The Waterborne Symposium 2025

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. Often protective and decorative coatings formulations require an iterative series of ladder studies.   Formulating requires raw materials knowledge, processing and preparation skills for production, math for calculations, and physics to discern hiding, loading, ratios of raw materials used with each substrate, cure profile, and environmental conditions. The short course will reinforce formulation building through lectures and mobile laboratories experiments.
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Who should attend: 
This short course is a general course covering major paint and coating types presented at a fundamental technical level and is designed for entry-level chemists to the coatings industry that desire total immersion for paint and coatings production, selection, design, and development.