The Waterborne Symposium 2025

Check In, Registration and Continental Breakfast
The mezzanine level is accessible by elevator only.

The mezzanine level is accessible by elevator only. 

Dr. James W. Rawlins
Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering
Course Purpose: 
To provide entry level chemists in the coatings industry an understanding of the principles involved in formulating coatings.
Course Description:
Coating manufacture is challenging. This course will provide gains in understanding in selecting and processing raw materials, compositional ratios of raw materials, and concepts in coating volume and mass relationships. Developing suitable formulations requires specialized knowledge of structure-property-performance relationships, processing variables, raw materials, substrate-coating relationships, regulatory limits, customer cure capabilities, coatings calculations, environmental conditions, testing protocols, and a variety of practical troubleshooting skills. The hands-on examples and lectures are coordinated to provide a quick but comprehensive overview of the fundamentals.

Who should attend: 
The first day’s course material is ideal for fresh entrants into the coatings industry who are not fully conversant with the basic components of coatings.  The technical content of this course will supplement the material covered in our other short courses.