The following individuals have agreed to serve, are working and plan to continue working on Organizing Committee tasks:

1. J. F. Agassant (CEMEF, France) Professor and Director, CEMEF Sophia-Antipolis, Ecole des Mines de Paris, BP 207, F 06904 Sophia Antipolis, France, Tel: 33-93-95-75-75,
   e-mail: jean-francois.agassant@cemef.cma.fr. Polymer Processing Group – Experimental and numerical investigations of polymer processing, and relationships with final product properties.



2. P. Coates, (United Kingdom) Professor Dept. of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 IDP United Kingdom, Tel. 44 - (0) - 1274-234540, Fax: 44- (0) – 1274-234505, e-mail: P.D.Coates@bradford.ac.uk



3. M. M. Denn (Levich Institute, CCNY/CUNY), Convent Ave @ 140th St, NY, NY 10031-0000, Tel: (212) 650-7444, e-mail: denn@levdec.engr.ccny.cuny.edu– Polymer Rheology and Fluid Mechanics



4. D. D. Edie (Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films, Clemson University) 310 Rhodes Hall. Clemson, SC 29634-0910, Tel: (864) 656-4535, e-mail: ddedie@clemson.edu. Modeling and Simulation of Polymeric Fiber and Film Processes and Products.



5. C. G. Gogos (NJIT & PPI, USA) Professor Emeritus, Stevens Institute of Technology, President Emeritus, PPI, Research Professor of Chemical Engineering, GITC Building, Suite 3901, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, Tel: (973) 642-7365, Fax: (973) 642-4594, e-mail: costas@polymers-ppi.org. Polymer Processing and Rheology.



6. K. S. Hyun (PPI & NJIT, USA) President, PPI, Research Professor of Chemical Engineering, GITC Building, Suite 3901, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, Tel: (973) 596-3267, Fax: (973) 642-4594, e-mail: kshyun@polymers-ppi.org. Polymer Processing.



7. M. Kamal (McGill University, Canada) Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Office: Room 3140, Wong Building McGill, Montreal, PQ, Canada Tel: (514) 398-4262, Fax: (514) 398-6678, e-mail: musa.kamal@mcgill.ca. Polymer Processing and Characterization.



8. H. Meijer (ETU, Holland) Professor and Director, Polymer Technologies Eindhoven University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands, Tel: 31-40-2472851, Fax: 31-40-2447-355, E-mail: han@wfw.wtb.tue.nl. President of Polymer Processing Society. Polymer Processing and Structuring.



9. W. Michaeli (IKV, Germany) Professor Dr.-Ing. Director of the Institute and Managing Director of the Association of Sponsors, Professor of Plastics Processing at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Aachen University, Pontstrasse 49, Aachen D 52062, Germany, Tel: 49-241-803878, e-mail: AGL@ikv. rwth-aachen.de or zentrale@ikv.rwth-aachen.de. Polymer Process and Product Design.



10. D. Sebastian (NJIT, USA) Vice President of R&D, GITC Building, Suite 3500, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, Tel: (973) 642-4869, Fax: (973) 596-6056, e-mail: Sebastian@adm.njit.edu. Polymer Processing Simulations and Product Design.



11. Z. Tadmor (Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) President Emeritus, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion Haifa 3200, Israel, Tel: 972-4-832-7617, Fax: 972-4-823-1889, e-mail: tadmorz@tx.technion.ac.il. President of Nieman Institute, Israel, Polymer Processing.



12. J. Vlachopoulos (McMaster University, Canada) Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Director CAPPA-D (Center for Advanced Polymer Processing and Design), McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L7, Tel: (905) 521-8815, Fax: (905) 522-5004, e-mail: vlachopj@mcmaster.ca. Polymer Processing, Rheology and CAD/CAM Methods.



13. J. White (University of Akron, USA) Professor of Polymer Engineering, Director – Institute of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, Tel: (330) 975-6865, Fax: (330) 258-2339, e-mail: mj4@uakron.edu. Polymer Processing and Rheology



14. M. Xanthos, (NJIT, & PPI, USA) Professor of Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Director of Research, Polymer Processing Institute, GITC Building, Suite 3901, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, Tel: (973) 642-4762, Fax: 642-4594, e-mail: xanthos@njit.edu. Reactive Polymer Processing.

The material below serves to identify the five acronyms used above:

• The Eindhoven Technical University (ETU) Material Technology and Polymer Laboratory, which is part of the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), headed by Professor Han Meijer



• Institute für Kunstoffeverarbeitung (IKV) at Aachen, Germany, – headed by Prof. Walter Michaeli.



• The Centre de Mise en Forme des Materiaux (CEMEF), Ecole Normale Superieure des Mines de Paris, at Sofia Antipolis, headed by Professor Jean-Francois Agassant.



• New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), a New Jersey Public Research University



• The Polymer Processing Institute (PPI), a not-for-profit independent industrial research organization, headquartered at NJIT.