2008-09 Vol. 41 No. 1 Winter
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NATAS Notes Staff Editor Tina M. Adams The Lubrizol Corporation 29400 Lakeland Boulevard Wickliffe, OH 44092 Phone: 440-347-8509 Fax: 440-347-4713 [email protected]
Local Sections Editor Dennis J. Stelzer M/S PORT/089/01 Pfizer Inc. 7000 Portage Road Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Phone: 269-833-7410 Fax: 269-833-4241 [email protected] Technical Articles Editor Marek Pyda University of Tennessee Chemistry Department Knoxville, TN 37996-1600 Phone: 865-974-2087 Fax: 865-974-0652 [email protected] Publisher Paul Wehking & Tony Veroeven Omnipress 2600 Anderson Street Madison, WI 53704 Phone: 608-246-2600 Fax: 608-246-4237 [email protected] Advertising Manager/Editor David Shepard Netzsch Instruments North America, LLC 37 North Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 Phone: 781-272-5353 x112 Fax: 781-272-5225 [email protected] ASTM Editor Alan T. Riga TechCon Inc. 6325 Aldenham Dr.
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International News & Foreign News Editor Queenie Kwok Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory 555 Booth Street (BCC Bldg 12) Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G1 Canada Phone: 613-996-7979 Fax: 613-995-1230 [email protected] New Books and Journals Editor Open
New Techniques and Applications Editor Open Submission of articles for 2009: We welcome your input, articles, and informational pieces. Articles should be emailed to the editor at the above address. Articles are due by the following deadlines: Spring-Summer Issue – Vol. 41 No. 2, 3: June 30, 2009 Fall Issue – Vol. 41 No. 4: October 31, 2009
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President’s Message Greetings NATAS Members! I would first like to take this opportunity to say what an honor and privilege it is to serve as NATAS’ President. Thank you for the opportunity. Being a newer member of NATAS than many of the recent Presidents, please allow me to briefly introduce myself. I am a native Cincinnatian and work for Procter & Gamble. I have been with P&G for almost 30 years. I started as a Lab Technician in an Analytical section and have worked my entire career in Analytical, recently being promoted to Senior Scientist. I’ve been doing Thermal Analysis since 1984 – first on fats and oils and then the past 19 years on polymers. Despite being promoted to a management level, I still work in the lab daily. Not having a Ph.D. has given me a different perspective than many other NATAS members. I hope to take that perspective and use it to help NATAS meet the needs of thermal analysts and as a result, grow the membership of the society. As I said earlier, I’ve been doing thermal analysis since 1984 – but no one ever got me involved with NATAS until 2002! I even attended my local section, Ohio Valley Thermal Analysis Society, and began serving as their Treasurer in 1995. The point of this is how many other members are we missing out on? How many other thermal analysts could benefit from our training courses, technical meetings, and network? I believe we are only scratching the surface. At last year’s conference in Atlanta, the President of TA Instruments, Terry Kelly, gave a talk at their sponsored lunch. Usually the instrument vendors use their presentation time at lunch to discuss new technologies they are preparing to release. Terry’s presentation discussed TAI’s market research data. I found this data to be very intriguing – and very pertinent to NATAS. Their data showed that ~40% of their instrument sales are to NEW users – analysts who have never done thermal analysis before – and they’re selling ever-increasing numbers of instruments. This was an ah-ha for me. If their business is growing that rapidly and ~40% of these are new customers, then NATAS should be growing, not shrinking. And that’s just one vendor’s sales. Multiply that by the number of instrument vendors out there – and we should be reaching lots and lots of new members. Each of these new analysts needs training – and could benefit from NATAS’ conference. According to our Bylaws, “the objective of the Society shall be to promote the science and practice of thermal analysis through various publications, technical meetings, society awards and recognition, training, education, and liaison with other technical societies.” If this is true, then we need to reach out to these new thermal analysts and invite them to NATAS. Another trend is that a large portion of new users (possibly as much as 80%) do not have a Ph.D. In the past, thermal analysis, like many other analytical techniques, required much more education and research. As the technology has advanced, the equipment and software have simplified the use and made it much less of a research project and more of an analytical tool. This is not to diminish the importance of the advanced research that still is done, but just to say that the technique can now also be used more as a tool by a wider range of analysts. There should be benefits in NATAS for both the advanced researcher as well as the analyst with less formal education. My vision for NATAS this year is to reach out to these new analysts. We are the perfect place for them to receive training, gain expertise, and develop their professional network. It’s a win-win situation. I hope you will join me in making this happen. Our conference this year will be in Lubbock, Texas on September 20th-23rd. The short course will be Saturday and Sunday prior to the conference (September 19th & 20th). As always, the courses look very good this year. David Jones has set up a great looking schedule with a new format. The conference also is shaping up to be great. Be sure to submit your abstracts – we want to hear about YOUR research!
