The Center for Surface Science and Engineering at the University of the Florida is offering an

Annual Intensive Short Course on

Surfactants: Principles and Applications

March 27-29, 2002

A comprehensive course designed for research, development and technical staff from industry

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We are now accepting registration for the Spring 2002 Short Course.  Click here to register.

Tentative Program and Schedule (see brochure for final schedule and most up-to-date info):

Wednesday, March 27, 2002

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Thursday, March 28, 2002

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

                -         Static and Dynamic Surface Tension

                -         Surface Viscosity

                -         Surface Potential

                -         Zeta Potential

                -         Area/Molecule in Monolayers

                -         Contact Angle

                -         Quasielastic Light Scattering (QELS) for Determining Micelle or Microemulsion Droplet Size

                -         Making of Microemulsions

                -         BET Surface Area Measurements

    7:00pm Banquet

Friday, March 29, 2002

8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Course Faculty

Dr. D. O. Shah, the Course Director, is the first Charles A. Stokes Professor of Chemical Engineering and Anesthesiology and the Director of the Center for Surface Science  & Engineering at the University of Florida.  He has extensive research and teaching experience of more than twenty-five years in various areas of surface science and engineering.  He has published over 250 research papers and review articles, and has edited books on enhanced oil recovery and macro- and microemulsions.  He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1965.  Thereafter he joined the University of Florida in 1970 as a faculty member in Chemical Engineering, Anesthesiology and Biophysics. 

 Presently, Dr. Shah serves as the Director of the Center for Surface Science & Engineering at the University of Florida.  In addition to many academic and professional awards for excellence in teaching and research, Dr. Shah received the University of Florida's highest honor, Teacher/Scholar of the Year Award, and the President's Medallion for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship in 1985.  Dr. Shah received the Florida Blue Key Distinguished Faculty Award in 1992 and the Florida Academy of Sciences presented its Medal to Dr. Shah as the Distinguished Florida Scientist of 1993.  He also received the 1994 Best Paper Award from the American Oil Chemists' Society.

 

Dr. Brij Moudgil, is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Director of the Engineering Research Center for Particle Science and Technology at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.  Dr. Moudgil also serves as the Director of the UF Mineral Resources Research Center.

Prior to joining the University of Florida in 1981, Dr. Moudgil was associated with the Occidental Research Corporation in California as a research engineer.  He was a visiting research fellow at the E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. in Wilmington, Delaware from 1988 to 1989.

He has published over 130 technical papers and has presented more than 150 papers at scientific meetings and seminars at academic institutions and private organizations both in the U.S. and abroad.  He has been awarded 12 patents and has edited six books.

Dr. Moudgil has received several awards including the Robert H. Richards Award of AIME, SME Distinguished Member Award, SME President’s Citation for Outstanding Contributions to the Society and Best Paper Award of the Association of Pulp and Paper Industries (TAPPI).  He received the NSF-Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1984 and has been cited in the Marquis Who’s Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology. 

His current research interests include polymer and surfactant adsorption, dispersion and aggregation of fine particles, particulate processing for advanced materials, solid-solid and solid-liquid separations, crystal modification, and rheology of concentrated suspensions.

 

Dr. Hassan E. El-Shall, is Associate Director for Research at the NSF Engineering Research Center for Particle Science and Technology.  He has thirty years of experience in research, as well as hands-on experience in the areas of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Mineral Processing, and Chemical Metallurgical Engineering as well as Particle Science and Technology.

 

Dr. Krister Holmberg is presently a professor of Applied Surface Chemistry at Chamlers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Before taking up his present position, Dr. Holmberg was the Director of the Institute for Surface Chemistry in Stockholm, Sweden for seven years.  Before going into academia he held various positions in industry, including several years as a Research Director of Berol Nobel (now Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry), a leading surfactant producer in Europe.  During his time with Berol Nobel he was also Adjunct Professor in Biotechnological Surface Chemistry at the University of Gothenburg.

