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Schedule of Events
Overview
Monday April 17, 2006
Early Arrival
1:00 PM Tutorial - Melt Blowing, Spunbonding, Staple Fibers, New
Developments
*Tutorial is free with TANCON registration.
Tuesday April 18, 2006
8:30 AM Nonwovens in Apparel
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Medical / Barrier
Fabrics
6:30 PM Reception with Poster Session, Apparel Modeling and
Tabletops
Wednesday April 19, 2006
8:30 AM Enhanced Product
Performance
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Filtration /
Nanotechnology
7:00 PM Banquet with Keynote Speaker Lee Riedinger
Thursday April 20, 2006
8:30 AM Spunmelt &
Polymers
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Spunmelt &
Geotextiles
3:45 PM Tours of Facilities
Session Details
Nonwovens in Apparel, Tuesday April
18,
2006 8:30 AM
Moderator: Billie Collier, Vice Chancellor, UT
Cotton - The Fabric of Our Lives - A New/Old Choice for
Nonwovens
Janet O’Regan ~ Cotton Incorporated
Objective and Subjective Evaluation of Nonwovens
Mary Ann Moore ~ Florida State University
Stretchable Nonwoven Fabrics
Belinda T. Orzada ~ University of Delaware
Utrasonic Bonding
Torsten Brieger ~ Herrmann Ultrasonics, Inc.
Hydroentangled Nonwovens for Military Applications
Stephen Szczesuil ~ US Army Natick Soldier Center
Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of Protective Clothing
Systems
Phil Gibson ~ U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center
Development of Nonwoven Flame Resistant Coverall for Military
Applications
Carole A. Winterhalter ~ U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center
Medical / Barrier Fabrics,
Tuesday April 18, 2:00 PM
Moderator: Bruce Yost, DuPont Nonwovens
Microfiber Nonwovens and their Medical Applications
Ron (Rongguo) Zhao ~ Ahlstrom Windsor Locks, LLC
The Impact of Melt Blown and Spunbond Technologies on the Barrier
Properties
of SMS Fabrics
Fumin Lu ~ Neumag | Saurer Group
Shaped Fibers and their Applications
Alex Lobovsky ~ Advanced Fiber Engineering, LLC
Advanced Models for Fiber Processing
John Kennedy ~ CAEFF, Clemson University
Protection Concepts for Liners and Fabric Treatments - Reactive
Fabrics
for Chemical and Biological Properties
Heidi Schreuder-Gibson ~ U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center
Barrier Properties of Medical Face Masks: The Influence of
Repellent
on the Mask Filtration Ability
Karen Leonas ~ University of Georgia
New Melt Additive Technologies Allow for the Development of
HigherPerformance
Nonwoven Fabrics Utilizing Synergies with Polybutene-1 for Medical
Applications
Viggy Mehta ~ Polymer Dynamix & Omar Boutni ~ Basell
Polyolefins
Enhanced Product Performance,
Wednesday April 19 8:30 AM
Moderator: C. Y. Cheng, Consultant
Developments in Flame Retardancy of Polyester Fibers
Gerald T. Keep ~ Missing Octave Insights, Inc.
Meeting the Challenges to Increased Adoption of Silver
Antimicrobial
Protection for Nonwovens
Tom Magauran ~ AirQual Corporation
Copper Oxide Impregnated Nonwoven Fabrics and their
Applications
Gadi Borkow ~ Cupron Inc.
Antibacterial Surfaces Using Plasma-Enhanced
Coating/Functionalization
Soujanya Jampala ~ University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Application of a One-Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge Plasma
(OAUGDP)
to Roll-to-Roll Surface Energy Enhancement and Plasma Chemical
Vapor Disposition
(PCVD) on Films and Fabrics
J. Reece Roth ~ University of Tennessee
A Comparison Between Properties of Needlepunched Nonwoven
Geotextiles
Produced from Natural and Synthetic Fibres
Rajesh Anandjiwala ~ Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
New and Emerging Technologies - Specialty Polymers, Fibers and
Nonwovens
Edward C. Gregor ~ Edward C. Gregor & Associates LLC
Filtration / Nanotechnology,
Wednesday April 19, 2:00 PM
Moderator: Seshadri Ramkumar, Texas Tech University
Charged and Uncharged Media for HEPA Filters
Peter Tsai ~ University of Tennessee
Filtration Performance of Charged Nonwovens including Meltblown
and Sounbond
Materials
Kyung-Ju Choi ~ American Air Filter International
Nanoval Splitspinning to Nanofibers
Martin Stobik ~ Nanoval
Effect of Nonwoven Structure and Nanofiber Content on Filtration
Performance
Phil Gibson ~ U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center
On-Line Optical Measurement of Electrospun Fibers
Chris Fandrey ~ Powerscope Inc.
Commercial Scale Production of Nanofibers using a 400-nozzle
Electrohydrodynamic
Spraying (EHS) System
Ashley Scott ~ NanoStatics, LLC
Calendering Nanofiber Fabrics and Composites
D. Steve Gunter ~ BF Perkins
SpunMelt & Polymers,
Thursday
April 20, 8:30 AM
Moderator: Bryan Haynes, Kimberly-Clark
New Machine Concept for Meltblown
Erwin Glawion, RIETER Nonwovens and Plastics Machinery
Quo Vadis – Meltblown Bico Systems?
Hans Georg Geus ~ Reicofil GmbH
Engineering Polymers for Melt Blowing Applications
Ramesh Srinivasan ~ Ticona Engineering Polymers
Elastic Properties of Nonwoven Fabrics Made from Specialty
Polyolefin
Elastomers Under Different Processing Conditions
Smita Kacker ~ ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Metocene Polypropylene for Nonwoven Applications
Daniele Bugada ~ Basell USA Inc.
Recent Advances in Vis-Breaking Polypropylene for Meltblown
Applications
Matthew E. Gande ~ Ciba Specialty Chemicals
SpunMelt & Geotextiles
(Short
Session), Thursday April 21, 2:00 PM
Moderator: Larry Wadsworth, Professor, UT
Spunbond PET, Bico PET and Nylon - A Positive Future
Mark Snider ~ Nordson Corporation
Nanophase Mn (VII) Oxide Incorporated Nonwovens as Active
Protective
Fabrics from Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs) and Toxic Industrial
Chemicals
(TICs)
Rajan Vempati ~ ChK Group Inc.
Liquid Extrusion Techniques for Pore Structure Characterization
of Nonwovens
Akshaya Jena ~ Porous Materials Inc.