Topics to be Covered
- Nanocellular foams: Challenges to achieve very high cell density
- Materials and processes
- Properties of nanofoams
About the Instructor
Dr. Stéphane Costeux is a Senior R&D Fellow at DuPont in the Water and Protection business. He holds an engineering degree from ESPCI-Paris, a Ph.D. from Univ. Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris, France), and was a Chem. Eng. post-doctoral fellow at McGill University (Montreal). He then joined Dow Chemical in 2002 in Plastics R&D and moved to Dow Building Solutions in 2006, which became part of DuPont in 2018. His work relates to experimental and theoretical aspects in materials science, rheology and polymer processing, and to product and process development for new building materials, including thermoplastic and thermoset insulation foams. Dr. Costeux has authored over 100 publications (including 32 patents), and received the Best Paper award at the SPE FOAMS conference in 2010, 2012 and 2013. He was technical program chair of SPE FOAMS conferences in 2018 and 2021, and chaired SPE ANTEC®'s New Technology Forum. He currently serves as a Director and chair of the FOAMS Conference Committee on the board of the SPE Thermoplastic Materials & Foams division. He is also on the Editorial board of several journals, including J. Cellular Plastics, and Cellular Polymers. He was elected SPE Fellow in 2016.