Rheology in integrated product and process design

23rd-27th September 2001

Melbourne, Australia.

The 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering will take place from 23rd to 27th September 2001 in Melbourne, Australia. We are delighted to announce a session with the theme:

"Rheology in integrated product and process design"

The aim of this session is to bring together industrial and academic researchers in a dialogue that will review the value of rheology in an integrated approach to product and process design for structured materials. The development and manufacture of materials where flow characteristics and microstructural properties play a significant role in the value and function of the product is undoubtedly one of the most challenging and fast growing areas in Chemical Engineering. Inherently, rheologists are now intimately involved in food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, agricultural, specialty polymers and coatings industries. This is an exciting climate of refreshing opportunities and new challenges for the global rheology community. In this light, we envisage that the seminars and subsequent discussions will generate inspiration and clarity of purpose for the start of a new millenium of rheology research. Three highly topical keynote lectures will be given under this session title (topics and speakers to be confirmed) throughout the Congress.

We invite you to submit a contribution, either for oral presentation or for the related poster sessions. The deadline for abstracts is 30 September 2000. A fast track submission option is available for industrial contributions with a deadline of 30 November 2000. Abstracts may be submitted electronically by using the forms available at www.chemengcongress.com. Please refer to this website for the guidelines for contributors. In order for your paper to be considered for the session 'Rheology in integrated product and process design', please tick Rheology under Topic 4: Unit Operations and Fundamentals.

Please contact us if you require any further information with reference to the 'Rheology in integrated product and process design' session. General questions concerning the 6th World Congress on Chemical Engineering may be addressed to: 

The Meeting Planners		ph: 61-3-9417 0888
91-97 Islington Street		fax: 61-3-9417 0899
Collingwood, Victoria  3066 	email: chemeng@meetingplanners.com.au
Australia
We are looking forward to an inspiring and lively Congress, and hope that we may be your hosts in Melbourne in September 2001.
Yours sincerely,
Justin Cooper-White & Rulande Rutgers

CONTACT ADDRESSES: 

Justin Cooper-White		& 	Rulande Rutgers

Particulate Fluids Processing Centre	Materials Characterisation and
						Processing Centre
Department of Chemical Engineering	Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Melbourne		University of Queensland
Victoria 3010 Australia			St Lucia, Queensland 4072 Australia

e-mail: jjcw@unimelb.edu.au		e-mail: rulander@cheque.uq.edu.au
ph: 61-3-8344 4704			ph:  61-7-3365 3528
fax: 61-3-8344 6233			fax:  61-7-3365 4199

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Information supplied by Professor D.V. Boger. This information will be updated when possible 

David V Boger
Laureate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Particulate Fluids Processing Centre

Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Victoria  3010,  Australia

Tel:    61 3 8344 7440
Fax:   61 3 8344 8824
Email:  dvboger@unimelb.edu.au