeling software and its application to polymer materials science; jointly sponsored by GGPF and Accelrys, with two Accelrys speakers, two speakers who are industrial users of their software, and the opportunity for hands-on demos after the presentations.
Lunch and reception provided, very low cost to encourage maximum attendance.

Preliminary Agenda:

David Rigby - Fellow, Accelrys
"Computational Modeling of Polymer-Containing Systems: Past, Present and Future"

Bharat Patel - Senior Scientist, Owens Corning
"Simulating Polymers in Industry"

Michael Makowski - Group Leader, Applied Scientific Computing, PPG Inductries R&D
"Recent Advances in Mesoscale Modeling Methods and Their Successful Application to Coatings and Colloid Related Problems"

Nick Reynolds - Director, Materials Science Applications, Accelrys
"Applications of Modeling in Solving Research Problems in the Polymer Industry"

Materials Studio Software Demonstration
Following the presentations, and simultaneous with the wine and cheese reception, Accelrys will demonstrate the latest version (3.2) of their Materials Studio modeling software.

Further details and registration information will be provided in future announcements.

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OTHER EVENTS of possible interest to the
GGPF audience:

MAY 2005

May 9-10, Stanford
TA Instruments training courses on thermal analysis & rheology
May 9 - thermal analysis
May 10 - rheology
http://www.tainstruments.com/main.asp?n=3&id=184
or contact
Michael Golinar, mgolinar@tainstruments.com

May 11, Davis
ASM dinner lecture
"Carbon Nanotechnology Towards Applications Development for Space Exploration",
Alan M. Cassell, NASA Ames, speaking
http://www.ggc-asmi.ucdavis.edu/files/GGC-ASMI-May2005Meeting.pdf

May 12, South San Francisco
One-day free seminar on "Computational Solutions for Discovery Phase Research"
a Life Sciences computational event, sponsored by Accelyris
(registration required; see web page)
http://www.accelrys.com/seminars/2005_series/sanfran_may_12.html

May 12, Palo Alto
monthly meeting of the Bay Area MEMS Journal Club
details tba, see web page
http://www.parc.com/cms/get_article.php?id=439

May 16-18, Santa Clara
three-day short course
"Advanced Silicon Processing 2005 - The Transition from Microelectronics to Nanotechnology"
http://www.latticepress.com/spreportwebro.html

May 17, location tbd
local ACS/AIChE joint meeting
http://aiche-norcal.org/meetings.php
details not yet listed, check back
May 18, Santa Clara
MicroElectronics Packaging & Test Engineering Council (MEPTEC)
3rd annual MEMS packaging sypmposium:
"Wafer-Level Packaging Enabling High-Volume Applications"
http://www.meptec.org/05MEMSSymposium.html

May 18, Santa Clara
IEEE / SF Bay Area Nanotechnology Council sponsored one-day nanotech conference
http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/san_francisco/nntc/05_18_05.html
May 20, San Jose / was originally April 22, now scheduled for May 20
SPE Golden Gate Section 25th Annual Tech Fair
http://www.spe-ggs.org/spe/html/tech_fair/tech_fair.html

May 20, Foster City
lunchean speaker sponsored by Bay Area Analytical Chemists Network
"Drug Eluting Stents and Stent Analysis", Ed Berger, Guidant
http://www.baacnetwork.org/baac/asp/index.asp

May 23, Santa Clara
short course, "MEMS Design and Fabrication"
http://www.pti-inc.com/CoursesAdvanced/memsic.html

JUNE 2005

June 26-29, Sonoma Doubletree Hotel, Rohnert Park
ACS POLY Division event, "Polymers in Medicine and Biology: 2005"
http://www.polyacs.org/arcmeetings/polymedbio.605.shtml

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