AWPP 2016 PROGRAM
Sunday 6 November 2016
14:00 17:00
16:00 18:00
18:00 20:00

AWPP 2016 Executive Meeting, Boardroom 3, Ground floor, Rydges on Swanston Hotel
Registration open, Skyline Lounge, 4th floor, Rydges on Swanston Hotel
Welcome Cocktail Reception, Pool Deck Terrace, 4th Floor, Rydges on Swanston Hotel
Welcome Reception sponsored by:

Monday 7 November 2016
07:30 19:00
8:25 –
8:30

Registration open, Skyline Lounge, 4th floor, Rydges on Swanston Hotel
Skyline RoomWorkshop Open Dr. Rahul Gupta, Co-Chair AWPP 2016

8:30 8:45

Welcome, Professor Peter Coloe, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, College of Science, Engineering and8:45 9:25

Session Chair: Dr. Rahul Gupta, RMIT University
PL001 DESIGN AND FABRICATE POLYMERIC MEMBRANES FOR WATER REUSE, SEAWATERDESALINATION AND OSMOTIC POWER GENERATION, Prof. Neal Tai-Shung Chung, NUS, Singapore

9:25 10:05

PL002 CHANGING LANDSCAPE IN POLYMER RESEARCH: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, Prof. Sadhan
C Jana, The University of Akron, USA

10:05 10:30

Tea Break and exhibition, Skyline Lounge

Health,RMIT University

Plenary Lectures

Horizon Room

10:30 10:55

Session A2: Thermosets, Composites and Nano
Composites

Session Chair: Dr. Suprakas Sinha Ray, Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
Keynote Presentations
KN001 ISSUES IN THE EXTRUSION OF LARGE
DIAMETER SMOOTH AND CORRUGATED PLASTIC
PIPE, Prof. John Vlachopoulos, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Canada

Session Chair: Prof. Hiroyuki Hamada, Kyoto Institute ofTechnology, Japan
Keynote Presentations

10:55 11:20

KN002 ASSEMBLING BLOCK COPOLYMERS FOR
ENHANCED OIL SAFETY AND SPILL RECOVERY,
Prof. Qipeng Guo, Deakin University

11:20 11:45

KN003 REMOVAL PROTEINS FROM NATURAL
RUBBER LATEX AND APPLICATION, Dr. Trung
Nghia Phan, Hanoi University of Science andTechnology, Vietnam

11:45 12:10

KN004 ALIGNMENT OF NANO-CARBON
MATERIALS BY EXTERNAL FIELDS, Prof. Chun
Wang, University of New South Wales

12:10 12:25

Panorama and Vista Room

Session A1: Blends, Reactive Systems andElastomers

Oral Talks
OC001 MORPHOLOGY AND PROPERTIES OF
SILICONE RUBBER WITH SUPERCRITICALCARBON DIOXE AND ALTERNATING
MULTILAYERED CO-EXTRUTION, Dr Zhang
Fengshun, Institute of Chemical Materials, China
Academy of Engineering Physics, China

KN005 FLAMMABILITY OF POLYMER COMPOSITESWITH NATURAL FIBRES, Prof Debes Bhattacharyya,
University of Auckland, New Zealand
KN006 OVERCOME THE CONFLICT BETWEEN
STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS IN POLYMERS ANDCOMPOSITES, Dr. Chaobin He, National University ofSingapore, Singapore
KN007 PROCESSING OF WOOD
BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITES, Dr. Bronwyn
Laycock, University of Queensland
Keynote speaker sponsored by:
KN008 PROCESSING-INDUCED CLAY ORIENTATION
AND MICROMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NYLONNANOCOMPOSITES, Prof. Tianxi Liu, Donghua University,
China
Oral Talks
OC005 EPOXY-ANHYDRID BASED THERMOSETSREINFORCED BY INORGANIC NANOPARTCLES:
EFFECTS ON SHELF-LIFETIME, THERMAL AND
THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, Andrea Johanna
Wanner, Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

