Committees

  • Conference Chair

    Jorge Alberto Medina, Universidad de los Andes

  • Conference Co-Chair

    María del Pilar Noriega, Daabon Group

  • Secretariat

    Jairo Ernesto Perilla, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

  • Institutional Organization

    Laura Florez, Instituto de Capacitación e Investigación del Plástico y del Caucho (ICIPC)
    Felipe Salcedo, Universidad de los Andes

  • Regional Suport

    Humberto Arturo Gómez, Universidad del Norte
    Edgardo Arrieta, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar

  • Organization

    Polymer Processing Society
    Universidad de los Andes
    Instituto de Capacitación e Investigación del Plástico y del Caucho (ICIPC)


Scientific Committee

General Symposia

  • Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
    • Dietmar Drummer (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
    • Hesheng Xia (Sichuan University, China)
    • Jeng-Ywan Jeng (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
    • Jeremie Soulestin (Institut Mines Télécom Lille Douai, France)
    • Kentaro Taki (Kanazawa University, Japan)
    • Juan Carlos Cruz (Uniandes, Colombia)
  • Extrusion
    • Chris Rauwendaal (Rauwendaal Extrusion Engineering, Inc, USA)
    • Christian Hopmann (Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV), Germany)
    • Costas Tzoganakis (University of Waterloo, Canada)
    • José A. Covas (University o Minho, Portugal)
    • Krzysztof Wilczynski (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
    • María del Pilar Noriega (DAABON, Colombia)
  • Functional Additives and Reactive Processing
    • José-Marie Lopez-Cuesta (Centre des Matériaux, IMT Mines d’Alès, France)
    • Marianna Kontopoulou (Queen’s University, Canada)
    • Suprakas Sinha Ray (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa)
    • María Virginia Candal (Universidad Internacional de Valencia, Spain)
    • Hidayah Ariffin (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)
  • Injection Molding
    • Albert van Bael (KU Leuven, Belgium)
    • Andrea Guevara Morales (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
    • Gan-Ji Zhong (College of Polymer Science and Engineering, China)
    • Andrew N. Hrymak (Western University, Canada)
    • John Vlachopoulos (McMaster University, Canada)
    • Laura Florez (PMTec, Colombia)
    • Lih-Sheng Turng (University of Winsconsin- Madison, USA)
    • Roberto Pantani (Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy)
  • Polymerization and Synthesis
    • Cesar Augusto Sierra Avila (Universidad Nacional, Colombia)
    • Christoph Weder (Adolphe Merkle Institute, Switzerland)
    • Dagmar R. D’hooge (Ghent University, Belgium)
    • José M. Kenny (Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy)
    • Larissa Alexandrova (UNAMP, Mexico)
    • Tony McNally (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
    • Yusuf Menceloglu (Sabanci University, Turkey)
  • Polymer Blends and Alloys
    • Ica Manas-Zloczower (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
    • Johan Verbeek (University of Auckland, New Zeeland)
    • Khalid Lamnawar (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France)
    • Cengiz Altan (University of Oklahoma, USA)
    • Mónica Lucia Alvarez (EAFIT Colombia)
    • Rubén González Nuñez (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico)
    • Toshiaki Ougizawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
    • Cyrille Sollogoub (ENSAM, France)
  • Polymer Composites
    • Carmen Rosales (Universidad de Simón Bolivar, Venezuela)
    • Celina R. Bernal (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
    • Elif Ozden-Yenigun (Royal College of Art, United Kingdom)
    • Julio A Acosta Sullcahuaman (PUCP, Peru)
    • Junwei Gu (Northwestern Polytech University, China)
    • Samuel Kenig (Shenkar College of Engineering & Design, Israel)
    • Octavio Manero Brito (UNAM, Mexico)
    • Murat Yazici (Bursa Uludag University, Turkey)
  • Polymer Foams and Membranes
    • Volker Altstädt (University Bayreuth, Germany)
    • Chul B. Park (University of Toronto, Canada)
    • Ernesto Di Maio (Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)
    • Jose Ignacio Velasco (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)
    • Masahiro Ohshima (Kyoto University, Japan)
    • Reza Nofar (Instanbul Technical University, Turkey)
  • Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces
    • Rainer Dahlmann (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
    • Tohid Didar (McMaster University, Canada)
    • Upendra Natarajan (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
    • Jairo Perilla (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)
  • Fibers and Films
    • Adbellah Ajji (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada)
    • Rudolf Hufenus (Empa, Switzerland)
    • Konstantin Kornev (Clemson University, USA)
    • Takeshi Kikutani (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
    • Xungai Wang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)
    • Yurong Yan (South China University of Technology, China)
    • Miko Cakmak (Purdue University, USA)
  • Nanotechnology and Nanocomposites
    • Felipe Salcedo (Uniandes, Colombia)
    • Luyi Sun (University of Connecticut, USA)
    • Phil Coates (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)
    • María Luisa Arnal (Universidad Simón Bolivar, Venezuela)
  • Mechanical Properties and Fracture
    • Luiz A. Pessan (Universidad Federal de San Carlos, Brazil)
    • Gilles Regnier (ENSAM, France)
    • Tim A. Osswald (University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA)
    • Patricia María Frontini (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina)
  • Mixing and Compounding
    • Omar Augusto Estrada Ramírez (ICIPC, Colombia)
    • Bruno Vergnes (MINES ParisTech, France)
    • Daniel Schwendemann (Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
    • Pablo Raimonda (Universidad de la Republica de Uruguay, Uruguay)
    • Sabu Thomas (Mahatma Gandhi University, India)
    • Wei Yu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
  • Modeling and Simulation
    • Ali Gooneie (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
    • Evan Mitsoulis (National Technical University Athens, Greece)
    • Fardin Khabaz (University of Akron, USA)
    • Franco Costa (Autodesk, Australia)
    • Jean-François Agassant (MINES ParisTech, France)
    • Patrick D. Anderson (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
    • Toshihisa Kajiwara (Kyushu University, Japan)
  • Rheology and Characterization
    • Nino Grizzuti (University of Naples, Italy)
    • Paula Moldenaers (KU Leuven, Belgium)
    • Sebastião V. Canevarolo (Universidad Federal de San Carlos, Brazil)
    • Silvio Ospina Salgado (ICIPC, Colombia)
    • Sylvie Dagreou (UPPA, France)
  • Morphology and Structual Development
    • Alejandro J. Muller (POLYMAT-UPV/EHU, Spain)
    • Masayuki Yamaguchi (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
    • Patrick C. Lee (University of Toronto, Canada)
    • Ines Kühnert (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany)
    • Uttandaraman Sundararaj (University of Calgary, Canada)
  • Rubber and Elastomers
    • Diego Hernán Giraldo Vásquez (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia)
    • Kinsuk Naskar (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)
    • Robert Eberlein (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
    • Sadhan C. Jana (Univeristy of Akron, USA)
    • Sven Wießner (Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany)
  • Machine Learning in Polymer Processing
    • Allen Jonathan Román (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
    • Jie Zhang (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
    • Juan Sebastian León Becerra (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia)
    • Rodrigo Albuquerque (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
    • Camilo Cruz (Bosch, Germany)