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Hope to see you in Lubbock, Linda [email protected] President’s Message
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Editor’s Message Welcome to another year of NATAS Notes … our 41st volume of news, recognition, and entertainment. Our feature for this issue is the host location for the 37th Annual North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference –Lubbock, TX. A living piece of history with a fast-growing future, Lubbock will surprise you! The “family-style” photo gallery will give you a glimpse into the networking opportunities and social benefits of the NATAS conference. For those of you who were present at the 2008 NATAS Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, I hope you enjoy the memories. And for those of you who are new – welcome to the group! This year, we hope to update the main NATAS web site and more closely integrate the information you see in the issues of NATAS Notes. We welcome any ideas or opinions that you have. Please send them to: Maria LaTorre ([email protected] ) Queenie Kwok ([email protected] ), or me ([email protected]). Thank you, Tina Adams [email protected]
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In Memory of Allan Smith Special Message from colleagues at Masscal: A Man of Integrity, Wisdom, Faith and Love Our world has been unalterably enriched by the strength of character and dedication of our close friend and associate, Dr. Allan L. Smith, who passed on to a better world on December 9, 2008. Allan was an inspirational leader in teaching, business and church community. He will be remembered for his unrelenting commitment to continuous learning, the conquering of challenges, and the application of this knowledge for the benefit of society. These will remain with us at Masscal as bulwarks of our mission. Dr. Smith has been recognized world wide as the technical leader for the integration of nano-scale QCM measurements with microcalorimetry. Prior to founding Masscal, Dr. Smith was a Professor of Physical Chemistry at Yale and Drexel Universities with over 60 publications.
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Spring Symposium in Memory of Allan Smith Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley (In conjunction with the Chemistry Department, Drexel University and the LRSM, University of Pennsylvania) ‘Thermal Science from the Micro- to Nanoscale’ Friday, March 27, 2009 8:30am -4:00 pm at Chemistry Department Drexel University 32nd and Chestnut Philadelphia PA 19104 The TAFDV organized a symposium on thermal science from the micro- to nanoscale to celebrate the life of Allan Smith, a member of TAFDV, who was Professor of Chemistry at Drexel University before founding Masscal Instrument Corporation, of which he was president. Papers typically be of 30 minutes duration, including discussion, were presented. A poster session was also arranged along with an instrument exhibit by several international TA companies: TAFDV Spring Symposium 2009 *Thermal Science from the Micro- to Nanoscale*
8:30-9:00 am Registration, Coffee, and Instrument Exhibition 9:00-9:05 Introduction- Dr. Andrew McGhie, LRSM, Penn 9:05-9:20 Prof. Allan L. Smith: A Great Mind for Very Small Things Dr. John W. Furry, Masscal Scientific Instruments 9:20-9:50 Using QCM/HCC Technology to Characterize Advanced Membranes for the Next Generation of Fuel Cells Dr. Allan L. Smitha , J. Nathan Ashcraftb , Prof. Paula T. Hammondb , Dr. John W. Furrya a Masscal Scientific Instruments, b MIT 9:50-10:00 Prof. Allan L. Smith – An appreciation Prof. James Friend, Chemistry, Drexel University (retired) 10:00-10:30 Sorption and Diffusion of Water in Bio-Based Polymer Films/ Prof. Richard A. Cairncross, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University 10:30-10:50 Break – Coffee, Exhibition and Posters
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10:50-11:20 Thermal Analysis for Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology Prof. Yen Wie, Chemistry, Drexel University 11:20- 11:50 Hierarchically ordered photonic structures via combining interference lithography and block copolymer self assembly. Prof. Christopher Li, MSE, Drexel University 11:50-1:10 Lunch – Reading Room, LRSM, University of Pennsylvania 1:10-1:40 Fullerenes and Nanotubes: Unusual Phase Transitions, Phonon Sub-band Heat Capacity and Templated Crystallization Prof. Jack Fischer, MSE, Univ. of Pennsylvania 1:40-2:10 Thermal Analysis of Oxidation of Carbon Nanomaterials Dr. Sebastian. Osswald and Prof. Yuri Gogotsi, MSE, Drexel University 2:10-2:40 Temperature dependent conductivity of polymer-wrapped carbon nanotubes Dr. Mariem Rosario Canales and Prof. Jorge Santiago, ESE, Univ. of Pennsylvania 2:40- 3:00 Break Refreshments, Exhibition and Posters 3:00-3:20 Professor Allan L. Smith, scientist, inventor, educator and much more.. Dr Hamid Shirazi and Dr Jun Tian, Fujifilm Ltd, and Sister Rose Mulligan, Ph.D., I.H.M. 3:20-3:40 Achieving Uniform Sensitivity Distribution for NonUniform Materials on Quartz Crystal Microbalances Anthony Richardsona , Dr. Allan L. Smithb , Prof. Venkat Bhethanabotlaa , , Prof. Vinay Guptaa , Dr. John W. Furryb , a University of South Florida, b Masscal Scientific Instruments 3:40-4:00 Cell Configuration and Instrument Sensitivity in Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) and Their Influence on Experimental Design for Biological Samples Nathan Hesse, Gray Slough and Dile Holton, TA Instruments 4:00 End of Program
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Inquiries to: Dr. Andrew R. McGhie TAFDV Symposium Chair 100, LRSM University of Pennsylvania 3231 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19104-6202 Or by e-mail to [email protected] Tel. (215)898-6461 FAX (215)898-8296 Gray Slough TAFDV Treasurer TA Instruments-Waters LLC 109 Lukens Drive New Castle DE 19720 Tel. 302-427-4158 (voice) 302-427-4001 (fax) [email protected] Note that the objective of the Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley is to promote the use of thermal analysis techniques in all areas but especially research and education and to financially support graduate students so that they may attend the annual meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, NATAS.