Monday 7 November 2016 continued
12:25 12:40

12:40 12:55

12:55 13:10

OC002 RHEOLOGICAL CONTROL AND 3D-PRINTING
OF SILICON RUBBER-BASED CELLULAR
ARCHITECTURES, Dr Chengzhen Geng, Institute ofChemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering
Physics, China
OC003 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND
MORPHOLOGIES OF RECYCLE-PC/RECYCLE-PET
BRENDS FABRICATED BY HIGH-SHEAR ROTATIONAL
PROCESSING, Akira Ishigami, Yamagata University,
Japan
OC004 CONTROL OF PHASE SEPARATIONSTRUCTURE IN POLYMER BLENDS FABRICATED BY
HIGH-SHEAR PROCESS, Yuki Kodama, Research Center
for GREEN Materials and Advanced Processing (GMAP),
Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata
University, Japan

13:10 14:00

OC007 ENGINEERING PLASTIC COMPOSITESREINFORCED BY NOVEL HEATPROOF
CELLULOSE NANO-FIBER, Dr. Takeshi Semba,
Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology andCulture, Japan
OC008 INTERFACIALPROPERTIES OF
LDPE/UHMWPE SINGLE-POLYMER COMPOSITESPRODUCED BYEXTRUSION-CALENDERGINGPROCESS, Dr Jian Wang, Beijing Institute ofTechnology, China

Lunch and exhibition, Skyline Lounge
Horizon Room

Session B1: Design Workshop andPolymerization and Synthesis
Session Chair: Prof. Tianxi Liu, Donghua University, China
Keynote Presentation
14:00 14:25

OC006 MODIFIED SISAL FIBERS CARBON AS
CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM-ION
BATTERY, Prof. Aimiao Qin, Guilin University ofTechnology, China

KN009 JUST-IN-TIME BONE-SPECIFIC ADDITIVE BONE
IMPLANT MANUFACTURE, Prof. Milan Brandt, Centre for
Additive Manufacturing, RMIT University
Oral Talks

Panorama and Vista Room

Session B2: Thermosets, Composites andNano Composites continued
Session Chair: Dr. Chaobin He, National University ofSingapore, Singapore
Keynote Presentation
KN010 ORIENTATION INDUCED b-IPP
CRYSTALLIZATION AND RELATED PHASE
TRANSITION, Prof. Shouke Yan, Beijing University ofChemical Technology, China
Oral Talks

14:25 14:40

OC009 AN IMPROVEMENT OF GAS TRANSMISSIONRATE OF PLA BY STEREOCOMPLEXATION OF
PLLA/PDLA-PEG-PDLA, Suthawan Buchatip, National
Metal and Materials Technology Center, Thailand

OC015 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PEANUT
HUSK COMPOSITE MATERIAL USING INJECTIONMOLDING, Kento Iwasawa, Nihon University, Japan

14:40 14:55

OC010 AN ADVANCED PREPARATION AND
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PET
NANOCOMPOSITES WITH VARIOUS
ORGANOMODIFIED LDH AS CATALYSTS, Naveen
Bunekar, Department of Chemistry Chung Yuan Christian
University, Taiwan

OC016 TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MATERIALSPREPARED BY POLY(3,4ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) DOPED WITH
POLY(STYRENE SULFONIC ACID) (PEDOT:PSS)
AND BISPHENOL COMPOUNDS AS A SECONDARYDOPANT, Dr. Shigeji Konagaya, Nagoya Industrial
Science Research Institute, Japan

14:55 15:10

OC011 PRECURSOR DEVELOPMENT FOR HIGHPERFORMANCE AND LOW COST CARBON FIBRES,
Dr. Jackie Cai, CSIRO

OC017 HIGH-PERFORMANCE COBALT-BASEDHETEROGENEOUS ELECTROCATALYSTSSYNTHETIZED BY ELECTROSPINNING, Dr. Yuee
Miao, Donghua University, China

15:10 15:25

OC012 TERPENE BASED CHEMICALS: (1) BIOAROMATICS TO PRODUCE KNOWN MONOMERS UTILISING PYROLYSIS AND (2) FUNCTIONALMONOMERS FOR IMPROVED POLYMERPERFORMANCE, Prof. Mike O'Shea, CSIRO

