Seminar on conservation science

Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago Joint Seminar
"Soft materials and hard plastics in art: characterization,
    degradation and conservation"
Northwestern University
Thursday, November 15, 2012

"Soft materials and hard plastics in art: characterization,
degradation and conservation", co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation and the Northwestern University Materials Research
Science and Engineering Center (NU-MRSEC), will take place on
Thursday, November 15, 2012, in the Materials Science and
Engineering Conference Room, Cook Hall, Room 2058, on Northwestern
University's Evanston campus.

This event is part of a continuing seminar series on conservation
science, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through the
Art Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University Collaborative
Program in Conservation Science. The goal of these seminars is
twofold: to educate scientists and engineers on the opportunities
and unsolved problems in conservation science, and to inform
conservators, curators and conservation scientists on the techniques
and expertise available in science and engineering for solving
conservation science problems.

The full program is detailed below.

Participation is free, thanks to the generous support of the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation and the Materials Research Science and
Engineering Center of Northwestern University, but you need to
register in order to attend this seminar.

Please RSVP to mrc<-at->northwestern<.>edu by Monday, November 12, 2012.
Parking on the Northwestern campus requires a permit; if you plan on
driving, please request a permit and map when you RSVP. For more
information, you may call 847-491-3606.

    Katherine T. Faber
    Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
    Northwestern University
    2220 Campus Drive
    Evanston, IL 60208-3108
    847-491-2444
    Fax: 847-491-7820

    Francesca Casadio, PhD
    Andrew W. Mellon Senior Conservation Scientist
    The Art Institute of Chicago
    111 South Michigan Ave.
    60603-6110 Chicago
    312-857-7647
    Fax: 312-541-1959

Program

NU/AIC Seminar Series in Conservation Science
Materials Science and Engineering Conference Room
Cook Hall, Room 2058,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Program

    9:00am          Registration and coffee

    9:30am          Welcome

                    Katherine T. Faber, Northwestern University

    9:40am          David Yarusso
                    3M Company, Corporate Research Materials
                    Laboratory, St. Paul, MN

                    "Adhesive Types and Materials with an Eye to
                    Durability"

    10:25am         Linda Broadbelt
                    Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

                    "Mechanistic Models of Polymer Degradation
                    Chemistry"

    11:10am         Kenneth Shull
                    Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

                    "Don't touch! A non-contact method for measuring
                    the mechanical properties of paint coatings"

    12:00pm         Lunch

    1:45pm          Eric Breitlung
                    Library of Congress, Washington DC

                    "Non-destructive identification of polymeric
                    binder degradation in audio and video tapes"

    2:30pm          Yvonne Shashoua
                    National Museum of Denmark, Department of
                    Conservation

                    "Conservation Adsorbents: How effective are they
                    for plastics?

    3:15pm          Keynote speaker: Thea van Oosten
                    Cultural Heritage
                    Agency of the Netherlands (RCE), Amsterdam

                    "Conservation Research: a way to understand
                    plastics"

    4:15pm          Q&A

    4:30pm          Concluding remarks


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