Committees

Conference Chair Rudolf Hufenus, Empa, Switzerland
Conference Co-Chair  Edith Perret, Empa, Switzerland
Secretariat Brigitte Jungnickel, Empa, Switzerland
Organization Polymer Processing Scociety
  Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Olma Messen St. Gallen, Switzerland
St.Gallen-Bodensee Tourismus, Switzerland
 
General Symposia Injection molding and molds
 

Frank Ehrig, University of Applied Science Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland
Roberto Pantani, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
Albert Van Bael, KU Leuven, Belgium
Krzysztof Wilczyński, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Hiroshi Ito, Yamagata University, Japan
John Vlachopoulos, McMaster University, Canada
Andrew N. Hrymak, Western University, Canada

Rubber and elastomers
Robert Eberlein, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Phan Trung Nghia, Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Vietnam
Young Wook Chang, Hanyang University, South Korea
Sadhan C. Jana, University of Akron, USA
Li Jia, The University of Akron, USA

Fibers and films
Sorin Fabien, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
Michael Buchmeiser, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Sanjay Rastogi, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Takeshi Kikutani, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Yurong Yan, South China University of Technology, China
Xungai Wang, Deakin University, Australia
Abdellah Ajji, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada

Foams and membranes
Volker Altstaedt, University of Bayreuth, Germany
José Ignacio Velasco, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Ernesto Di Maio, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Shu-Kai Yeh, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Luiz A. Pessan, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
Chul B. Park, University of Toronto, Canada
Benjamin Hsiao, Stony Brook University, USA

Polymer composites
Paolo Ermanni, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Frank Clemens, Empa, Switzerland
Samuel Kenig, Shenkar College of Engineering & Design, Israel
Tim A. Osswald, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
M. Cengiz Altan, University of Oklahoma, USA

Mixing and compounding
Daniel Schwendemann, University of Applied Science Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland
Christian Hopmann, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Bruno Vergnes, MINES ParisTech, France
Wie Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Joseph H. Koo, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Morphology and structural development
Edith Perret, Empa, Switzerland
Peter Van Puyvelde, KU Leuven, Belgium
Masayuki Yamaguchi, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Uttandaraman Sundararaj, The University of Calgary, Canada
Frej Mighri, Université Laval, Canada

Polymer blends and alloys
Clemens Holzer, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
Udo Wagenknecht, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany
Abderrahim Maazouz, INSA de Lyon, France
Johan Verbeek, University of Auckland, New Zeland
João Maia, Case Western Reserve University, USA

Nanotechnology
Per Magnus Kristiansen, University of Applied Sciences & Arts FHNW, Switzerland
Pötschke Petra, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany
José A. Covas, University of Minho, Portugal
Phil Coates, University of Bradford, UK
Satinath Bhattacharya, RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
Hathaikarn Manuspiya, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Mukerrem Cakmak, Purdue University, USA
Luyi Sun, University of Connecticut, USA

Polymerization and synthesis
Frank Nüsch, Empa, Switzerland
Dorina Opris, Empa, Switzerland
Tony McNally, University of Warwick, UK
José M. Kenny, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
Yusuf Menceloglu, Sabanci University, Turkey

Modeling and simulation
Ali Gooneie, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Jean-François Agassant, MINES ParisTech, France
Evan Mitsoulis, National Technical University Athens, Greece
Patrick D. Anderson, Eindhoven University of Technology , The Netherlands
Toshihisa Kajiwara, Kyushu University, Japan
Fardin Khabaz, University of Akron, USA

Polymer recycling
Rudolf Koopmans, Hochschule für Technik & Architektur Freiburg, Switzerland
Kim Ragaert, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Valérie Massardier-Nageotte, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France
Juan F. Rodriguez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Hani E. Naguib, University of Toronto, Canada

Functional additives and reactive processing
Sabyasachi Gaan, Empa, Switzerland
José-Marie Lopez-Cuesta, Centre des Matériaux des Mines d'Alès, France
Suprakas Sinha Ray, DST/CSIR Nanostructured Materials, South Africa
Costas Tzoganakis, University of Waterloo, Canada
Marianna Kontopoulou, Queen's University, Canada

Rheology and characterization
Jan Vermant, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Paula Moldenaers, KU Leuven, Belgium
Nino Grizzuti, University of Naples, Italy
Kyung Hyun Ahn, Seoul National University, Korea
Krishnamurthy Jayaraman, Michigan State University, USA
Sebastião V. Canevarolo, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos, University of British Columbia, Canada

Biopolymers
Manfred Zinn, HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland
Miroslawa El Fray, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
Jean-Marie Raquez, University of Mons, Belgium
Joung Sook Hong, Seoul National University, Korea
Jorge Alberto Medina, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
 

Special symposia

Additive manufacturing
  Manfred Schmid, Inspire AG, Switzerland
Dietmar Drummer, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Hesheng Xia, Sichuan University, China

Medical applications
René Rossi, Empa, Switerland
Carsten Werner, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany
Luc Avérous, University of Strasbourg, France
Shih-Jung Liu, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
Masami Okamoto, Toyota Technological Institute, Japan
Lih-Sheng Turng, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Polymers at surfaces and interfaces
Manfred Heuberger, Empa, Switzerland
Pierre Jousset, University of Applied Science Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

Microplastics
Bernd Nowack, Empa, Switzerland
Denise Mitrano, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Nathalie Tufenkji, McGill University, Canada

Plasma polymer treatment
Dirk Hegemann, Empa, Switzerland
Sonja Neuhaus, University of Applied Sciences & Arts FHNW, Switzerland
Rainer Dahlmann, RWTH Aachen, Germany