OC018 OVER-MOLDED CONTINUOUS WOVEN
JUTE-POLYLACTIDE ECO-COMPOSITES, Prof.
Guralp Ozkoc, Kocaeli University Department ofChemical Engineering, Turkey

15:25 15:40

OC013 POLY (MELAMINE-FORMALDEHYDE)MICROCAPSULES FOR SELF HEALING POLYMERCOMPOSITES, Shilpi Sharma, Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT), India

OC019 DESIGN AND FABRICATIONS OFFUNCTIONAL NANOFIBERS AND NANOFIBROUS
MEMBRANES FOR ENVIRONMENT AND
HEALTHCARE: CHALLENGES ANDOPPORTUNITIES, Wanee Chinsirikul, National
Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), Thailand

OC014 NOVEL THERMOPLASTIC CELLULOSEDERIVATIVES: STRUCTURAL DESIGN, SYNTHESIS,AND PROPERTIES, Prof. Jun Zhang, Institute ofChemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), China

OC020 PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OFULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHTPOLYETHYLENE FIBER VIA DRY SPINNING, Dr.
Xinwei Wang, Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical
Industry & State Key Laboratory of Polyolefins andCatalysis, China

15:40 15:55

15:55 16:20

Tea Break and exhibition, Skyline Lounge

Monday 7 November 2016 continued
Horizon Room

16:20 16:45

16:45 17:00

Vista Room

Session C1: Molding
Processes: Injection, Blow,
Roto and more

Session C2: Novel Processing
Technologies

Session Chair: Dr. Franco Costa,
Autodesk

Session Chair: Prof. Xuehua Zhang,
RMIT University

Keynote Presentation
KN011 ADVANCED
MANUFACTURINGTECHNOLOGY OF POLYMERREALIZED BY MULTIPLE
DIVIDING AND COMBINING OFPOLYMER MELT, Dr. Haoyi Li,
Beijing University of Chemical
Technology, China
Oral Talks
OC021 VISUALIZATIONANALYSIS OF ASYMMETRICFOUNTAIN FLOW PHENOMENABY DYNAMIC OBSERVATIONOF MELT FRONT BEHAVIORS,
Jingru Guo, The University ofTokyo, Japan

Keynote Presentation
KN012 replaced by PP038 EVOLUTION
OF FIBRE MORPHOLOGY ANDRHEOLOGY IN A POLYMERCOMPOSITE, Deverpiran Vishak
Perumal, RMIT University, Melbourne,
Victoria
Oral Talks
OC026 TRANSPARENT OIL/WATERSEPARATION FILTER USINGPOLYESTER MESH, Prof. Seimei
Shiratori, Keio University, Japan

OC022 DIRECT JOINING OF
INJECTION MOLDED POLYMER
ON ABRASIVE BLASTEDMETAL: INVESTIGATION OF
MOLDING CONDITIONS, Dr
Fuminobu Kimura, The Universtyof Tokyo, Japan

OC027 IONIC LIQUID-ASSISTEDENERGY-SAVING PREPARATION OF
STARCH-BASED ELECTROCONDUCTIVE MATERIALS, Dr.
Fengwei, Xie, The University of
Queensland

17:15 17:30

OC023 UNDERSTANDING
HYDROSTATIC PRESSURETESTING OF POLYETHYLENEPRESSURE PIPES, Tom Kourlas,
Qenos Pty. Ltd.

OC028 IMPROVING CELL
MORPHOLOGIES AND MECHANICALPROPERTIES OF INJECTION MOLDEDPOLYAMIDE 6 FOAMS BY USINGHYDROPHOBIC MODIFIEDCELLULOSE NANOFIBER, Akihiro Ito,
Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial
Technology and Culture, Japan

17:30 17:45

OC024 A STUDY ON
INFLUENCE OF RESINTEMPERATURE ON FILLINGBALANCE OF MULTI-CAVITY
MOLD, Norimichi Masuda,
Institute of Industrial Science, The
University of Tokyo, Japan

OC029 PROCESS FOR SOLVINGHEAT SEALING PROBLEMS IN
POLYETHYLENE FILMS, Dr. Steve
Mirams, Qenos Pty Ltd

