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Rheology BulletinVol. 67, No. 1 (January 1998)Rakesh Gupta, Editor |
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Rheology BulletinVol. 67, No. 1 (January 1998)Rakesh Gupta, Editor |
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Executive Committee - 1995-97
Committees
Rheology Short CourseA two-day short course on Extensional Rheology of Polymer Melts and Solutions will be offered in Monterey, October 3-4, 1998. Course content includes a discussion, with appropriate applications, of the available experimental techniques for measuring the extensional properties of polymer solutions and melts. Also to be discussed are constitutive equations relevant for describing these properties and their importance in the computational modeling of polymer processing operations. Professors D.G. Baird, G.H. McKinley and D.F. James are the course instructors. A complete description and registration information will be included in the July 1998 issue of the Rheology Bulletin. 70th Annual Meeting
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| Technical Program Chairs | |
| Patrick T. Mather Air Force Research Lab AFRL/MLBP, Bldg. 654 2941 P St., Ste 1 Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7750 (937) 255-9152; Fax: (937) 255-9157 e-mail: matherpt@ml.wpafb.af.mil Ralph
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| Local Arrangement Chair | |
| Gerald G. Fuller Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-5025 (650) 723-9243; Fax: (650) 725-7294 e-mail: ggf@chemeng.stanford.edu |
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Companies involved with rheological instrumentation will exhibit their products at the annual meeting.
A poster session will be held in Monterey. Abstracts should be submitted using the web-based procedure by August 21, 1998. The session chair is:
| Susan J. Muller Department of Chemical Engineering University of California Berkley, CA 94720 510-642-4525; 510-642-4778 (fax) muller2@socrates.berkeley.edu |
The City of Monterey sits in the heart of the celebrated Monterey Bay that is home to John Steinbeck's historic Cannery Row, dozens of fine restaurants and shops, and the wondrous sea life of the world-renown Monterey Bay Aquarium. Visitors to this region can take advantage of the spectacular coastline of Northern California, championship golf at 17 courses (including famous Pebble Beach), and the charm of Carmel-by-the-Sea. The Monterey Marriott is located adjacent to the Fisherman's Wharf area of the City and has recently been extensively rennovated and updated. Its facilities include fine restaurants, pools, and exercise facilities.
Monterey can be reached within 1.5 hours by car from San Francisco, or directly using its excellent regional airport. The Monterey Peninsula Airport is serviced by American, Northwest, Delta, United, and US Air. Many flights utilize standard, jet aircraft and the incremental cost to add Monterey to a flight itinery is normally quite modest.
October is a peak tourist month for the Monterey area and the climate is generally very pleasant. For this reason, attendees to the 70th Annual Meeting are advised to book their travel arrangements as early as possible.
Additional information are available from Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce at http://www.mpcc.com/ and Monterey Marriott at http://www.marriott.com/marriott/MRYCA/.
Registration and housing forms, and other information on the Monterey meeting will be included in the July Bulletin and will be available at this web site.
G. Marrucci will give a plenary lecture entitled, "Recent Progress in the Theory of Entangled Polymers in Fast Flows," while Steve Granick will speak on "Interfacial Rheology."
