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 – 8:50 am      Registration

    8:50 am – 9:00 am      Welcome and Opening Remarks

    9:00 am - 9:30 am      Overview of Michelin Objectives

     Tribology and Friction of Soft Materials
        9:30 am  –   9:45 am      Michelin Americas Research Company
        9:45 am  –  10:00 am     Hoowaki LLC
       10:00 am  – 10:15 am     NanoCenter at University of South Carolina

       10:15 am -  10:45 am     Audience discussion to identify other capabilities 

     10:45 am - 11:00 am       Break  

    Aging, Endurance and Wear of Elastomers and Other Soft Materials
       11:00 am    –   11:15 am     Sealed Air Corporation
       11:15 am    –   11:30 am     University of South Carolina
       11:30 am    –   11:45 am     Milliken & Company
       11:45 am   –    12:00 pm     Mississippi State University

       12:00 am   -    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
        1:50 pm    –    2:10 pm     Oak Ridge National Lab
        2:10 pm    –    2:30 pm     Clemson University
        2:30 pm    –    3:00 pm     Audience discussion to identify other capabilities

    3:00 pm    –    3:30pm       Break

    3:30 pm    –    4:00pm    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