Thursday, March 12, 2026
8:00 AM to 8:30
• Balancing Strength and Strain Tolerance in Additively Manufactured Polymer Composites
• Bio-Based Free-Flowable Thermoset Compounds for Injection Molding Utilizing Unsaturated Polyester and Session
• Development and Adoption of On Demand Reconfigurable Mold and Cavity System for Injection Molding
• Ditch the Paint Shop: Class A overmolded thermoplastic parts for interior and exterior applications
• Multi-Scale Reinforcement of Polyethylene Terephthalate With Graphene and Glass Fiber
• Nano-enabled Packaging Expanding Shelf-life of Spices and Meat Products – A Journey of Technology Development from Laboratory to Commercial Scale
• Re-entanglement kinetics of Poly-ether-ether-ketone on flow-induced crystallization
• Scalable Upcycling of High-Density Polyethylene Into Vitrimers Through Dynamic Adoptable Crosslinks
8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
• Epoxy Liners for Trenchless Relining: Toughness without Sacrificing Processability
• High-Shear Viscoelastic Properties of Polypropylene Using a Closed Cavity Parallel-Plate Rheometer
• Innovations in Biocarbon Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for Light-weight Automotive: Sustainable Composites for Electric Vehicle Parts
• Optimizing Plastic Injection Molding with Advanced Cooling Strategies: an Experimental Study of SimForm and PulseCooling Approaches
• Pentanediol vs. Butanediol as a Diol In Adipic Acid-Terephthalic Acid Polyesters for Flexible Film
• Stratasys SAF ReLife: A Sustainable Recycling Solution for Additive Manufacturing
• Towards High-Fidelity Simulation of Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics Using AI-Driven Intelligence and Molding Simulation
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
• Advancing Lightweight Reinforced Thermoplastics (LWRT) Through Functional Scrim Technologies in Automotive Applications
• Advancing Multilayer PE Coextrusion: Aligning Barrier, Functionality, and Circular Economy Goals
• Characterization and Control of a Compact Mixing Extruder for Fused Granular Fabrication
• Future-Proofing: Hot Food Packaging with Akestra™
• Investigation of Multiphase Flows in Moving Porous Media for the PA6 In-Situ Pultrusion by Means of CFD
• Rheological Considerations of High-Solids Cellulose Nanofibril/Carboxymethyl Cellulose Inks for Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing
• Simulation and Validation of Epoxy Adhesive Joints: Evaluation of LAW36 and LAW59 in Radioss
viding guidance for model selection in structural applications.
• Smart Hot Runner for Indirect Cavity Pressure Monitoring and Process Control
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
• Coffee Break
9:45 AM to 10:15 AM
• Advanced Hot Runner System Development for High-Quality Thin-Wall Parts
• Assessing the Recyclability of a Thermoplastic Liquid Crystalline Polymer through Conventional and Advanced Manufacturing Methods
• Axial-Torsional Rheometry: A Unified Approach to Viscoelastic Fingerprinting of Anisotropic Materials
• Development of a Compact Print Head for In-Situ Physical Foaming in Extrusion-Based 3D Printing
• Digitalisation of the Rubber Extrusion Process By Identification of Wall Slip Through New Measurement Technology
• Engineering a New Class of Polypropylenes for Packaging: Optimizing Stiffness, Optical Clarity, and Barrier Performance
• Large Part Manufacturing Technologies for Thermoplastics
• Volumetric Multiscale Modeling of Composite Materials to Improve Mechanical Behavior Prediction
10:15 AM to 10:45 AM
• Advancing Polyolefin Blends Mechanical Recycling: A Multi-Parametric Approach to Composition Identification, and Properties Prediction for Strategic Blending
• Beyond Melt Index and Density: A Multidimensional Framework for Polyethylene Resin Performance in Packaging
• Hybrid Fastening System with Composite Substrates: An Experimental and Numerical Approach
• Numerical Investigation of a Hybrid Hot Runner System to Improve Polymer Flow and Injection Molding Efficiency
• Optical Light Guide Edge-Lighting Solution: Advancing Automotive Lighting Through Material Innovation
• Sustainable Tire Rubber – A Comparison of Silica and Carbon Black Filled Tread Compounds Using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
• Understanding the Thermo-Rheological Complexity of Gelatin-Based Materials Through Time-Temperature Superposition Principle
• Z-Penetration Deposition Approach to Strengthen Interlayer Interfaces in Fiber-Reinforced Additive Manufacturing
10:45 AM to 11:15 AM
• 3D Printed TPU/CNT Nanocomposite Foams with High Electrical Conductivity for EMI Shielding and Intelligent Thermal Management
• Characterization of Recycled Polypropylene-Paper Composites through Dual-Disk Refining
• Computational Evaluation of Advanced Cooling Strategies for Slender Injection Mold Cores
• Overview of In-Mold Polyurethane (PUR) Coating as an Alternative to Conventional Automotive Paint Lines
• Recycling of High-Performance Polymer Composites via Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis: Toward Matrix Deconstruction and Fiber Reuse
• Structure-Property Relationships in Rubber Nanocomposites: Role of Nanofillers in Fracture Resistance
• Understanding Extrusion and Thermal Curing of Solids-Filled Acrylates
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