Thursday, January 11, 2007: 1:25 PM-3:30 PM
Balcony L (New Orleans Marriott)
Cotton Utilization: Nonwovens Symposium - Thursday Early Afternoon
Presiding:Bhuvenesh Goswami, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Organizer:D.V. Parikh, USDA-ARS-SRRC, New Olreans, LA
Part 1 
1:25 PM Chairman's Opening Remarks -- D. V. Parikh, USDA, ARS, SRRC, New Orleans, LA   
1:30 PM Welcome -- Andrew Jordan, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN 
1:35 PM Greetings -- Deborah Brennan, USDA, ARS, MSA, Stoneville, MS 
Part 2 
1:40 PM 
Keynote Address -- Future Directions in Nonwovens Technologies   
Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center, Raleigh, NC
2:10 PM 
Spunlaced Cottons   
D.V. Parikh, A.P.S. Sawhney and B. Condon, USDA-ARS-SRRC, New Orleans, LA
2:40 PM 
Biodegradation of Composite Nonwovens Made of Natural Fibers and Synthetic Polymers   
Ioan I. Negulescu1, Jonathan Chen1, Qinglin Wu1, Kelly Rusch2, Xiaoqun Zhang2, Benjamin Stevens2 and D. V. Parikh3, (1)Louisiana State University and LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA, (2)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (3)Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA
3:10 PM 
An Overview of Opening and Carding for Nonwoven Applications   
Christopher D. Delhom1, Devron P. Thibodeaux2 and James E. Rodgers1, (1)USDA-ARS-SRRC, New Orleans, LA, (2)USDA-ARS-CQRS, Clemson, SC
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