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The Poet’s Corner “Acronyms” I’d much rather have a DSC or TGA than an STD The latter not to be confused with my SDT which I stilluse For an acronym’s clarity to utility cedes Because we all know that familiarity breeds But take pity upon those poor unfortunates Who, on starting T. A., a new language awaits With DTA, DTG and even TG-MS What they might mean is a novitiate’s guess But if they are bright, it won’t take all day To divulge their meaning and know what they say Then we can assault them with several more Like TMA, DMA and those at the core Of NATAS and ICTAC. Now, isn’t this fun And of others, as well, since we have a ton But if that’s not enough even for people like you Just put letters together and make up one that’s new! Andrew Roxburgh McGhie 03.12.09
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Featured Location Presenting the Venue of the 37th Annual NATAS Conference Lubbock Memorial Convention Center, Lubbock, Texas “Exploring the Frontiers of Thermal Analysis and Rheology” Technical Conference September 20 – 23, 2009 Short Course September 19 – 20, 2009 Please register at www.natasinfo.com Official City Website: http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/ Named after Thomas S. Lubbock — former Texas Ranger and Confederate Officer — the city was incorporated in 1909 and now can now boast its Centennial celebration Lubbock Memorial Civic Center: See city website Built in 1977 and dedicated to the memory of local residents who died in a tornado in 1970 at the site Texas Tech University: http://www.ttu.edu/ Founded in 1923, Texas Tech is located on the South Plains of West Texas and has an enrollment of more than 28,000 students Cotton: http://www.cottoninc.com/CDLTFlashVideos/Texas%2DTech%2DUniversity%2DNews%2DClip/?S=CD LTFlashVi deos&Sort=0 Lubbock is a leading United States cotton market, and an internet search of “cotton and Lubbock” will lead you to more than 800 business listings See the Texas Tech University contribution to the Cotton Incorporated “Cotton’s Dirty Laundry Tour®” Prairie Dog Town: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/3602 View these little critters in the natural habitat of McKenzie State Park Wine: http://www.mylubbockhotels.com/lubbockwinerytours.htm http://www.shopacrosstexas.com/traveltoshop/roadtrips/trip_lub_wine.php Enjoy the vino in Texas! Buddy Holly Museum: http://interoz.com/LUBBOCK/bhmuseum.htm Celebrating its 50th year, the museum houses the largest collection of Buddy Holly memorabilia. Buddy was born in Lubbock, Texas on September 7th, 1936.
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Short Course Topics Saturday September 19, 2009 Participants to select one of either Fundamentals or Calorimetry on the Nanogram Scale Sunday September 20, 2009 Sunday September 20, 2009 Participants to select one of either Polymers, Applications of TA to the Petrochemical Industry, Energetic Materials/Thermal Hazards or Flammability * free to all short course and conference attendees For additional information contact Dr. David E. G. Jones ([email protected]) or see http://www.natasinfo.org. for course outlines and CVs of instructors.
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Thermal Analysis Short Course, May 11, 2009 A short course on Thermal Analysis and Thermophysical Properties Measurement of Ceramic and Refractory Materials will be held May 11 at the NETZSCH Instruments Inc. corporate headquarters in Burlington, Mass., in cooperation with the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). Course registration is $375 for ACerS members and $465 for non-members. To register, please visit http://www.ceramics.org/ShortCourses/registration.aspx#Thermal
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Photo Album from 2008 NATAS conference
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International News Upcoming events: Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2009 (TAC 2009) Royal Society of Chemistry – Thermal Methods Group April 6-8, 2009 Bath, UK www.thermalmethodsgroup.org.uk/thermalmethodsgroup/Meetings.html AERC 2009 – 5th Annual European Rheology Conference April 15-17, 2009 Cardif, UK www.rheology-esr.org/AERC/2009 Contact: S. Emmot/L. Munkley ([email protected]) MEDICTA 2009 – 9th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis June 15-18, 2009 Marseille, France www.medicta2009.fr Contact: I. Beurroies/J. Rouquerol ([email protected]) 32nd International Conference on Vacuum Microbalance and Thermoanalytical Techniques June 21-24, 2009 Kazimierz Dolny, Poland www.ivmtc.umcs.lublin.pl Contact: Prof. P. Staszczuk ([email protected]) 36th International Pyrotechnics Seminar Location : Rotterdam – The Netherlands August 23-28, 2009 www.ips2009.nl http://www.ips2009.nl Contact: W. de Klerk, TNO Defense Security and Safety ( [email protected]) 45th Japanese Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis Japanese Society of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis September 28-30, 2009 Tokyo, Japan www.soc.nii.ac.jp/jscta/e+/touron.html German Society of Thermal Analysis – Jahrestagung 2009 October 7-9, 2009 Gießen, Germany www.gefta.org
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7th International Heat Flow Calorimetry Symposium on Energetic Materials May 17-20, 2010 Riswik, the Netherlands www.tno.nl/hfcs-7 Contact: W. de Klerk, TNO Defense Security and Safety ( [email protected]) 10th European Symposium on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry August 22-27, 2010 Roterdam, the Netherlands home.wanadoo.nl/tawn/home-en.htm Contact: W. de Klerk, TNO Defense Security and Safety ( [email protected]) For more information, please contact: Queenie Kwok Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory 555 Booth Street (BCC Bldg 12) Otawa, Ontario K1A 0G1 Canada 613-996-7979 Fax: 613-995-1230 [email protected]