Authors wishing to present a paper in Monterey should submit an abstract by May 15, 1998. The preferred medium for submitting the abstract is through the World Wide Web using the SOR abstract submission page. Otherwise abstracts submitted via e-mail or on the abstract form should be sent to the Technical Program chair, P.T. Mather, with a copy to the appropriate symposium chair. The planned symposia and their organizers follow:
| 1. Extensional and Elongational Flows | David James Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Toronto Toronto, ON M5S 1A4, CANADA 416-978-3049; 416-978-7753 (fax) e-mail: david.james@utoronto.ca Gareth McKinley Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Pierce Hall 316 Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-5167; 617-495-9837 (fax) e-mail: gareth@stokes.harvard.edu |
| 2. Rheology and Microstructure of Electro- and Magneto- Rheological Fluids | Jon Bender LORD Corporation Materials Division 110 Lord Drive Cary, NC 27511 919-469-2500 x2433; 919-460-9648 (fax) e-mail: jonathan_bender@lord.com |
| 3. Viscoelastic Processing Flows: Theory and Experiment | Albert Co Department of Chemical Engineering University of Maine 5737 Jenness Hall Orono, ME 04469-5737 207-581-2282; 207-581-2323 (fax) e-mail: albertco@maine.maine.edu Bamin Khomami Department of Chemical Engineering Washington University Campus Box 1087 St. Louis, MO 63130 314-935-6065, 314-935-7211 (fax) e-mail: bam@wuche2.wustl.edu |
| 4. Analytical and Numerical Solutions to Flow Problems | Michael Renardy Mathematics Department Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0123 540-231-6549; 540-231-5960 (fax) e-mail: renardym@math.vt.edu |
| 5. Interfacial Rheology and Rheological Modifiers | Shi-Qing Wang Department of Macromolecular Science Rm. 342, Kent Hale Smith Building Case School of Engineering Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216-368-6374; 216-368-4202 (fax) e-mail: sxw13@po.cwru.edu Stuart Kurtz Union Carbide Corporation P.O. Box 670 Bound Brook, NJ 08805 732-563-5981; 732-563-5452 (fax) e-mail: kurtzsj@ucarb.com |
| 6. Polymer Friction, Slippage, and Dynamics Near Surfaces | Lynden Archer Texas A&M University Chemical Engineering Department Zachry Engineering Center Rm 335D College Station, TX 77843-3122 409-847-8766; 409-845-6446 (fax) e-mail: l-archer@tamu.edu |
| 7. Coupling Flow and Order in Fluids | Lynn Walker Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 412-268-3020; 412-268-7139 (fax) e-mail: lwalker+@andrew.cmu.edu |
| 8. Rheology of Solids | Andre Lee Department of Materials Science and Mechanics 3536 Engineering Building Michigan State University E. Lansing, MI 48824-1226 517-355-5112; 517-353-9842 (fax) e-mail: leea@egr.msu.edu Gregory McKenna Bldg 224, Rm A209 NIST Polymers Division Gaithersburg, MD 20899 301-975-6752; 301-977-2018 (fax) e-mail: gregory.mckenna@nist.gov |
| 9. Rheology Education | A. Jeffrey Giacomin Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572 608-262-7473; 608-265-2316 (fax) e-mail: giacomin@engr.wisc.edu |
| 10. Polymers with Novel Architecures | Patrick T. Mather Air Force Research Lab AFRL/MLBP, Bldg. 654 2941 P St., Ste 1 Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7750 937-255-9152; 937-255-9157 (fax) e-mail: matherpt@ml.wpafb.af.mil Michael Mackay Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Queensland St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, AUSTRALIA 61-7-3365-4171 (or 3708); 61-7-3365-4199(fax) e-mail: m.mackay@cheque.uq.oz.au |
| 11. New Experimental Methods | Rangaramanujam M. Kannan Dept. Chemical Engineering Wayne State University 1118 Engineering Bldg. Detroit, MI 48202 313-577-3879; 313-577-3810 (fax) e-mail: rkannan@chem1.eng.wayne.edu |
| 12. Solutions and Coating Rheology | Eric S.G. Shaqfeh Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University 207 Stauffer III Stanford, CA 94305-5025 650-723-3764;650-723-9780 (fax) email: eric@chemeng.stanford.edu L.E. "Skip" Scriven Department of Chemical Engineering University of Minnesota 151 Amundson Hall 421 Washington Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-625-1058; 612-626-7246 (fax) e-mail: pjensen@cems.umn.edu |
| 13. Jet Breakup, Atomization and Spraying of Non-Newtonian Liquids | Chuck Manke Department of Chemical Engineering Wayne State University 1118 Engineering Bldg. Detroit, MI 48202 (313) 577-3849; 313-577-3810 (fax) e-mail: cmanke@chem1.eng.wayne.edu David V. Boger D.V. Boger and Associates 71-73 Baker Rd. Harkaway, Victoria 3806, AUSTRALIA 61-3-344-7440; 61-3-344-4153 (fax) e-mail: david_boger.chem_eng@muwaye.unimelb.edu.au |
| 14. Suspensions and Emulsions | Norman J. Wagner Department of Chemical Engineering University of Delaware Colburn Laboratory Newark, DE 19716 302-831-8079; 302-831-4466 (fax) e-mail: wagner@che.udel.edu |
| 15. General Session | Wesley R. Burghardt Department of Chemical Engineering Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208 847-467-1401; 847-491-3728 (fax) w-burghardt@nwu.edu |
Our July Bulletin includes, under the entries for the Executive Committee of the Society of Rheology, the following one:
Treasurer: Edward A. Collins
That’s NOT CORRECT!
