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THE TWENTY-SIXTH JAMES l WATERS SYMPOSIUM:Thermal Analysis InstrumentationWhen:Monday Afternoon, March 9, 20151:30 PMWhere:Room 245The James L. Waters Annual Symposium is a uniquecomponent of the Pittcon Technical Program. Mr. Waters,founder of Waters Associates, Inc. and president of WatersBusiness Systems, Inc. proposed in 1989 that the Societyfor Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) offer anannual symposium exploring the origin, development,implementation, and commercialization of scientificinstrumentation of established and major significance.The objective of the symposium is to recognize researchersand the development and application of instrumentationby preserving the early, and in some cases, more maturehistory of the important contributions, as well as thecooperation between inventors, scientists, engineers,entrepreneurs and marketing organizations.The Twenty-Sixth Annual Waters Symposium recognizesthe introduction of commercial thermal analysisinstrumentation. The symposium will include fourspeakers who encompass thermal analysis from its earlydevelopment through commercialization and application.This symposium highlights the rich history of thermalanalysis, as well as its future.Roger lee Blaine, PhD is a retired principle scientist for TA Instruments.Dr. Blaine is a founding member of the ASTM International Committee onThermal Analysis and the Thermal Analysis Forum of the Delaware Valley.He is an Emeritus member of the North American Thermal Analysis Society(NATAS) having served as its president, vice president, secretary andtreasurer. Roger currently serves as a consult for thermal analysis standardsand regulatory affairs.Robert Danley is a Fellow Scientist at TA Instruments Waters LLC. Hiscareer at TA Instruments spans the development of thermal analysisinstruments including DSC, TGA, DT-TGA, DMA and others. He holds over20 US patents in DSC and thermal analysis and many patents in othercountries. He is the principal inventor and developer of TA InstrumentsTzero® DSC.Kevin P. Menard is a Product Manager for Mechanical Analysis at PerkinElmer. He currently manages the Thermal and Elemental Product lines. Heis also an Adjunct Professor in Material Science and Engineering atUniversity of North Texas. He has published or coauthored over 100 papers,has given over 80 presentations and written numerous encyclopediaarticles, book chapters, and a monograph, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis,A Practical Introduction, now in its 3rd Edition. His recent interests havebeen in hyphenated or coupled thermal systems.The SACP is extremely pleased to welcome the followinginnovators to Pittcon 2015.Speakers:Roger Lee Blaine, TA Instruments (Retired)Robert Danley, TA InstrumentsKevin P. Menard, PerkinElmer4th Speaker – TBA16