Dr. Holmberg has written two books in the area of surface chemistry and edited one book on novel surfactants.  He was written 115 scientific papers and is the inventor or co-inventor of 30 patents.  Dr. Holmberg was the President of IACIS, the International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists, between 1996 and 1998.

 

Lecturers From Industry:

Dr. Dennis Everhart is currently a research fellow with Kimberly-Clark Corporation.  His   research fields include colloid and surface science, skin science, surface spectroscopy, and the surface modification of polymers, quartz resonators and surface acoustic wave sensors for sensors applications.  He has published 13 scientific papers, has 22 patents and 1 trade secret which is the basis of a commercial process in use for the surface modification of polyolefin nonwoven materials.

Dr. Everhart completed his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1981 under the direction of Professor Charles N. Reilley before accepting an industrial research position with Union Carbide in Bound Brook, NJ.  At Carbide, his interests included the surface chemistry of carbon fiber and the Ziegler-Natta catalyst used in the UNIPOL polyethylene process.  After joining Kimberly-Clark in 1985, Dr. Everhart's research focused on the surface modification of polyolefin nonwoven materials, the development of sensors for use in consumer products, and the identification of leading edge technologies which offer the potential for new business opportunities. 

 

Dr. David Piatt received his Ph.D, specializing in polymer physical chemistry, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981.  He joined Procter & Gamble immediately following graduate school.  His early career was spent working on new technologies for laundry and automatic dish washing detergents.  His polymer training led to his moving into the microencapsulation area for number of years.  While in this area he co-edited a book on polymeric delivery systems and received three patents.  He is currently a section head at Procter & Gamble and is applying the principles of colloid and surface science to manufacturing processes.

 * The Center for Surface Science and Engineering reserves the right to change dates, topics, and speakers of the short course.

The Center for Surface Science and Engineering at the University of Florida was established by the Board of Regents of the State University System as an interdisciplinary center for surface science and engineering in January 1985.  Presently, 25 faculty members from various departments and colleges are involved in the activities of the Center.  An international advisory board of leading researchers from academia and industry also provides input to the Center.

The Engineering Research Center for Particle Science & Technology, funded by a $60 million, 11 year grant from the National Science Foundation, the state of Florida, and several industries, was created to understand, monitor, and modify particle behavior of particulate systems in existing and emerging industries.  The Center’s primary mission is to create a national center of excellence by conducting innovative fundamental research in an intellectually stimulating environment to enhance U.S. technological competitiveness, to educate students and professionals in the engineering practice of particle science and technology and to promote academic/industry/government collaboration.

As one of their activities the two centers are jointly offering an intensive course on Surfactants:   Principles & Applications to research, development and technical staff of industry.  The course will be presented on March 27-29, 2002 at the University of Florida.  The course will present the principles and technological applications of surfactants to participants from industry.  It will consist of lectures, laboratory experiments, and problem-solving sessions.  Detailed lecture notes and related reprints will be given to each participant.  The course will be conducted by an international team of researchers from academia and industry.  The course will also include a guided tour of the state-of-the art research facilities available on the University of Florida campus for surface science research.  The teaching faculty for this intensive course combines over 125 years of research and teaching experience in surface and colloid science.       

The registration fee covers lectures, reading materials, coffee breaks, luncheons and a banquet.  Applicants are responsible for their accommodations and dinners.  The Center will coordinate the accommodations for all participants in a hotel near the University of Florida campus.  Transportation will be provided between the airport, hotel and Conference Building.

The Centers provide the following services:

· Conduct contract research on projects requiring multi-disciplinary approaches.

· Collaborate with industry to promote the development of technology from basic research.

· Organize seminars, workshops, short courses and symposia on topics relevant to particle science & technology and surface science for the academic and industrial research community.

For more information about ERC research and education programs, please contact:

418 Weil Hall, P.O. Box 116135

Gainesville, FL 32611-6135

Phone: (352) 846-1194 Fax: (352) 846-1196

E-mail: erc@eng.ufl.edu

or visit http://www.erc.ufl.edu