The entry given is not one of editorial or other error; indeed such an entry has appeared on every Bulletin for an entire quarter century, and Society members have voted for Edward Collins as their treasurer a total of 13 times. But, even in the recollections of several elderly writers whose remembrances of events long past is better than those of recent encounters have we ever known him to act merely as treasurer. He was, on behalf of the Society:
The experienced individual who could negotiate fiercely with hotels for better rates for accommodations as well as for meeting rooms.
The consistent guardian of the Society’s resources who insisted that Executive Committee members should be sufficiently devoted to the office to which each was elected to use their own (professional or personal) resources to cover the costs of attending committee meetings.
The rheologist who ensured that our short courses were populated sufficiently to cover all expenses, and sometimes more — by calling industrial friends and urging them to enroll themselves and their associates on those numerous occasions when preliminary registration levels were a cause for concern.
The investor of our Society’s modest reserves in financial instruments which were not only safe but which paid far higher interest rates than AIP was able to obtain for us.
The charterer of aircraft (when this was in vogue and possible) to enable Society members to attend overseas congresses at low cost.
The persistent "concerned citizen" who believed a better balance between industrial and academic presentations and publications was important for the welfare of the organization.
AND ALSO
The Treasurer.
Not all these activities — e.g. the first two — earned him encomia from those with whom he worked. But they all contributed to the functioning and continuity of this Society when our reserves were so modest that a single major slip could entirely terminate our existence, and a sequence of only two or three minor ones would do likewise.
Many members of this Society, the writers included, have profited from association with committed unpaid professionals. Indeed, the functioning and the strengths of most professional organizations depend upon just such commitments. But do any of us know even a single individual whose devotion to, and love for, his profession exceeds that enumerated above? In recognition of the love for our Society shown by Ed Collins several of us, during an especially dreary Executive Committee meeting a few years ago, sought refuge in the spirits of Gilbert and Sullivan and penned the following quasi-quatrain:
He is the very model of a treasurer tried
and true
The guardian of our cash whether it be old or new:
Investing it with wisdom at the highest interest rate.
We’ll not be paupers ever with Ed’s hand on the gate.
No president could challenge Ed’s
empyrean reach
Of the economic facts of life which he alone could teach.
Executive decisions might drift us to and fro
But Ed’s hand on the tiller kept us in the dough.
Of course, no human activity is awash in unbounded joys and free of all difficulties. Chartering of aircraft to reduce travel costs is a case in point -- wherein we experienced problems as well as savings. Let us consider an event which Debbie Cook, the Journal’s editorial assistant for many years, and the editor experienced about eight years ago. We were visiting the AIP publishing center in Woodbury, Long Island, to help in assessing the wisdom of moving responsibility for printing the Journal from John Wiley to AIP. An informative meeting with the principals there was followed by a tour of the actual publishing plant. As we proceeded, we were astonished to have a publishing employee rush up to us with the words, "I so wanted to meet the Society of Rheology representatives, to thank them for what they did for me at the time of the 1972 International Congress in France." His story was compelling.
The commercial airlines were very wary of revenue losses to charter operations, and accordingly the law restricted charters to "pre-existing members and employees of an organization or club." Since all of us are members of AIP, it was possible for AIP employees to avail themselves of the charter, and this man did — he had never been to Europe before and this charter offered a unique opportunity to do so. After the plane took off, an individual whom he did not know introduced himself on the PA system as the Society’s organizer of the charter and stated he had a financial problem to bring to the attention of all on board. The captive audience, perhaps expecting an unanticipated fare increase, evidently greeted the speaker with considerably less than excessive exuberance. "It is this," he went on to say "In setting the fare, we assumed the plane would be far less than filled. Since we did nearly fill the entire plane, we received more money than needed and so I’ll return the difference to you now." He then proceeded to walk down the aisle of the plane, handing everyone a bill of large denomination! And so most of the passengers were very happy indeed. Not all charters turned out that way. As one example of this, the same printer was informed, when he wished to sign up for a subsequent one, that the legal restrictions now extant required formal membership in the Society. So he joined us! However, the charter was subsequently canceled, and so he did not receive this second expected benefit from his membership. He did, however, receive the Journal and Bulletin issues for the year and felt these to be so valuable that he now wished to return them to us.