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Contacts for natas local sections Please consider becoming involved in one of our inactive local chapters. Contact Local Sections Chair Rich Barnhart [email protected] or the previous local contact listed below Bay Area Thermal Analysis Society Alex Tregub Intel Corporation 2880 Northwestern Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95052 408 / 653-9408 [email protected]
Canadian Thermal Analysis Society (CTAS) Subhash C. Mojumdar Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry University of Toronto 200 College Street Toronto, ON M5S 3E5 416 / 978-0798 Fax : 416 / 978-1376 [email protected] Texas & Southwest Thermal Analysis & Rheology Forum (NaTex) Sindee L. Simon Texas Tech University Department of Chemical Engineering Lubbock, TX 79409-3121 806 / 742-1763 FAX 806 / 742-3552 [email protected] http://www.depts.ttu.edu/che/natex/ home.php Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley Steve Sauerbrunn, Ph.D. Senior Scientist 101 Composite Manufacturing Science Laboratory Center for Composite Materials University of Deleware Newark, DE 19716-3144 302 / 831-6692 CELL 302 / 545-5895 FAX 614 / 985-9094 [email protected]
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Chesapeake & Potomac Thermal Analysis Society Great Lakes Thermal Analysis Society Bob Howell c/o Central Michigan University Department of Chemistry Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 989 / 774-3582 FAX 989 / 774-3883 [email protected] Midwest Thermal Analysis Forum Mark Gibson 3M Corporate Research Lab 3M Centre Bldg, 201-BW-10 St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 651 / 733-4372 FAX 651 / 736-0669 [email protected] New England Thermal Forum Robin H. Watkin Materials Engineering Raytheon IDS ANF B16 350 Lowell Street Andover, MA 01810 978 / 470-9552 [email protected]
North Coast Thermal Analysis Society (NCTAS) (northern Ohio) Ohio Valley Thermal Analysis Society (OVTAS) Linda Bryson Procter & Gamble Procter & Gamble 6280 Center Hill Road Mailbox – S2B Cubicle – B2S568B Cincinnati, OH 45224 513-945-0335 [email protected]
Southeastern Thermal Analysis Society (SETAS)
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NATAS Executive Committee President Linda Bryson Procter & Gamble 6280 Center Hill Road B2S578B Cincinnati, Oh 45224 513-945-0335 FAX 513-277-2821 [email protected] Vice President (President-Elect) TOM RAMOTOWSKI NUWC Division Newport, Coad 1512, B-1170 1176 Howell Street Code 2131 Newport, RI 02841-1708 401-832-5111 FAX 401-832-6401 [email protected] Secretary GORDON MEYER Business Development Analyst-Polymers Applied Technical Services Marietta, GA 30062 678-444-2838 FAX 770-424-6415 [email protected] Treasurer ROGER BLAINE TA Instruments 109 Lukens Drive New Castle, DE 19720-2765 302-427-4017 FAX 302-427-4181 [email protected]
Executive Councilor ANDREW McGHIE LRSM University of Pennsylvania 3231 Walnut Street 215-898-6461 FAX 215-898-8296 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6202 [email protected] Education Councilor BOB HOWELL Applications in Polymer Science, DW 263, Central Michigan University,
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Mount Pleasant MI, USA. 989-774-3582 Fax 989-774-3882 [email protected] Meetings Councilor MIKE RICH Composite Materials and Structure Center 2100 Engineering Building Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1224 517-353-4696 FAX 517-432-1634 [email protected] Publications Councilor QUEENIE KWOK Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory Natural resources Canada Resources Government of Canada 555 Rue booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0G1 613-996-7979 FAX 613-995-1230 [email protected] Staff Management LOIS HALL Institute for Combustion Science and Environmental Technology 2413 Nashville Rd. Bowling Green, KY 42101 Western Kentucky University 270-745-2220 FAX 270-745-2221 [email protected]
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Invitation to volunteers Volunteers … Never too Many / Always Appreciated Becoming a member of a professional organization is one of the best networking opportunities around. Investing only a small amount of time can have priceless rewards – both in personal satisfaction and professional improvements. If your goal is to bolster your resume, then the more you become involved, the better! Someone reviewing your credentials will perk up at seeing accomplishments, rather than just lists, next to your name. There’s a fun way to do that – volunteer! Volunteering can include leadership positions, such as becoming a contact for a local section of the Thermal Analysis Society. It can include short-term tasks, such as assisting the Conference Committee members. Or it can be just freely giving your ideas to make improvements in NATAS. Whether you need help or are offering help, I look forward to receiving your contact information. Peace to You in 2009 Sincerely, Tina Adams Volunteer Committee Chair [email protected]
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NATAS Notes Staff Editor Tina M. Adams The Lubrizol Corporation 29400 Lakeland Boulevard Wickliffe, OH 44092 Phone: 440-347-8509 Fax: 440-347-4713 [email protected]
Local Sections Editor Dennis J. Stelzer M/S PORT/089/01 Pfizer Inc. 7000 Portage Road Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Phone: 269-833-7410 Fax: 269-833-4241 [email protected] Technical Articles Editor Marek Pyda University of Tennessee Chemistry Department Knoxville, TN 37996-1600 Phone: 865-974-2087 Fax: 865-974-0652 [email protected] Publisher Paul Wehking & Tony Veroeven Omnipress 2600 Anderson Street Madison, WI 53704 Phone: 608-246-2600 Fax: 608-246-4237 [email protected] Advertising Manager/Editor David Shepard Netzsch Instruments North America, LLC 37 North Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 Phone: 781-272-5353 x112 Fax: 781-272-5225 [email protected] ASTM Editor Alan T. Riga TechCon Inc. 6325 Aldenham Dr.
