Jei McKinney Wins PFA Herman Stone Technical Excellence Award for ‘Art and Science of Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials’
Nick Ordsmith of Hall Analytical is runner-up for presentation on TDI emissions.
Loudon, Tenn – The Polyurethane Foam Association (PFA) announced the winner of the annual Herman Stone Technical Excellence Award, Jei McKinney for her presentation “Art and Science of Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials,” which received the highest score among seven presented during the PFA Fall General Business Meeting and Technical Program held in November in Chattanooga, Tenn.
McKinney, a Senior Business Development Manager at Encapsys®, presented on microencapsulation technology application in flexible polyurethane foam production. Encapsys® microencapsulated Phase Change Materials (PCMs) can provide significant cooling benefits in flexible polyurethane foam for primary use in mattresses and pillows. The technology is based on the performance of extremely small capsules (typically 5 to 20 microns for use in foam production) that permanently contain PCMs and allow the PCM to absorb thermal energy when exposed to heat.
PFA Technical Program presentations are scored by meeting attendees and comparative average scores are calculated based on the number of ballots submitted.
The runner up for fall, 2014 was Nick Ordsmith of Hall Analytical who presented, “Final Report: Emissions Testing of Cured FPF for TCI/MDI.”
Abstracts and an order form for the November 2014 technical proceeedings are available in the meetings section of the PFA website at www.pfa.org. The technical program includes:
- Jei McKinney, Encapsys: “Art and Science of Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials”
- Nick Ordsmith, Hall Analytical: “Final Report: Emissions Testing of Cured FPF for TCI/MDI”
- Tom Cushman, Cushman Engineering: “Controlled Pore Size in FPF Manufacturing”
- Scott Houlahan, Chemtura: “Consumer Research: Demand for Flame Retardants in Furniture”
- Tom Robataille, Lonza: “Understanding Pink Stain Testing”
- Lyudmila Skokova, Baumer of America: “Conversion of FPF Residues into Polyol on an Industrial Scale”
- Per Henning Vaagen, Laader Berg®. “How Maxfoam Machine Design Affects Pour Yield, Waste Reduction and Gross Margin”
The Herman Stone Technical Excellence award encourages the sharing of technical innovations, the use of scientific methodology and professionalism in presentation technique. The award was created by the Herman Stone family to honor Dr. Stone, renowned researcher, inventor, and a leading contributor to FPF industry, for his 80th birthday. In 2007, Stone was inducted into the Flexible Polyurethane Foam Hall of Fame, housed at www.pfa.org.
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