Macromolecular Engineering

Dr. Lubnin graduated from the University of St. Petersburg, Russia. Before coming to America, he conducted research at the Central Synthetic Rubber Research Institute (VNIISK) in St. Petersburg. At the end of 1990 when “Perestroika” brought an end to the “iron curtain”, Dr. Lubnin was invited by Professor Kennedy to work in his labs as a Visiting Scientist. In 1995, he accepted an R&D position with the BFGoodrich Co., presently Lubrizol, where he is currently a Technical Fellow. Dr. Lubnin has ~80 publications including 25 granted patents. Dr. Erdodi holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry which he received working under the guidance of professor Bela Ivan in Hungary working on living polymerization of polyisobutylene and amphiphilic conetworks. He worked at the University of Akron on macromolecular design by living polymerizations, biomaterial projects, including the development of membranes for bioartificial pancreas, polymers for contact lenses, and polyurethanes. Dr. Gabor Erdodi has been working at Lubrizol Performance Coatings for 8 years in new product development. He invented polyamide-based polyurethanes, which is a novel polyurethane type and created a technology platform with a rapidly growing family of new products. Dr. Erdodi is the author of 30 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals, and inventor in 26 issued patents

Theory: New Platforms 1. The puzzling role of symmetry: A tool for macromolecular engineering

New Polyisobutylene Science and Technology 2. End-functional polyisobutylenes by quasiliving carbocationic polymerization: bi- and multicomponent architectures 3. Multifunctional initiators for isobutylene polymerization 4. New polyisobutylene-based polymers through Friedel-Crafts alkylation Chemistry 5. Polyisobutylene-assisted multi-mode polymerization and molecular composites

New Architectures and Technologies 6. Tailor-made polymers for industrial and household applications 7. The properties and applications of polyamide-based polyurethanes 8. Electrophilic polymerization for specialty plastics 9. Segmented conjugated macromolecules 10. Aliphatic polyesters with novel architectures by ring opening polymerization

Disruptive Medical Applications 11. The use of poly(styrene-block-isobutylene-block-styrene) and analogues for long-term implant applications 12. Polyisobutylene to the rescue: Advanced elastomers for healthcare

Industrial Applications 13. Role of hydrophobicity in underwater adhesion