UV/EB UNIVERSITY
Registration for UV/EB University is separate from the RadTech UV&EB 2010 Technical Conference and the RadTech UV&EB 2010 Conference for End Users
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Sunday, MAY 23, 2010
Tuesday, MAY 25, 2010
Wednesday, MAY 26, 2010
Design of Experiments for UV/EB Scientists and Engineers
FACULTY: Dr. Allan Guymon, University of Iowa
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course will provide the foundation and motivation for using Design of Experiments to improve and optimize UV/EB curing processes and formulations. Students attending the course do not need previous experience in Design of Experiments or statistics. The course is appropriate for individuals with backgrounds ranging from technicians to Ph.D. scientists and engineers.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Design of Experiments (DOE) is a powerful technique that allows the maximum amount of information to be obtained by performing the minimum number of experiments. For those in production, product design, or quality control, knowledge of DOE can dramatically enhance effectiveness in solving problems and optimizing systems. Most experiments not based on DOE concepts are two-dimensional, i.e. one variable is changed while a response is measured. DOE, on the other hand, varies all of the important variables simultaneously and systematically, thereby examining the response(s) in many dimensions.
Even with the great potential of DOE, few are familiar with its concepts. The goal of this course is to provide the basic tools needed for DOE implementation in the UV/EB industry. While DOE is based on statistical principles, primary emphasis will be placed on practical aspects in using and applying DOE techniques and on the motivation behind using DOE. Specific topics that will be addressed include:
- Background and History of DOE
- Steps in a DOE
- DOE Terminology
- Screening Designs
- Model Building Designs
- Mixture (Formulation) Designs
CEU CREDIT
Attendees taking this course will receive 0.6 CEU credits from the University of Iowa. CEU credit forms will be handed out to students the day of the course
COST
$475 for RadTech members and $650 for RadTech non-members. There is a 50% discount for full time University students with proof of academic status. Class size will be limited to 30.
Polymer Chemistry for the UV/EB Professional Short Course – Undergraduate-Level Course
Faculty: Dr. Byron Christmas, University of Houston-Downtown and Dr. Mike Idacavage, Cytec and Susan Bailey, Linn-Benton Community College
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Attendees for this course should be UV/EB professionals who are employed in the polymer or coatings industry but who have not had an extensive college-level course in polymer chemistry or photopolymerization. As a minimum, attendees should have had an undergraduate course in general chemistry and at least one semester of organic chemistry.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This full day course is designed to acquaint UV/EB chemists and other technical professionals with the fundamentals of polymer chemistry at an undergraduate level. It will involve an overview of step-growth and chain-growth polymerization processes with special emphasis on the latter. Specifically, it will cover the chemistry of free-radical and cationic polymerization processes including kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of the subject. The session will include a detailed discussion of the chemistry of the photoinitiation process and will highlight a variety of polymer characterization techniques for UV/EB polymers. Throughout the short course, the application of polymer chemistry fundamentals to the science and technology of free radical, cationic, and/or thiol-ene UV/EB polymerization processes will be emphasized. Demonstrations will highlight each section.
COST
Pre-registered attendees: $250 for RadTech members and $400 for RadTech non-members. Full time students with no corporate affiliation will be eligible for free admission with proof of academic status.
Fundamentals of Photoinitiation Short Course – Graduate Course
FACULTY: Alec Scranton PH. D., University of Iowa
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The course will build upon fundamental concepts to help students achieve an advanced level of understanding of a broad range of topics important for photoinitiation systems. Students in this course should have a degree in chemistry or chemical engineering, or should have worked in related fields. The course is well-suited for chemists or chemical engineers who find themselves working with UV curing systems but have little formal training in the area. An advanced degree is not required.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The use of light, rather than heat, to drive the conversion of monomer to polymer offers many advantages, including solvent-free formulations; very high reaction rates at room temperature; spatial control of the polymerization; low energy input; and chemical versatility since polymerization of a wide variety of monomers can be polymerized photochemically. Due to this unique set of advantages, light-induced polymerizations have gained prominence in recent years for the solvent-free curing of polymer films as well as emerging applications in dental materials, conformal coatings, electronic and optical materials, and rapid prototyping of three dimensional objects. The growth in applications of photopolymerization has out-paced the supply of scientists and engineers trained in the fundamentals of photopolymerization systems. Once the active centers are produced, the polymerization reaction proceeds in essentially the same manner as thermally-induced polymerizations, therefore the photoinitiation step an important distinguishing feature of photopolymerization systems. The goal of this course is to provide in-depth coverage of selected photoinitiation systems. Topics to be covered include:
- Fundamentals of photochemical processes;
- Chemistry of free radical photoinitiators and photosensitizers;
- Monomers for free radical photopolymerizations;
- Kinetics & mechanisms of free radical photopolymerizations;
- Chemistry of cationic photoinitiators and photosensitizers;
- Monomers for cationic photopolymerizations;
- Kinetics and mechanisms of cationic photopolymerizations;
- Photoinitiation in thick systems.
CEU CREDIT
Attendees taking this course will receive 0.4 CEU credits from the University of Iowa. CEU credit forms will be handed out to students the day of the course.
COST
Pre-registered attendees: $295 for RadTech members and $350 for RadTech non-members. Full time students with no corporate affiliation will be eligible for a reduced rate of $150 with proof of academic status.
Applications of Photopolymerization
FACULTY: Alec Scranton, PH. D., University of Iowa
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Thiol-ene Photopolymerizations: Fundamentals and Practical Implementation
FACULTY: Chris Bowman, PH. D., University of Colorado
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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