17:00 17:15

17:45 18:00

18:00 19:00

OC025 MOLD AND MOLDEDHISTORY DEPENDENCE OF
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OFRECYCLED AMORPHOUS
PLASTICS, Prof. Shigeru Yao,
Fukuoka University, Japan
Poster Session, Skyline Lounge
Poster Session sponsored by:

Entrepreneurship andCommercialisation
OC030 MASTERBATCH INNOVATION TOWARDS 2020, Neil Whelan, Axieo
Masterbatch
Poster Prizesponsored by:Panorama Room

Session C3: Extrusion,Compounding and Films
Session Chair: Prof. Shouke Yan,
Beijing University of Chemical
Technology, China
Keynote Presentation
KN013 NEW STATICEXTENSIONAL MIXINGELEMENTS FOR TWIN-SCREWEXTRUSION: COMPUTATIONALAND EXPERIMENTAL
VALIDATION, Dr. Joao Maia, Case
Western Reserve University, USA
Oral Talks
OC031 BIREFRINGENCE
CONTROL OF POLYMERIC FILMS
BY ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE
AND ITS OPTICAL APPLICATION,
Hikaru Shimada, Japan Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology,
Japan
OC032 PREPARATION OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL GREENHOUSE
COVER FILM WITH UVFILTRATION, NIR REFLECTION
AND GOOD LIGHT DIFFUSION,
Duangruthai Srinin, National Metal
and Materials Technology Center,
ThailandOC033 STRESS-OPTICALBEHAVIOR OF AMORPHOUS
FILMS DURING TWO-STEP UNIAXIAL STRETCHING AND
SEQUENTIAL BI-AXIAL
STRETCHING PROCESSES, Dr.
Wataru Takarada, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology, Japan
OC034 CO2 LASERPERFORATION OF
POLYPROPYLENE FILMSPREPARED BY SIMULTANEOUS
BIAXIAL STRETCHING, Charinee
Winotapun, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology, Japan
OC035 ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULE
WEIGHT POLYETHYLENEFILTRATION MATERIALS, Dr.
Yongfei Sun, Shanghai ResearchInstitute of Chemical Industry &State Key Laboratory of Polyolefins
and Catalysis, China

Tuesday 8 November 2016
07:45 18:30

Registration open, Skyline Lounge, 4th floor, Rydges on Swanston Hotel
Skyline RoomPlenary Lectures
8:30 9:10

Session Chair: Prof Sati Bhattacharya, RMIT University
PL003 BIOPOLYMERS AND REACTIVE PROCESSING, Dr. Jinghua Yin, Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry,China

9:10 9:50
9:50 10:15

PL004 DISRUPTION AND INNOVATION TOOLS Evan Shellshear, Ebex
Tea Break and exhibition, Skyline Lounge
Horizon Room

10:15 10:40

Panorama and Vista Room

Session D1: Extrusion, Compounding andFilms continued

Session D2: Advanced Molding Processes

Session Chair: Prof. Takeshi Kikutani, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology, Japan
Keynote Presentation

Session Chair: Dr. Trung Nghia Phan, Hanoi University of
Science and Technology, Vietnam
Keynote Presentation

KN014 BIAXIAL STRETCHABILITY AND FILM
THICKNESS UNIFORMITY OF POLYPROPYLENE,
Dr. Toshitaka Kanai, KT Polymer, Japan

KN015 GF/PP INJECTION MOLDING BY DFFIM, Prof.
Hiroyuki Hamada, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan

Oral Talks

Oral Talks

10:40 10:55

OC036 YALLOURN POWER STATION FLOODING
CASE STUDY INTO THE VERSATILITY OF PE100
PIPES, Philip Adetunji, Qenos Pty Ltd.

OC041 PREDICTING THE SHAPE AND BOND STRENGTH
OF INJECTION OVERMOLDED STAMP FORMEDCOMPOSITES, Dr. Franco Costa, Autodesk, Inc.