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Cleveland, OH 44143-3331 Phone: 440-449-3662 Fax: 440-449-3662 [email protected]
International News & Foreign News Editor Queenie Kwok Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory 555 Booth Street (BCC Bldg 12) Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G1 Canada Phone: 613-996-7979 Fax: 613-995-1230 [email protected] New Books and Journals Editor Open
New Techniques and Applications Editor Open Submission of articles for 2009: We welcome your input, articles, and informational pieces. Articles should be emailed to the editor at the above address. Articles are due by the following deadlines: Spring-Summer Issue – Vol. 41 No. 2, 3: June 30, 2009 Fall Issue – Vol. 41 No. 4: October 31, 2009
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President’s Message Greetings NATAS Members! I would first like to take this opportunity to say what an honor and privilege it is to serve as NATAS’ President. Thank you for the opportunity. Being a newer member of NATAS than many of the recent Presidents, please allow me to briefly introduce myself. I am a native Cincinnatian and work for Procter & Gamble. I have been with P&G for almost 30 years. I started as a Lab Technician in an Analytical section and have worked my entire career in Analytical, recently being promoted to Senior Scientist. I’ve been doing Thermal Analysis since 1984 – first on fats and oils and then the past 19 years on polymers. Despite being promoted to a management level, I still work in the lab daily. Not having a Ph.D. has given me a different perspective than many other NATAS members. I hope to take that perspective and use it to help NATAS meet the needs of thermal analysts and as a result, grow the membership of the society. As I said earlier, I’ve been doing thermal analysis since 1984 – but no one ever got me involved with NATAS until 2002! I even attended my local section, Ohio Valley Thermal Analysis Society, and began serving as their Treasurer in 1995. The point of this is how many other members are we missing out on? How many other thermal analysts could benefit from our training courses, technical meetings, and network? I believe we are only scratching the surface. At last year’s conference in Atlanta, the President of TA Instruments, Terry Kelly, gave a talk at their sponsored lunch. Usually the instrument vendors use their presentation time at lunch to discuss new technologies they are preparing to release. Terry’s presentation discussed TAI’s market research data. I found this data to be very intriguing – and very pertinent to NATAS. Their data showed that ~40% of their instrument sales are to NEW users – analysts who have never done thermal analysis before – and they’re selling ever-increasing numbers of instruments. This was an ah-ha for me. If their business is growing that rapidly and ~40% of these are new customers, then NATAS should be growing, not shrinking. And that’s just one vendor’s sales. Multiply that by the number of instrument vendors out there – and we should be reaching lots and lots of new members. Each of these new analysts needs training – and could benefit from NATAS’ conference. According to our Bylaws, “the objective of the Society shall be to promote the science and practice of thermal analysis through various publications, technical meetings, society awards and recognition, training, education, and liaison with other technical societies.” If this is true, then we need to reach out to these new thermal analysts and invite them to NATAS. Another trend is that a large portion of new users (possibly as much as 80%) do not have a Ph.D. In the past, thermal analysis, like many other analytical techniques, required much more education and research. As the technology has advanced, the equipment and software have simplified the use and made it much less of a research project and more of an analytical tool. This is not to diminish the importance of the advanced research that still is done, but just to say that the technique can now also be used more as a tool by a wider range of analysts. There should be benefits in NATAS for both the advanced researcher as well as the analyst with less formal education. My vision for NATAS this year is to reach out to these new analysts. We are the perfect place for them to receive training, gain expertise, and develop their professional network. It’s a win-win situation. I hope you will join me in making this happen. Our conference this year will be in Lubbock, Texas on September 20th-23rd. The short course will be Saturday and Sunday prior to the conference (September 19th & 20th). As always, the courses look very good this year. David Jones has set up a great looking schedule with a new format. The conference also is shaping up to be great. Be sure to submit your abstracts – we want to hear about YOUR research!
