 Dr.
William D. Arendt
Member since
1977. Nominated by the Vinyl Plastics
Division and affiliated with the
Chicago Section. For his discovery
and/or development of a variety of
benzoate based plasticizers for application
areas including flooring, hot melt
adhesives, PVC, polyurethanes, and
waterborne coatings. He holds 12 US
patents and is co-inventor on six
US patents pending. |
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Ananda M. Chatterjee
Member since 1972. Nominated by the
South Texas Section and affiliated
with the Thermoplastic Materials and
Foams Division. For major contributions
in polypropylene film product development,
especially heterophasic copolymers
and propylene-butene random copolymers
for cast and oriented film applications.
He has also made major advances in
additives and stabilization technology,
polymer nucleation and crystallization,
and polypropylene foam development
for the building and construction,
automotive, and packaging industries.
He holds 26 US patents. |
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David Grewell
Member since 1993. Sponsored by the
Decorating and Assembly Division
and affiliated with the Iowa Section.
For the design, composition and characterization
of electrically conductive implants
for resistance welding of advanced
composites for the air-space industry,
and his work in characterizing the
effect of amplitude profiling on ultrasonic
welding through the design and execution
of experimentation. He hold three
US patents. |
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Avraam I. Isayev
Member since 1982. Nominated by the
Akron Section and affiliated
with the Engineering Properties &
Structure Division. For his significant
and substantial contributions in the
field of injection molding simulation
of plastics and rubbers. His research
activity has led to innovative applications
such as self-reinforcing laminated polymer
composites, devulcanization of rubbers
and thermosets using ultrasonic waves,
high power ultrasonic-assisted extrusion,
and in-situ copolymer formation and
compatibilization of blends of immiscible
polymers. He holds 24 US patents. |
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Sadhan C. Jana
Member since 1988. Nominated by the
Engineering Properties & Structure
Division and affiliated with the
Akron Section. For seminal contributions
that popularized both the theory and
commercial application of chaotic mixing.
He is also recognized for his work in
the area of exfoliation of nanoclay
in thermoset systems and the invention
of a chaos single extruder screw for
polymer blending, as well as his research
in the areas of polymer nanocomposites,
conductive plastics and shape memory
polymers. He holds four US patents. |
 Edward
I. Kosior
Member since 1993. Nominated by the
Australia-New Zealand Section
and affiliated with the Plastics Environmental
Division. For his pioneering work in
Australia on plastics recycling. He
developed a new food grade PET recycling
process, commercialized a new process
for recycling HDPE milk bottles, designed
Australia’s first post consumer
recycling plant, redesigned a Coca Cola
PET recycling plant in Sydney, and developed
rubber pipe seals from used car tires
to seal leaky sewer pipes. He also established
Australia’s first degree in Polymer
Engineering at RMIT and established
the RMIT Polymer Technology Centre.
He holds seven patents (US, Australia,
UK). |
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Tim A. Osswald
Member since 1991. Nominated by the
Milwaukee Section and affiliated
with the Composites Division. For his
accomplishments as an educator and a
researcher in the field of polymer engineering
and composites. His most important contribution
has been the implementation into research
and education of the concept of what
he coined as the 5P’s: polymer,
processing, product, performance and
post-consumer life. All five P’s
must be considered and cannot be decoupled
when dealing with product design, process
design or material selection. This concept
has been adopted worldwide. He holds
three US patents. |
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Duane B. Priddy
Member since 1988. Nominated by the
Mid-Michigan Section and affiliated
with the Plastics Analysis Division.
For pioneering work in the development
of controlled radical polymerization
technology, for developing and patenting
continuous anionic polystyrene technology,
for the development of a series of new
advanced HIPS resins based on new polybutadiene
rubbers, and his pioneering efforts
in the manufacture of polystyrene using
multifunctional initiators. He holds
65 US patents. |
 Frederick
G. Steil
Member since 1976. Sponsored by the
Mold Making & Mold Design Division
and affiliated with the Detroit Section.
Recognized as an innovator in the field
of plastics tooling and equipment, he
is recognized for the development of
many aspects of the DME hot runner line,
including industry-standard nozzles,
a thermal insulator, a single drop valve
gate actuator, a support pad assembly,
a valve gate actuation method, a method
of pressure indication within a hot
runner manifold, and a positive shut-off
nozzle for use in a hot runner stack
mold sprue. He holds eight US patents. |
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Lih-sheng (Tom) Turng
Member since 1991. Nominated by the
Injection Molding Division
and affiliated with the Milwaukee
Section. He is recognized as one of
the leaders in injection molding technology.
His insight in numerical techniques
and understanding of the technology
took injection molding simulation
in new areas such as microchip encapsulation
and gas assisted injection molding.
His recent work has been in the area
of co-injection molding of nanoclay
reinforced polymer foams. He holds
three US patents. |
 Mark
D. Wetzel
Member since 1994. Nominated by the
Extrusion Division and affiliated
with the Philadelphia Section. He
is recognized for significant technical
contributions to the invention, development
and application of the methods and
instruments necessary to study the
melting of polymers in twin and single
screw extruders. His work on the implementation
of the “pulse technique”
to melting has permitted improved
screw designs which give improved
product quality and energy efficiency.
He holds three US patents. |