10:55 –
11:10

OC037 WET SPINNING OF PAN-BASED POLYMERSMADE BY RAFT TECHNOLOGY, Dr. Jasjeet Kaur,
CSIRO

OC042 NEW RESINS FOR 3D PRINTING OF RAPID
PROTOTYPES, Dr. Timothy Hughes, CSIRO Manufacturing

11:10 –
11:25

OC038 LAMELLAR THICKENING AND THE
RESULTANT ABNORMAL MELTING BEHAVIOR OF
ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE FILMS, Prof. Huihui
Li, Beijing University of Chemical and Technology,
China

OC043 NANOPOROUS OF PILLARS-LIKE STRUCTURE
OBTAINED BY POLYMER BLENDS - PRECISE MOLDINGSYSTEM, Paritat Muanchan, Research Center for GREEN
Materials and Advanced Processing (GMAP), Graduate
School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University,Japan

11:25 –
11:40

OC039 replaced by PP024 BIO-ACTIVE CLAY BASEDHDPE NANOCOMPOSITES: A POTENTIALFUNCTIONAL PLASTIC, Anasuya Roy, Indian Instituteof Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India

OC044 PHYSICAL REGERATION OF RECYCLED RESIN
AND APPLICATION TO THE REAL CONTAINERS AND
PACKAGING RESIN, Aya Tominaga, Fukuoka University,Japan

11:40 –
11:55

OC040 DEGRADABLE POLYMERIC NERVE GUIDESPRODUCED BY FIBRE EXTRUSION, KNITTING AND
ELECTROSPINNING. Prof. Mike O’Shea, CSIRO

OC045 EFFECTS OF MICROSTRUCTURE ON THE
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGH DENSITYPOLYETHYLENE FOR THE INJECTION MOLDINGAPPLICATION, Dr. Myung Han Lee, LG Chemical, Republicof Korea

11:55 12:55

Lunch and exhibition, Skyline Lounge
Panorama and Vista Room

12:55 13:20

13:20 13:45

Horizon Room

Session E1: A Special Symposium for Prof
Sati Bhattacharya

Session E2: Blends, Reactive Systems andElastomers continued

Session Chairs: , A/Prof. Nhol Kao, RMIT University
and Dr. Rahul Gupta, RMIT University
Keynote Presentations

Session Chair: Dr Wannee Chinsirikul,
National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), Thailand
Keynote Presentations
KN021 SUPER TOUGHNED BIODEGRADABLEPOLYLACTIDE BLENDS WITH NON-LINER COPOLYMERINTERFACIAL ARCHITECTURE OBTAINED VIA FACILE
IN-SITU REACTIVE COMPATIBILIZATION, Prof. Suprakas
Sinha Ray, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research,
South Africa
KN022 PHOTODEFORMABLE LIQUID CRYSTALPOLYMERS AND BIOINSPIRED APPLICATIONS, Prof.
Yanlei Yu, Department of Materials Science & State Key
Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan
University, China

KN016 THE MOLD IN THE FOCUS, Prof. ClemensHolzer, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria

KN017 EXTENSIONAL FLOW MIXING OFIMMISCIBLE POLYMERS WITH NANOPARTICLESTABILIZATION, Prof. Rakesh Gupta, West Virginia
University, USA

Tuesday 8 November 2016 continued
Oral talks
13:45 –
14:10

14:10 14:35

14:35 15:00

KN018 replaced by KN012 FABRICATION OF HIGHPERFORMANCE STEREOCOMPLEXEDPOLYLACTIDE PRODUCTS WITH GOOD OPTICAL
TRANSPARENCY VIA LOW-TEMPERATURE
SINTERING, Prof. Qiang Fu, Sichuan University, China

KN019 SMART MAGNETORHEOLOGICALSUSPENSIONS: FABRICATION,
CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION, Prof.
Hyoung Jin Choi, Inha University, Republic of Korea

KN020 INFLUENCE OF BLENDING, NUCLEATION
AND ANNEALING ON MORPHOLOGY AND
PROPERTIES OF INJECTION MOULDED POLY (LLACTIDE), Dr. Hans-Joachim Radusch, University
Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

