Fir s t Se m e s t e r • 2016 Edition
Executive Committee
Letter from the President
President
Gregory Schueneman USDA Forest Prodcuts
Dear Fellow Adhesion Society Members,
Vice President
We have recovered substantially since the thin times of 2009. Our meeting in San Antonio saw 298 attendees and 42 participants of the short course. I personally very much enjoyed the plenary, keynotes, and oral/poster presentations. Thanks to Ali Dhinojwala (University of Akron) for putting together such an excellent program. One of the many highlights was the Award for Excellence in Adhesion Science (sponsored by 3M) symposium honoring Prof. Ken Shull (Northwestern University). Seeing the breadth of Ken’s impact on the field of adhesion was quite intriguing and rewarding. Also, we learned not to challenge him to a wrestling match any time soon.
Virginia Tech
Tim Long
Secretary
Chelsea Davis
Nation Institute of Standard and Technology Treasurer
Charles Shuster Franklin International Immediate Past President
Anand Jagota Lehigh University
San Antonio was a great host city for our meeting. The warm weather was a welcome break from winter. The Riverwalk provided handy access to a variety of restaurants and easy walking access to the rest of the city. Overall it seemed to be a good fit for our Society’s preference for walkable fun cities. The hotel amenities and staff were high quality and attentive, respectively. The area for the poster session felt a bit overcrowded for presenting the Peebles, Alan Gent, and Best Poster awards, but this is something we are already working on for future meetings.
Members at Large
It is my pleasure to announce that Prof. Tom McCarthy (University of Massachusetts Amherst) has been selected as the 2017 winner of the Award for Excellence in Adhesion Science (sponsored by 3M). He has graciously accepted this important recognition and we all really look forward to what will certainly be an interesting symposium in St. Petersburg as Tom’s influence in the adhesion community is broad, diverse, and international.
3M Company
Next year’s meeting will be the Society’s 40th anniversary. This is certainly an accomplishment worth celebrating that will make this meeting one you won’t want to miss. I personally appreciate the valuable work from all the session chairs in past years programs and hope to see continued engagement in years to come. Prof. Kai-Tak Wan (Northeastern University) has kindly accepted our invitation to be the 2017 program chair and we are currently working on incorporating a celebration of our “40 years of adhesion science and technology” as well as peer into the future within the 2017 technical program. And speaking of the future, our Society will host the 6th World Congress on Adhesion and Related Phenomena (WCARP VI) in 2018. We are already starting to work on the planning as this is an international meeting of adhesion societies from Asia, Europe, and the Americas. More on this later. My dear 300+ members, we have exciting times to come in the next couple of years. I look forward to seeing you in St. Petersburg, for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society. Thank you for responding to the brief survey we sent to you recently. We will continue requesting your input on several important issues.
Greg Schueneman
Carlos Barrios
Adhesion Society President 2016-2018
Editor
Kay Blohowiak
The Boeing Company
Kevin Turner University of Pennsylvania Editor
Carlos Barrios Bioadhesion Division Chair
Alyssa Stark
University of Louisville Structural Adhesives Division Chair
Chris Campbell 3M Company
Soft Adhesives Division Chair
Eric Silverberg Henkel
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