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Hope to see you in Lubbock, Linda [email protected] President’s Message
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Editor’s Message Welcome to another year of NATAS Notes … our 41st volume of news, recognition, and entertainment. Our feature for this issue is the host location for the 37th Annual North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference –Lubbock, TX. A living piece of history with a fast-growing future, Lubbock will surprise you! The “family-style” photo gallery will give you a glimpse into the networking opportunities and social benefits of the NATAS conference. For those of you who were present at the 2008 NATAS Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, I hope you enjoy the memories. And for those of you who are new – welcome to the group! This year, we hope to update the main NATAS web site and more closely integrate the information you see in the issues of NATAS Notes. We welcome any ideas or opinions that you have. Please send them to: Maria LaTorre ([email protected] ) Queenie Kwok ([email protected] ), or me ([email protected]). Thank you, Tina Adams [email protected]
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In Memory of Allan Smith Special Message from colleagues at Masscal: A Man of Integrity, Wisdom, Faith and Love Our world has been unalterably enriched by the strength of character and dedication of our close friend and associate, Dr. Allan L. Smith, who passed on to a better world on December 9, 2008. Allan was an inspirational leader in teaching, business and church community. He will be remembered for his unrelenting commitment to continuous learning, the conquering of challenges, and the application of this knowledge for the benefit of society. These will remain with us at Masscal as bulwarks of our mission. Dr. Smith has been recognized world wide as the technical leader for the integration of nano-scale QCM measurements with microcalorimetry. Prior to founding Masscal, Dr. Smith was a Professor of Physical Chemistry at Yale and Drexel Universities with over 60 publications.
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Spring Symposium in Memory of Allan Smith Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley (In conjunction with the Chemistry Department, Drexel University and the LRSM, University of Pennsylvania) ‘Thermal Science from the Micro- to Nanoscale’ Friday, March 27, 2009 8:30am -4:00 pm at Chemistry Department Drexel University 32nd and Chestnut Philadelphia PA 19104 The TAFDV organized a symposium on thermal science from the micro- to nanoscale to celebrate the life of Allan Smith, a member of TAFDV, who was Professor of Chemistry at Drexel University before founding Masscal Instrument Corporation, of which he was president. Papers typically be of 30 minutes duration, including discussion, were presented. A poster session was also arranged along with an instrument exhibit by several international TA companies: TAFDV Spring Symposium 2009 *Thermal Science from the Micro- to Nanoscale*
8:30-9:00 am Registration, Coffee, and Instrument Exhibition 9:00-9:05 Introduction- Dr. Andrew McGhie, LRSM, Penn 9:05-9:20 Prof. Allan L. Smith: A Great Mind for Very Small Things Dr. John W. Furry, Masscal Scientific Instruments 9:20-9:50 Using QCM/HCC Technology to Characterize Advanced Membranes for the Next Generation of Fuel Cells Dr. Allan L. Smitha , J. Nathan Ashcraftb , Prof. Paula T. Hammondb , Dr. John W. Furrya a Masscal Scientific Instruments, b MIT 9:50-10:00 Prof. Allan L. Smith – An appreciation Prof. James Friend, Chemistry, Drexel University (retired) 10:00-10:30 Sorption and Diffusion of Water in Bio-Based Polymer Films/ Prof. Richard A. Cairncross, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University 10:30-10:50 Break – Coffee, Exhibition and Posters
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10:50-11:20 Thermal Analysis for Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology Prof. Yen Wie, Chemistry, Drexel University 11:20- 11:50 Hierarchically ordered photonic structures via combining interference lithography and block copolymer self assembly. Prof. Christopher Li, MSE, Drexel University 11:50-1:10 Lunch – Reading Room, LRSM, University of Pennsylvania 1:10-1:40 Fullerenes and Nanotubes: Unusual Phase Transitions, Phonon Sub-band Heat Capacity and Templated Crystallization Prof. Jack Fischer, MSE, Univ. of Pennsylvania 1:40-2:10 Thermal Analysis of Oxidation of Carbon Nanomaterials Dr. Sebastian. Osswald and Prof. Yuri Gogotsi, MSE, Drexel University 2:10-2:40 Temperature dependent conductivity of polymer-wrapped carbon nanotubes Dr. Mariem Rosario Canales and Prof. Jorge Santiago, ESE, Univ. of Pennsylvania 2:40- 3:00 Break Refreshments, Exhibition and Posters 3:00-3:20 Professor Allan L. Smith, scientist, inventor, educator and much more.. Dr Hamid Shirazi and Dr Jun Tian, Fujifilm Ltd, and Sister Rose Mulligan, Ph.D., I.H.M. 3:20-3:40 Achieving Uniform Sensitivity Distribution for NonUniform Materials on Quartz Crystal Microbalances Anthony Richardsona , Dr. Allan L. Smithb , Prof. Venkat Bhethanabotlaa , , Prof. Vinay Guptaa , Dr. John W. Furryb , a University of South Florida, b Masscal Scientific Instruments 3:40-4:00 Cell Configuration and Instrument Sensitivity in Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) and Their Influence on Experimental Design for Biological Samples Nathan Hesse, Gray Slough and Dile Holton, TA Instruments 4:00 End of Program
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Inquiries to: Dr. Andrew R. McGhie TAFDV Symposium Chair 100, LRSM University of Pennsylvania 3231 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19104-6202 Or by e-mail to [email protected] Tel. (215)898-6461 FAX (215)898-8296 Gray Slough TAFDV Treasurer TA Instruments-Waters LLC 109 Lukens Drive New Castle DE 19720 Tel. 302-427-4158 (voice) 302-427-4001 (fax) [email protected] Note that the objective of the Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley is to promote the use of thermal analysis techniques in all areas but especially research and education and to financially support graduate students so that they may attend the annual meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, NATAS.
