Eric Baer

Eric Baer is the Leonard Case Jr. Professor in the Dept. of Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Director of the Center for Layered Polymeric Systems (CliPS) NSF Science and Technology Center at Case Western Reserve University.

His honors include the Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, American Society of Engineering Education, 1968; Centennial Scholar, The Johns Hopkins University, 1976; Annual Award of the Thermoplastic Materials and Foams Division, Society of Plastics Engineers, 1979; Distinguished Alumnus Award, The Johns Hopkins University, 1979; International Award of the Society of Plastics Engineers, 1980; Borden Award in the Chemistry of Plastics and Coatings, American Chemical Society, 1981; Meritorious Service Award of the Case Alumni Association, 1982; International Education Award of the Society of Plastics Engineers, 1991; Doctor of Sciences "honoris causa" of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Chemistry) June 28, 1993; Paul J. Flory Education Award, American Chemical Society, March 27, 1996; Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize, Case Western Reserve University, 1998; Roon Foundation Award, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology and Coatings Industry Education Fund, 1999.

He was inducted into The Plastics Hall of Fame, June 22, 2000.

Research interests: Irreversible microdeformation mechanisms; pressure effects on morphology and mechanical properties; relationships between hierarchical structure and mechanical function; mechanical properties of soft connective tissue; polymer composites and blends; polymerization crystallization on crystalline surfaces; viscoelastic properties of polymer melts; damage and fracture analysis of polymers, and micro- and nanolayered composites. Eric Baer is Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science. He has edited five books and published over 550 research papers.

Phil Coates

Professor Phil Coates BSc ARCS MSc PhD FREng FIMechE FIMMM CEng

Phil is a Physics graduate (Imperial College), London; his PhD research was on solid phase deformation processing of polymers (Leeds University).
Phil Coates is Pro Vice Chancellor for Research & Knowledge Transfer, and Professor of Polymer Engineering at the University of Bradford, UK. He is Director of the internationally recognised Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Polymer Science and Technology, with some 50 researchers at Bradford involved at the leading edge of in-process measurements for process monitoring, analysis and control, and computer modelling. He is also Director of the Polymer Centre of Industrial Collaboration, and the International Centre for Micro & Nano Moulding. The research targets high value polymer products for a range of sectors – optical, healthcare technology (e.g. bioresorbable polymers for orthopaedic applications) pharmaceuticals processing, automotive and advanced materials developments, including nanocomposites and reactive grafting. His research has substantial support (over £24 million total grants and contracts) from UK Government sources and industry, with over 100 companies collaborating in the research programmes from the USA, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Japan. Similary, the research involves strong international cooperation in the UK, Europe, N America, Japan and China. He leads the new Science Bridges China project – a government sponsored collaboration (currently around £3.4m total UK and China support) with 11 Chinese Universities focussed on innovation in healthcare technologies, based around an open innovation platform.
Prof Coates is a director of Medilink (Y&H) Ltd and until recently was a director of Cogent SSC Ltd. He is a member of the Yorkshire Universities Executive Management Group, and chairs the Leeds City Region (LCR) Innovation Task Group, and is a member of the LCR Economic Drivers and Innovation Panel. He was honoured by the award of the Institute of Materials (IOM3) Netlon Gold Medal for Innovation in Polymer Processing (2000), the Plastics Industry Award for personal contribution to the industry in 2006, and the IOM3 Swinburne Award (2008).
He has published extensively - some 280 papers, in scientific journals and has co-authored 4 books, and edited 10 books. He is Chief Editor of the IoM3 international journal, Plastics, Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering. Prof Coates was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1995. He is married, with four children and two grandchildren; in addition to family, his chief interests are in music, and computers.

Web sites: www.polyeng.com is the gateway web site to Prof Coates’ laboratories at Bradford;

and www.polymerirc.org which is the central Polymer IRC website.

Heinz Kück

Nozomu Mishima

Nozomu Mishima is the leader of the Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing Research Group at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan.

Research interests:

Robust Design of Machine Tools and Development of a Design Supporting Tool Development of Miniature Manufacturing System and its Efficiency Analysis Eco-efficiency Evaluation and Re-design of Manufacturing Processes Development of a supporting method of eco-business idea generation Development and Eco-efficiency Analysis of Micro Machining Methods

Education:

1988 Master of Engineering,Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Tokyo 1986 Bachelor of Engineering Department of Engineering Synthesis, The University of Tokyo

Working Experience:

2006.4 – present Leader, Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing Research Group, Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

2001.4-2006.3 Senior Researcher, Fine Manufacturing Research Group Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

1997.1-1997.12 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, USA

1988.4-2001.3 Researcher, Manufacturing Machinery Section, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, MITI.

Contact address:
Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing Research Group
Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
1-2 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8564 JAPAN

Email: Nozomu Mishima

Herman Schoo

Herman Schoo is the Program manager in the Holst Centre of the strategic program “Sensor Tags & Systems” where combinations of organic, large area electronic device technology is investigated. He was recently appointed as Senior Research Fellow of TNO.

Areas of Expertise

Synthesis of high quality (semi-)conducting materials for polymer/organic devices; - Physics and mathematical modeling of new devices based on the relationship between molecular structure and material properties; - Semiconducting polymers, to produce plastic electronic components, such as field effect transistors, organic solar cells, and polymer light emitting diodes; - Applications of organic semi-conducting devices - Process technology involved in manufacture of organic electronics

Career History

1992-1999: From february 1992 involved as a polymer chemist in several multidisciplinary projects at the Philips Research Laboratories. These included the development of polycarbonates that do not show stress-induced birefringence, the synthesis of (block) copolymers that can be used in the steric stabilization of water-based colloidal suspensions of (for instance) metal oxides, and the development of (semi-)conducting polymers. Developed PPV materials that were later commercialized by Covion (now Merck). Was involved in setup of PolyLED Business Unit at Philips, resulting in a pilot production unit in Heerlen, being the first commercial producer of polymer light emitting diodes.

1999-2005: From February 1999 at TNO Industrial Technology and as research fellow of the Dutch Polymer Institute to set up a group, working on semi-conducting polymers and devices. This encompassed Organic LEDs, Transistors, Solar Cells and Sensors based on organic devices, involving around 20 researchers. Involved as Chief Technology Officer in a startup-company, “Orgatronics”, aiming at pre-production support and pilot production of organic electronic device applications. Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Plastic Electronics Conference. Lecturer in a number of Top Technology Courses on polymer Electronics. Co-organizer of the International Conference on Organic Electronics. Involved in setup of the Holst Centre at the Eindhoven High Tech Campus. Currently, this is one of the leading institutes in the field of Organic and Large Area Device Technology

Publications

90 publications, mainly on chemistry, physics, lifetime and application of organic semiconductor
60 invited lectures
30 patents

Alexander Stuck

Dr. Alexander Stuck is currently head of CSEM BASEL. He is an expert in nano-optics and replication technologies. He has a track record of successful collaboration with industry leaders in brand protection and optical microsystems.

Before joining CSEM he was responsible for the development and production of DVD-recorders and managed a successful turnaround of a microtechnology company as CEO. He also worked as a project leader and industry consultant for larger technological companies.

Dr. Alexander Stuck has a successful academic track record in optics and nanotechnology and received the first research award by the Swiss Physical Society (SPG-Preis) in 1991, sponsored by IBM, for his work on nano-technology and holography.