15:00 15:25

13:45 14:00

14:00 –
14:15

14:15 –
14:30

14:30 –
14:45
14:45 –
15:00

OC047 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONOF NOVEL POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERSCROSSLINKED BY ROLYROTAXANES, Prof.
Hiroto Murakami, Nagasaki University, Japan
OC048 SURFACE CONSTRUCTION ON
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS WITH
MICRO/NANO-FABRICATION TOWARDS
BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION, Dr. Qiang Shi,
ChangChun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China
OC049 PHASE SEPARATION IN
THERMOPLASTIC PROTEIN/POLYESTERBLENDS, Matthew Smith, University of Waikato,
New ZealandOC050 SMALL- AND WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY
SCATTERING STUDIES ON METALLOCENEEPDM AND EBDM, Kiminori Uchida, Mitsui
Chemicals,inc., Japan

Tea Break and exhibition, Skyline Lounge
Panorama and Vista Room

Session F1: A Special Symposium for Prof Sati
Bhattacharya continued

15:25 15:50

OC046 NETWORK STRUCTURES AND
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF CROSSLINKED
METALLOCENE EPDM, Dr. Kazuki Mita, Mitsui
Chemicals, Inc., Japan

Session Chair: Prof. Clemens Holzer,
Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria, Prof. Hyoung Jin
Choi, Inha University, Republic of Korea
Keynote Presentations
KN023 ADVANCED PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIESFOR POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL) BASED FUNCTIONALMICRO/NANOCOMPOSITES, Prof Qi Wang, State Key
Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer
Research Institute of Sichuan University, China

Horizon Room

Session F2: Rheology and Advanced
Characterization
Session Chair: Dr. Joao Maia, Case Western Reserve
University, USA
Keynote Presentation
KN028 EVALUATION OF LONG-TERM PERFORMANCEOF PLASTIC PIPES FOR HOT WATER APPLICATION, Dr.
Hiroyuki Nishimura, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan

15:50 16:15

KN024 FORMATION AND SELF-ORGANIZATION OF
SURFACE NANODROPLETS TOWARDSPOLYMERIC MICROPATTERNS, Prof. Xuehua Zhang,(RMIT University)

KN029 APPLICATION OF HEAT TRANSFER CONTROL IN
THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER PROCESSING, Prof. Takushi
Saito, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

16:15 16:40

KN025 3D PRINTED BIODEGRADABLE CAGE FOR
THE TREATMENT OF SEGMENTAL BONE DEFECT,Prof. Shih-Jung Liu, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

16:15 –
16:30

16:40 17:05

KN026 POLY IONIC LIQUID BASED FLEXIBLEELECTROLYTE PLATFORM FOR CLEAN ENERGY:OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, Prof. Namita
Roy Choudhury, University of Adelaide

16:30 –
16:45

17:05 17:30

KN027 replaced by PP035 OPTIMIZATION OF ACIDHYDROLYSIS FOR NANOCRYSTALLINECELLULOSE PRODUCTION FROM RICE HUSKPULP USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD, Md.
Sakinul Islam, RMIT University
Oral Talk

16:45 –
17:45

Oral Talks
OC052 A TALE OF TWO MOTORS, Ashish
Kumar, MEP Instruments
OC053 THE POLYMORPHIC
CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOUR OF POLYMER
IN THE NANOPOROUS ANODIC ALUMINAOXIDE TEMPLATE, Dr. Xiaoli Sun, State Key
Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering,Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
CURRENT & FUTURE TRENDS IN PLASTICS
Panel Members:
David Francis - Marketing and Technology
Manager, Qenos
David Kenworthy - Managing Director, ZEZT andmember of Vinidex Executive Team
Mitchell Killeen, Director JV and BD Lyondell
BasellProf John Vlachopoulos , Mc Master University,
Canada17:30 17:45

OC051 A CASE STUDY IN CABLE EXTRUSION UNDERSTANDING RHEOLOGY WITHOUTRHEOMETERS?, Dr. Ivan Ivanov, Nexans Olex

18:30

Walk to Banquet (1.5km, approx. 15-20 minutes). Meet in Rydges on Swanston foyer.
Workshop Banquet, Ormond College
49 College Crescent, Parkville, Melbourne
Workshop Banquet sponsored by:

