SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA - The Polymers and Coatings Program at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, will offer a Polymers and Coatings Introductory Short Course during the week of February 11-15, 2013. The early registration deadline for this event is January 21, 2013.

The one-week course covers many aspects of coating technology with emphasis on liquid coatings, both waterborne and solventborne. Participants benefit from discussions of VOC and air-quality aspects of coatings by experts in both industry and government regulatory agencies. Participants are expected to have had some exposure to the coatings field along with working knowledge of chemistry and other sciences.

More detailed information is available at http://www.polymerscoatings.calpoly.edu/short%20courses.htm.