Champion

Rod Bailey, Manager of External Research,
Michelin Americas Research Company

Objective

Materials professionals connecting needs in industry with materials capabilities at southeastern research universities and small and medium sized companies.

Manager

InnoVenture LLC

Forum

Greenville, SC – March 18, 2010
Michelin Conference Center (Map)

Forum Preliminary Agenda

    8:30 am    –    8:45 am      Registration

    8:45 am    –    9:00 am    Welcome and Opening Remarks

    Aging, Endurance and Wear of Elastomers and Other Soft Materials
       9:00 am    –    9:20 am       Sealed Air case study
       9:20 am    –    9:40 am       Milliken case study
       9:40 am    –    10:00 am     Georgia Tech case study
       10:00 am   –   10:30 am     Audience discussion to identify other capabilities

    10:30 am   –   11:00 am     Break

    Tribology and Friction of Soft Materials
       11:00 am    –  11:15 am     Michelin speaker
       11:15 am    –  11:30 am     Hoowaki case study
       11:30 am    –  11:45 am     Mississippi State case study
       11:45 am    –  12:00 pm     NanoCenter at USC case study
       12:00 pm    –  12:30 pm     Audience discussion to identify other capabilities

    12:30 pm    –    1:30 pm     Lunch

    Green Materials (non-petroleum based)
        1:30 pm    –    1:50 pm      UNC Charlotte case study
        1:50 pm    –    2:10 pm     Oak Ridge case study
        2:10 pm    –    2:30 pm     Clemson case study
        2:30 pm    –    3:00 pm      Audience discussion to identify other capabilities

     3:00 pm    –    3:15pm       Break

     3:15 pm    –    4:00pm       Review of Michelin Americas Research Company

     4:00 pm    –    4:15pm    Forum Wrap-Up

Projects

Document the advanced materials capabilities at southeastern United States research universities

Colleagues

Milliken – Philip Wilson                            Sealed Air Corporation - Nate Miranda
Georgia Tech – Greg King                         Upstate Alliance - Hal Johnson
Clemson – John Ballato                           Growth and Innovation- Dave Cornelius
SC Launch! – Dave McNamara                   Nexsen Pruet - Joe Guy
USC – Tom Vogt                                     National Academies - Tony Boccanfuso
Oak Ridge National Lab – Jack Cook
UNCC – Barry Burks 
Hoowaki – Ralph Hulseman 
Nexsen Pruet – Larkin Elzey