None of the writers of this tribute was actually present on this charter flight and cannot verify the implicit suggestion that the generous cash-disbursing individual was indeed Ed Collins. However, as he did arrange several later charters, and was the treasurer in 1972, it seems quite likely that he was involved in this episode. In any event, "the story is such vintage Ed Collins material," several 1972 members advised, that it should be included in this narrative. If the attribution is incorrect, perhaps the actual organizer can be identified as the story may be worth saving in the lore of this Society.
Ed Collins was born and grew up in Winnipeg, a city located just barely below Canada’s "green line" marking the northern boundary beyond which the growing season is too short for cultivation of cereal grains. Perhaps it was his residency in this region which enabled him to greet imperfect suggestions for the future of the Society with a stare as icy as the nearby tundra. And, adopting some of the life-styles of the Crees and Assiniboines who were the original inhabitants of the region, as well as among his neighbors, he became an ardent hunter and fisherman. Perhaps a part of this heritage, and the constant coping with a hostile climate, is what has helped him to develop the ability to love and to commit which he has shown this society -- clearly the "tough love" (to use a current phrase) which we needed to survive and prosper.
Derived from this culture too is his gastronomical love for game and fish dishes. And, like Ed, many of us who share that interest are willing to pay the price necessary, at least occasionally, to enjoy such foods in truly great restaurants. But can anyone match Ed’s payment of $800 for a single duck -- and this a bird with the feathers still on it! What an esoteric epicurean you must be, Ed!! To say nothing about your generosity in then donating this uniquely expensive culinary delight to the Manitoba game warden who brought its true value to your attention. So one sees that Ed Collins, ever the careful conservator of Society of Rheology resources, may also be an inherently generous individual in his personal encounters.
What of the future? Will the inspirational commitment and tough love you gave this society, Ed, be remembered and adopted by your successors on the Society’s Executive Committee? We believe you can be assured of this. Indeed, if your commitment was honed in part by the harsh subarctic environment in which you lived during your youth, just imagine the tough love we might be receiving two years from now with a president who lived 900 km further north than you did! Do be assured, too, that as we await future developments we’d like to do so in your company; we look forward to your continued participation in our meetings, and our friendships, for many years to come.
Comments prepared by: Arthur B. Metzner
with the assistance of numerous colleagues.
The 1997 Journal of Rheology Publication Award has gone to I. Vinckier, P. Moldenaers, and J. Mewis for their paper entitled, "Relationship between rheology and morphology of model blends in steady shear," and published in the Journal of Rheology, 40, 613 (1996). The award was presented at the banquet at the Columbus meeting of the Society.
The Society of Rheology is again offering grants to support the cost of public transportation to the annual meeting of the Society to graduate student members of the Society. Details concerning eligibility, application procedure and application deadline may be found on the web page of the Society: http://www.umecheme.maine.edu/sor/
Donald Chapman Bogue passed away at the age of 65 in Knoxville on November 11, 1997. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee, retiring in the spring of 1997 from the Chemical Engineering Department after 37 years of service. During his career at the University of Tennessee, Professor Bogue, also a Professor in Materials Science and Engineering for a number of years, directed the research of more than 30 graduate students, primarily in the areas of rheology and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics. He received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his Ph.D., also in chemical engineering, from the University of Delaware. Prior to his graduate work, he was employed by Esso Standard Oil and the U.S. Army. He received several teaching awards at the University of Tennessee. In 1967 he won the Colburn award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and in 1987 he was elected a Fellow of the Institute. Professor Bogue maintained close ties with industry and was a consultant for several major industries and laboratories. In the 1970’s he developed a strong interest in Japanese culture and language and spent three years as a visiting professor at Kyoto University. He also encouraged American students to study in Japan, and, due to his efforts, several American graduate students conducted research at Japanese Universities.
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