Time & Location:
Saturday, May 2nd, 2015, 8:40 am – 6:00 pm
Northwestern University
Technology Institute, Lecture Room 3,
2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208
Eevent Agenda:
8:40-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:10 Networking & Presentation Preparation
9:10-9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30-10:05 The Journey to Consulting and Packaging Hall of Fame
Dr. Boh C. Tsai (Managing Director, Amerasia Technologies & Packaging Hall of Fame member)
10:05-10:20 Break
10:20-10:55 Air Purification Technologies for Aircraft Cabin Applications
Dr. Stephen F. Yates (Engineer Fellow, Aerospace Advanced Technology, Honeywell)
10:55-11:30 Product Design and Development in the Molecular Diagnostic Space: an Exciting and Fulfilling Career Path
Dr. Shihai Huang (R&D Director of Assay development, Abbott Laboratories)
11:30-13:30 Career fair, Lunch Break, and Networking
13:30-14:05 Neglected Tropical Disease Research: Macrolides to Treat Infectious Pathogens in Chagas Disease
Dr. Steve Wittenberger (Distinguished Research Fellow, Director for Organic
Chemistry, Development Sciences, AbbVie)
14:05-14:40 Basic Research from Natural Photosynthesis to Synthetic Solar Fuel and Solar Electricity Conversion Systems
Dr. Lin X. Chen (Professor of Northwestern University & Senior Scientist of Argonne National Laboratory)
14:40-14:50 Break
14:50-17:20 Student Research Presentation Contest
17:20-17:40 Presentation Contest Ballot Casting and Break
17:40-18:00 Presentation Awards & Closing Remark
18:30-20:00 Dinner Reception
China Town (中国楼), 6121 Dempster St Morton Grove, IL, 60053
Guest Speakers:
The Journey to Consulting and Packaging Hall of Fame - Dr. Boh Tsai
Dr. Boh Tsai
Packaging Hall of Fame member
Managing Director, Amerasia Technologies (Formerly Amoco Chemicals and merican Can)
Packaging Hall of Fame Plastics in Packaging Editorial Board member
Abstract
Dr. Tsai will share his journey as 22 years in packaging corporations and 15 years in packaging consulting firms, which leads him into the Packaging Hall of Fame. He will also introduce his technical achievements and give some pointers of being a consultant.
Biography
For 37 years, Boh C. Tsai, Ph.D., has been a pioneer in barrier plastic packaging and has made major contributions to the field of shelf stable foods.
Tsai’s team at American Can commercialized the OMNI® container, the first retortable plastic food container, which received DuPont’s first-ever Award for Packaging Innovation in 1987. In the 1990s, at Amoco Chemicals, Tsai led the development of Amosorb oxygen-scavengers technology — technology that earned him a second DuPont Award in 1996. A year later, he was given the Isker Award for an innovative packaging system he created for the U.S. military.
As a consultant to Mullinix Packages, Tsai, the founder and managing director of Amerasia Technologies, directed the development and commercialization of the OxyRxTM oxygen-scavenging PET container, which can maintain zero oxygen permeation for more than four years.
The container is fully recyclable in the PET chain, and has been described as a breakthrough in barrier packaging.
Tsai has received 19 U.S. patents for barrier properties of EVOH copolymers, oxygen scavengers for active barrier packaging, package design and polyester foam. Among the patents are nearly 450 worldwide citations. Today, he’s the managing director of Amerasia Technologies and sits on the editorial board of Plastics in Packaging magazine.
Dr. Tsai obtained his B.A. from National Taiwan University and Ph.D. from the University of Akron. He also obtained his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Chicago.
Air Purification Technologies for Aircraft Cabin Applications - Dr. Stephen F. Yates
Product Design and Development in the Molecular Diagnostic Space: anExciting and Fulfilling Career Path - Dr. Shihai Huang
Neglected Tropical Disease Research: Macrolides to Treat Infectious Pathogens in Chagas Disease - Dr. Steve Wittenberger
Basic Research from Natural Photosynthesis to Synthetic Solar Fuel and Solar Electricity Conversion Systems - Dr. Lin X. Chen
Event Highlights:
Graduate Research Presentation Contest Awardees:
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