Please join us for our 2026 Educational Symposium on October 20, 2026 at the Iacocca Conference Center – Lehigh University

Registration: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/yxdrqp6/lp/4c06efea-704d-45d0-874c-6250ec474670

Event Details:
When: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM Tuesday October 20
Where: Lehigh University – Iacocca Conference Center, 2 nd floor at the Wood Dining Room

8:30 – 9:00 AM | Arrival, Light Breakfast & Registration
Check-in, coffee, light breakfast, and informal networking

9:00 – 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks
Welcome from PSE / Lehigh University, MARPG

9:10 – 10:30 AM | Morning Technical Session
Keynote / Invited Talk (9:10–9:50 AM) – Elsa Reichmanis, Lehigh University -Institute for Functional Materials

9:50 – 10:20 AM | Morning Technical Session
Toby Samples, President/CTO- Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. ARDL –Developing a Viscoelastic & Dynamic understanding of Rubber

10:20 – 10:40 AM | Coffee Break & Networking
Refreshments and networking

10:40 AM – 11:20 PM | Technical Session II
Dilip De –Senior Scientist Greene Tweed – “NFS-FKM and PFAS-Free EPM Elastomer Materials for Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Applications”

11:20 AM – 11:40 PM |Technical Session III
Evan S. – Product Manager McLube® – Optimizing Semi-Permanent and Sacrificial Release Agents For Manufacturing Excellence.

MidAtlantic Rubber and Plastics Group Corporate Member Talks (11:40–12:00 PM)

12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch & Networking
Catered lunch

1:00 – 2:00 PM | Student Poster Session & Networking
Student posters from PSE and related programs, coffee and dessert service

2:00 – 3:20 PM | Afternoon Technical Session

Academic Talk (2:00–2:40 PM) Prof. Ou-Yang, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University Emulsion Polymers Institute

2:40 – 3:20 PM
Alyssa Arend – Customer Engineer – Syensqo (formerly Solvay) “Injection Molding and Special Considerations Needed for High Melt Temperature Thermoplastics”.

3:20 – 3:30 PM | Closing Remarks
Summary, acknowledgments, and adjourn, coffee and snack to go

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