Dr. Michael Van De Mark,
Director
Missouri S&T Coatings Institute
BOM Building #2
651 W. 13th Street
Rolla, Missouri 65409-1020
Phone: (573) 341-4882 or 4419
mvandema@mst.edu
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Missouri S&T Coatings Institute has developed a Technology Bulletin which will go via e-mail. It was developed for the paint and coatings industry and will have a wealth of information for quick and easy access.
Each edition contains explanations of technical concepts which can be confusing or technical updates of interest to the coatings industry.
Each edition is archived below for referral at anytime.
Vol 1 Issue 1 Inaugural Issue
Vol 1 Issue 2 Coalescent Aid Breakthrough Patented
Vol 1 Issue 3 Dr. Delbert Day Inducted to National Academy of Engineers
Vol 1 Issue 4 Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach
Vol 1 Issue 5 Distinguished Professor Award to Dr. James Stoffer
Vol 1 Issue 6 Polyaniline as a corrosion inhibitor-Fact or Myth
Vol 1 Issue 7 QC/QA Data also Adhesion
Vol 1 Issue 8 Flash Rust
Vol 1 Issue 9 Corrosion 101
Vol 1 Issue 10 Corrosion 102 Surface Coating
Vol 2 Issue 1 Color Formulation
Vol 2 Issue 2 Degredation of Organic Coatings by Natural Weathering
Vol 2 Issue 3 Stain Evaluation and Freeze-Thaw Cycling
Vol 2 Issue 4 Intern Sponsorship, Mica Usage, and Drying Factors
Vol 2 Issue 5 Short Course Dates, Slip, and Water Borne Foam
Vol 2 Issue 6 Green Chemistry Award, Mud Cracking, and Side Bonding
Vol 2 Issue 7 Atlas Donation, Natural and Accelerated Weathering Testing
Vol 2 Issue 8 New Chair, Hide and PVC, Employee Cleanliness
Vol 2 Issue 9 Adhesion to Plastic and Profile Measurements
Vol 3 Issue 1 Special Effect Pigments
Special Edition New Short Course Offering!
Vol 3 Issue 2 Adhesion Testing
Vol 3 Issue 3 Fall Short Course Dates, Algaier Professional Degree, and Film Thickness
Vol 3 Issue 4 Fall and Spring Short Course Dates, See you at ICE, Measuring Gloss, and Inter-coat Adhesion
Vol 3 Issue 5 Fall, Spring, and Summer Short Course Dates, ICE, Honorary Degree, and the Coatings System
Vol 3 Issue 6 Short Course Dates, ICE Wrap-up, and the Glass Transition Temperature
Vol 4 Issue 1 Influence of Temperature, Time and Air Quality on Ambient Cure Coatings
Vol 4 Issue 2 Short Courses, Kia Alavi receives Outstanding Alumnae Award, Atom Transfer Polymerization
Vol 4 Issue 3 Short Courses, Percent Solids, and Light Scattering
NameChange UMR Name Change Announcement
Vol 5 Issue 1 Short Course Dates, Weinert Receives ACS Award, Epoxy Powder Coatings
Vol 5 Issue 2 Name Change, American Coatings Show, Nanoscale Pigments
Vol 5 Issue 3 Thixotropy
Vol 5 Issue 4 November Short Course, 2K Curing
Vol 6 Issue 1 Spring Short Course Dates, Gloss Reduction, pH Drift, Elastomer Elongation Measurement
Vol 6 Issue 2 Summer and Fall Short Course Dates, Edible Coatings on Cut Fruit
Vol 6 Issue 3 Spring and Summer Short Course Dates, Review : ATR-IR Spectroscopy for the Coatings Industry
Vol 6 Issue 4 Fall Short Courses Dates, Effect of Tg on gloss of emulsion paint, A Quick “Touch” on Computer and Related Screen Coatings
Vol 7 Issue 1 Short Courses Dates, Application of hollow microspheres in coatings
Vol 7 Issue 2 Short Courses Dates, Physical Vapor Deposition Aluminum (PVDA): A special class of effect pigments
Vol 7 Issue 3 Short Courses Dates, Moisture Scavengers for Urethane Coatings, Alliance for Advanced Coatings Research Donation
Vol 7 Issue 4 Short Courses Dates, New employment tab, Some unconventional testing methods for coatings
Vol 8 Issue 1 Short Courses Dates, Employment tab, To Restore or Not to Restore; Analytical Techniques Lend a Hand
Vol 8 Issue 2 Short Courses Dates, Employment Tab, what factors are important in panel preparation for corrosion testing?
Vol 8 Issue 3 Short Courses Dates, Employment Tab, Powder Slurry Coatings.
Vol 8 Issue 4 Short Course Dates, Employment Tab, Selection Criteria for Pigmented UV Cure Coatings
Vol 9 Issue 1 Short course Dates, American Coatings Show, Emplayment Tab, The Formation of Benard Cells
Vol 9 Issue 2 Short course Dates, Emplayment Tab, What a big difference the particle size can make:Latex, waterborne urethane, water reducible resin
Vol 9 Issue 3 Short course Dates, Emplayment Tab, Organic Corrosion Inhibitors: Factors that affect the inhibition efficiency of organic molecules
Vol 10 Issue 1 Short course Dates, Emplayment Tab, Visible Light Curing of Coatings
Vol 10 Issue 2 Short course Dates, Emplayment Tab, General Fire Retarding Methods