19:00

Wednesday 9 November 2016
07:45 13:00

Registration open, Skyline Lounge, 4th floor, Rydges on Swanston Hotel
Skyline RoomPlenary Lectures
Session Chair: Prof. Mike O'Shea, CSIRO
08:30 09:10

PL005 THE FUTURE OF MAKING THINGS, Matthew McKnight, Autodesk

09:10 09:50

PL006 ADAPTATION OF RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES AND BUSINESS MODELS FOR PLASTICS IN A
CIRCULAR ECONOMY, Edward Kosier, Nextek, UK

09:50 10:00
10:00 10:25

Acknowledgements / Vote of Thanks
Tea Break and exhibition, Skyline Lounge
Panorama and Vista Room

10:25 10:50

10:50 11:15

Horizon Room

Session G1: Textiles and Fibers

Session G2: Plastics in Electronics andEnergySession Chair: Prof. Rakesh Gupta, West Virginia
University, USA
Keynote Presentation

Session chair: Prof. Namita Roy Choudhury, Universityof Adelaide
Keynote Presentation

KN030 CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH-STRENGTHFIBERS, Prof. Takeshi Kikutani, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology, Japan

KN032 OXIDE BASED FLEXIBLE AND
STRETCHABLE SENSORS FOR WEARABLE
ELECTRONICS, A/Prof. Madhu Bhaskaran, Functional
Materials and Microsystems Research Group, RMIT
University

KN031 THERMOCHROMIC COMPOSITE FIBRESCONTAINING LIQUID CRYSTALS FORMED VIA MELTEXTRUSION, Prof. Mike O'Shea, CSIRO

KN033 ADVANCES IN DEVELOPMENT AND
CHARACTERISATION OF ANHYDROUS PROTONCONDUCTING POLYMER ELECTROLYTEMEMBRANES, Dr. Haijin Zhu, Deakin University

Oral Talks

Oral Talks

OC055 DIRECT PREPARATION OF NANOFIBER YARN
BY NEEDLELESS MELT ELECTROSPINNING WITHASSISTED SUCTION WIND AND ROTATINGCOLLECTOR, Dr. Haoyi Li, Beijing University of Chemical
Technology, China

OC059 PLATEAU TO POWER STATION TO
PADDOCK THE MIDLANDS IRRIGATION SCHEME,David Kenworthy, Zezt Pty Ltd.

11:30 –
11:45

OC056 3D NANO CAGE STRUCTURE OF
ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBER FOR HIGHPERFORMANCE AIR FILTER WITH EXTREMELY LOWPRESSURE LOSS, Prof. Seimei Shiratori, Keio University,
Japan

OC060 FABRICATION OF ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT
TRANSISTOR BASED ULTRAVIOLET SENSOR
USING AZOBENZENE-CONTAINING FILMS AS
GATE DIELECTRICS, Kang Eun Lee, Korea Instituteof Materials Science, Republic of Korea

11:45 –
12:00

OC057 CELLULOSE NANOFIBER ASSISTEDDISPERSION OF CELLULOSE
NANOCRYSTALS@POLYANILINE IN WATER AND ITSCONDUCTIVE FILMS, Prof. Chun Wei, Guilin University ofTechnology, China

12:00 –
12:15

OC058 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND
MICROSTRUCTURE OF POLYMER FILMS WITH LASERWELDING METHOD, A/Prof. Kazushi Yamada, Kyoto
Institute of Technology, Japan

11:15 11:30

Modelling and Simulation

12:15 13:05
13:05 19:00

OC061 DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR OF NOTCHED
THERMO-PLASTIC ELASTOMER SPECIMEN ANALYSIS OF YIELD STRESS - STRAIN RELATION-, Yumiko, Isogai, Toyobo Co. Ltd. Research Center,Japan

OC062 ADVANCED COOLING SIMULATIONTECHNOLOGIES FOR THE INJECTION MOLDINGPROCESS, Clinton Kietzmann, Autodesk Australia

Lunch and exhibition, Skyline Lounge
Optional Industry and Scientific Organisation visits to Qenos or CSIRO Geelong and Carbon Nexus
Everybody should board bus by 13:05.
Buses depart from Lincoln Square North (Restaurant side of Rydges on Swanston)