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The Poet’s Corner “Acronyms” I’d much rather have a DSC or TGA than an STD The latter not to be confused with my SDT which I stilluse For an acronym’s clarity to utility cedes Because we all know that familiarity breeds But take pity upon those poor unfortunates Who, on starting T. A., a new language awaits With DTA, DTG and even TG-MS What they might mean is a novitiate’s guess But if they are bright, it won’t take all day To divulge their meaning and know what they say Then we can assault them with several more Like TMA, DMA and those at the core Of NATAS and ICTAC. Now, isn’t this fun And of others, as well, since we have a ton But if that’s not enough even for people like you Just put letters together and make up one that’s new! Andrew Roxburgh McGhie 03.12.09
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Featured Location Presenting the Venue of the 37th Annual NATAS Conference Lubbock Memorial Convention Center, Lubbock, Texas “Exploring the Frontiers of Thermal Analysis and Rheology” Technical Conference September 20 – 23, 2009 Short Course September 19 – 20, 2009 Please register at www.natasinfo.com Official City Website: http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/ Named after Thomas S. Lubbock — former Texas Ranger and Confederate Officer — the city was incorporated in 1909 and now can now boast its Centennial celebration Lubbock Memorial Civic Center: See city website Built in 1977 and dedicated to the memory of local residents who died in a tornado in 1970 at the site Texas Tech University: http://www.ttu.edu/ Founded in 1923, Texas Tech is located on the South Plains of West Texas and has an enrollment of more than 28,000 students Cotton: http://www.cottoninc.com/CDLTFlashVideos/Texas%2DTech%2DUniversity%2DNews%2DClip/?S=CD LTFlashVi deos&Sort=0 Lubbock is a leading United States cotton market, and an internet search of “cotton and Lubbock” will lead you to more than 800 business listings See the Texas Tech University contribution to the Cotton Incorporated “Cotton’s Dirty Laundry Tour®” Prairie Dog Town: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/3602 View these little critters in the natural habitat of McKenzie State Park Wine: http://www.mylubbockhotels.com/lubbockwinerytours.htm http://www.shopacrosstexas.com/traveltoshop/roadtrips/trip_lub_wine.php Enjoy the vino in Texas! Buddy Holly Museum: http://interoz.com/LUBBOCK/bhmuseum.htm Celebrating its 50th year, the museum houses the largest collection of Buddy Holly memorabilia. Buddy was born in Lubbock, Texas on September 7th, 1936.
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Short Course Topics Saturday September 19, 2009 Participants to select one of either Fundamentals or Calorimetry on the Nanogram Scale Sunday September 20, 2009 Sunday September 20, 2009 Participants to select one of either Polymers, Applications of TA to the Petrochemical Industry, Energetic Materials/Thermal Hazards or Flammability * free to all short course and conference attendees For additional information contact Dr. David E. G. Jones ([email protected]) or see http://www.natasinfo.org. for course outlines and CVs of instructors.
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Thermal Analysis Short Course, May 11, 2009 A short course on Thermal Analysis and Thermophysical Properties Measurement of Ceramic and Refractory Materials will be held May 11 at the NETZSCH Instruments Inc. corporate headquarters in Burlington, Mass., in cooperation with the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). Course registration is $375 for ACerS members and $465 for non-members. To register, please visit http://www.ceramics.org/ShortCourses/registration.aspx#Thermal
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Photo Album from 2008 NATAS conference
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International News Upcoming events: Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2009 (TAC 2009) Royal Society of Chemistry – Thermal Methods Group April 6-8, 2009 Bath, UK www.thermalmethodsgroup.org.uk/thermalmethodsgroup/Meetings.html AERC 2009 – 5th Annual European Rheology Conference April 15-17, 2009 Cardif, UK www.rheology-esr.org/AERC/2009 Contact: S. Emmot/L. Munkley ([email protected]) MEDICTA 2009 – 9th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis June 15-18, 2009 Marseille, France www.medicta2009.fr Contact: I. Beurroies/J. Rouquerol ([email protected]) 32nd International Conference on Vacuum Microbalance and Thermoanalytical Techniques June 21-24, 2009 Kazimierz Dolny, Poland www.ivmtc.umcs.lublin.pl Contact: Prof. P. Staszczuk ([email protected]) 36th International Pyrotechnics Seminar Location : Rotterdam – The Netherlands August 23-28, 2009 www.ips2009.nl http://www.ips2009.nl Contact: W. de Klerk, TNO Defense Security and Safety ( [email protected]) 45th Japanese Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis Japanese Society of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis September 28-30, 2009 Tokyo, Japan www.soc.nii.ac.jp/jscta/e+/touron.html German Society of Thermal Analysis – Jahrestagung 2009 October 7-9, 2009 Gießen, Germany www.gefta.org
