The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) a $24.8 million grant to develop and construct a facility that will convert biomass into renewable fuel.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released ISO13320:2009, a newly revised standard for laser-diffraction particle-size analysis.
The Southern Society of Coatings Technology (SSCT) has issued a call for papers for its upcoming 2010 Annual Meeting & Technical Conference, held Sept. 26–29, 2010, at the Hilton Resort, Daytona Beach, FL.
The Missouri S&T Coatings Institute of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, formerly known as the University of Missouri – Rolla, is offering several short courses this spring and summer.
The technical committee of the Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology Inc. has announced its May symposium, “Current Trends in Extenders and Functional Fillers for Coatings and Related Materials.”
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has elected Ken Yarosh, Global Service Line Manager for the specialty chemicals business of Dow Corning, to serve as Vice Chairman of the 2010 International Board of Directors.