Special symposia

  • Biopolymers and Biocomposites
    • Caroline Schauer (Drexel University, USA)
    • Hector Samuel Villada (Universidad del Cauca, Colombia)
    • Jean-Marie Raquez (University of Mons, Belgium)
    • Joung Sook Hong (Seoul National University, Korea)
    • Juan Carlos Rueda Sánchez (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Peru)
    • Luc Averous (Université de Strasbourg, France)
    • Marcelo A.Villar (PLAPIQUI, Argentina)
    • Petr Saha (Tomas Bata University, Czechia)
  • Circular Economy of Polymers
    • Andres Rigail (ESPOL, Ecuador)
    • Bernhardus van Hoof (Uniandes, Colombia)
    • Jose Roberto Vega-Baudrit (LANOTEC, Costa Rica)
    • Juan F. Rodriguez (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
    • Kim Ragaert (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
    • Jong-Min Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
  • Degradation, Biodegradation and Composting
    • Gabriella Santagata (Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), Italy)
    • Shih- Jung Liu (Chang Gung University, Taiwan)
    • Carlos Díaz-Acosta (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
    • Humberto Arturo Gómez (Universidad del Norte, Colombia)
    • Bruno Fayolle (ENSAM, France)
  • Polymers in the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
    • Hartiz Sardon (POLYMAT-UPV/EHU, Spain)
    • Marco Aurelio de Paoli (Unicamp, Brazil)
    • Pablo Ortiz (Uniandes, Colombia)
    • Natalia Tarazona (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon , Germany)
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