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7th International Heat Flow Calorimetry Symposium on Energetic Materials May 17-20, 2010 Riswik, the Netherlands www.tno.nl/hfcs-7 Contact: W. de Klerk, TNO Defense Security and Safety ( [email protected]) 10th European Symposium on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry August 22-27, 2010 Roterdam, the Netherlands home.wanadoo.nl/tawn/home-en.htm Contact: W. de Klerk, TNO Defense Security and Safety ( [email protected]) For more information, please contact: Queenie Kwok Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory 555 Booth Street (BCC Bldg 12) Otawa, Ontario K1A 0G1 Canada 613-996-7979 Fax: 613-995-1230 [email protected]
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Contacts for natas local sections Please consider becoming involved in one of our inactive local chapters. Contact Local Sections Chair Rich Barnhart [email protected] or the previous local contact listed below Bay Area Thermal Analysis Society Alex Tregub Intel Corporation 2880 Northwestern Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95052 408 / 653-9408 [email protected]
Canadian Thermal Analysis Society (CTAS) Subhash C. Mojumdar Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry University of Toronto 200 College Street Toronto, ON M5S 3E5 416 / 978-0798 Fax : 416 / 978-1376 [email protected] Texas & Southwest Thermal Analysis & Rheology Forum (NaTex) Sindee L. Simon Texas Tech University Department of Chemical Engineering Lubbock, TX 79409-3121 806 / 742-1763 FAX 806 / 742-3552 [email protected] http://www.depts.ttu.edu/che/natex/ home.php Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley Steve Sauerbrunn, Ph.D. Senior Scientist 101 Composite Manufacturing Science Laboratory Center for Composite Materials University of Deleware Newark, DE 19716-3144 302 / 831-6692 CELL 302 / 545-5895 FAX 614 / 985-9094 [email protected]
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Chesapeake & Potomac Thermal Analysis Society Great Lakes Thermal Analysis Society Bob Howell c/o Central Michigan University Department of Chemistry Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 989 / 774-3582 FAX 989 / 774-3883 [email protected] Midwest Thermal Analysis Forum Mark Gibson 3M Corporate Research Lab 3M Centre Bldg, 201-BW-10 St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 651 / 733-4372 FAX 651 / 736-0669 [email protected] New England Thermal Forum Robin H. Watkin Materials Engineering Raytheon IDS ANF B16 350 Lowell Street Andover, MA 01810 978 / 470-9552 [email protected]
North Coast Thermal Analysis Society (NCTAS) (northern Ohio) Ohio Valley Thermal Analysis Society (OVTAS) Linda Bryson Procter & Gamble Procter & Gamble 6280 Center Hill Road Mailbox – S2B Cubicle – B2S568B Cincinnati, OH 45224 513-945-0335 [email protected]
Southeastern Thermal Analysis Society (SETAS)
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NATAS Executive Committee President Linda Bryson Procter & Gamble 6280 Center Hill Road B2S578B Cincinnati, Oh 45224 513-945-0335 FAX 513-277-2821 [email protected] Vice President (President-Elect) TOM RAMOTOWSKI NUWC Division Newport, Coad 1512, B-1170 1176 Howell Street Code 2131 Newport, RI 02841-1708 401-832-5111 FAX 401-832-6401 [email protected] Secretary GORDON MEYER Business Development Analyst-Polymers Applied Technical Services Marietta, GA 30062 678-444-2838 FAX 770-424-6415 [email protected] Treasurer ROGER BLAINE TA Instruments 109 Lukens Drive New Castle, DE 19720-2765 302-427-4017 FAX 302-427-4181 [email protected]
Executive Councilor ANDREW McGHIE LRSM University of Pennsylvania 3231 Walnut Street 215-898-6461 FAX 215-898-8296 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6202 [email protected] Education Councilor BOB HOWELL Applications in Polymer Science, DW 263, Central Michigan University,
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Mount Pleasant MI, USA. 989-774-3582 Fax 989-774-3882 [email protected] Meetings Councilor MIKE RICH Composite Materials and Structure Center 2100 Engineering Building Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1224 517-353-4696 FAX 517-432-1634 [email protected] Publications Councilor QUEENIE KWOK Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory Natural resources Canada Resources Government of Canada 555 Rue booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0G1 613-996-7979 FAX 613-995-1230 [email protected] Staff Management LOIS HALL Institute for Combustion Science and Environmental Technology 2413 Nashville Rd. Bowling Green, KY 42101 Western Kentucky University 270-745-2220 FAX 270-745-2221 [email protected]
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Invitation to volunteers Volunteers … Never too Many / Always Appreciated Becoming a member of a professional organization is one of the best networking opportunities around. Investing only a small amount of time can have priceless rewards – both in personal satisfaction and professional improvements. If your goal is to bolster your resume, then the more you become involved, the better! Someone reviewing your credentials will perk up at seeing accomplishments, rather than just lists, next to your name. There’s a fun way to do that – volunteer! Volunteering can include leadership positions, such as becoming a contact for a local section of the Thermal Analysis Society. It can include short-term tasks, such as assisting the Conference Committee members. Or it can be just freely giving your ideas to make improvements in NATAS. Whether you need help or are offering help, I look forward to receiving your contact information. Peace to You in 2009 Sincerely, Tina Adams Volunteer Committee Chair [email protected]
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