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Selected Publications - Myer Ezrin

 

  1. Environmental, Recycling and Health Aspects of Plastics Failure, Soc. Plastic Eng. ANTEC, 2008, Milwaukee WI

  2. Boston's Big Dig Fatal Epoxy Adhesive Failure, Soc. Plastic Eng. ANTEC, 2008, Milwaukee WI

  3. The role of analytical and physical methods in plastics failure analysis, with G. Lavigne, M. Dudley, L. Pinatti, F. Leek, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2007, 2777-2782, Cincinnati, OH.

  4. Unexpected and unusual failures of polymeric materials, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2006, 2004-2011, Charlotte, NC.

  5. Adhesion failures of plastics bonded to various materials, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. Joining of Medical Plastics Conference, 2005, Providence, RI.

  6. Case studies of plastics failure related to molecular weight or chemical composition, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2005, 3469-3474, Boston, MA.

  7. Gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy for plastics failure analysis, with G. Lavigne, Engineering Failure Analysis, 2005, 12, 851-859.

  8. Gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy for plastics failure analysis, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2004, 3000-3004, Chicago, IL.

  9. A syringeless injection device for the introduction of solids and liquids into a split/splitless capillary injection port, with G. Lavigne, Pittsburgh Conference, 2004, Chicago, IL.

  10. Aromatic hydrocarbon content of common plastic packaging materials, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. GPEC, 2004, Detroit, MI.

  11. Failures due to compositional factors, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2003, 2927-2929, Nashville, TN.

  12. Aromatic hydrocarbon content of plastic packaging materials, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2003, 2015-2017, Nashville, TN.

  13. The role of fundamentals, visual observation and state-of-the-art instrumental methods in solving plastics failures, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2002, 3062-3066, San Francisco, CA.

  14. Analysis of silicone polymers at trace levels by pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2002, 2046-2050, San Francisco, CA.

  15. Plastics Analysis – The engineer’s resource for troubleshooting product and process problems and for competitive analysis, Plastics Engineering, 2002, 58 (2), 40-55.

  16. Case studies of failure of polymeric electrical insulation, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2001, 2869-2872, Dallas, TX.

  17. Plastics failure due to oxidative degradation in processing and service, with A. Zepke, J. Helwig, G. Lavigne and M. Dudley, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 2000, 3108-3112, Orlando, FL.

  18. Plastic product failure due to design, material or processing problems, with G. Lavigne and J. Helwig, National Manufacturing Week, Design for Manufacturability of Plastic Parts, 1999, Chicago.

  19. Case studies of plastics failure related to improper formulation, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1999, 3346-3349, New York.

  20. Product failure due to design, material and processing problems, with G. Lavigne and J. Helwig, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1998, 3147-3150, Atlanta, GA.

  21. Processing - Key to preventing plastic parts failure, Medical Design and Manufacturing Conference, 1997, Minneapolis, MN.

  22. Investigation of the degradation and stabilization of EVA-based encapsulant in field-aged solar energy modules, with P. Klemchuk, G. Lavigne, W. Holley, J. Galica and S. Agro, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 1997, 55, 347-365.

  23. Plastics analysis by pyrolysis GC/MS, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1997, 2305-2309, Toronto, Canada.

  24. Safety-related failure of polyethylene products, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1996, 3272-3274, Indianapolis, IN.

  25. Further studies of discoloration of EVA encapsulant in photovoltaic modules, with G. Lavigne, P. Klemchuk, J. Pickering, W. Holley, J. Galica, S. Agro, W. Nelson and Q. Wu, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1996, 3260-3264, Indianapolis, IN.

  26. Analysis of organic compounds in recycled dairy grade HDPE by thermal desorption gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. Annual Recycling Conference, 1995, 103-110, Akron, OH.

  27. Advanced development of non-discoloring EVA-based PV encapsulants, with W. H. Holley, J. P. Galica, S. C. Agro, R. S. Yorgensen, P. Klemchuk and G. Lavigne, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 353, 13th NREL Photovoltaic Program Review, H. Ullal and C. E. Witt, ed., American Institute of Physics Press, New York, 1995, 636-642.

  28. Discoloration of EVA encapsulant in photovoltaic cells, with G. Lavigne, P. Klemchuk, W. Holley, S. Agro, J. Galica, L. Thomas and R. Yorgensen, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1995, 3957-3960, Boston, MA.

  29. Case studies of adhesive failure of bonded plastics, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1995, 3936-3940, Boston, MA.

  30. Identification and semiquantitative analysis of organic compounds in recycled dairy grade HDPE, with G. Lavigne and P. Dinger, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1995, 3715-3719, Boston, MA.

  31. Diffusion of hazardous contaminants in recycled high density polyethylene, with E. D. W. Klingelhofer and R. A. Weiss, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1995, 3710-3714, Boston, MA.

  32. Investigation into the causes of browning in EVA encapsulated flat plate PV modules, with W. H. Holley, Jr., S. C. Agro, J. P. Galica, L. A. Thoma, R. S. Yorgensen, P. Klemchuk, G. Lavigne and H. Thomas, Conf. Record of IEEE First World Conf. on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994, 893-896, Waikaloa, HI.

  33. Failures caused by additives and contaminants during processing and storage, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1994, 3302-3305, San Francisco, CA.

  34. Quantification and control of contaminants in recycled HDPE, with E. D. Wyatt, G. Lavigne and A. Garton, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1994, 2922-2926, San Francisco, CA.

  35. Application of direct dynamic headspace GC/MS to plastics compositional and failure analysis, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1992, 1717-1719, Detroit, MI.

  36. Failure analysis using gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy, with G. Lavigne, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1991, 2230-2233, Montreal.

  37. Case studies of failures due to unintentional service conditions, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1991, 2213-2216, Montreal.

  38. Case studies of failure of low cost PE, PS and PVC products, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1990, 1478-1482, Dallas, TX.

  39. Examination of field failures of fiberglass rod guy strain insulators, with J. H. Groeger, Jr., Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1989, 1603-1606, New York.

  40. Application of a sealed tube test to the study of degraded insulation resulting from thermal aging of cables with PVC jacket, with B. Bernstein, Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation, 215-218, Boston, MA.

  41. Macronutrients in human milk at two, twelve and sixteen weeks postpartum, with A. M. Ferris, M. A. Dotts, R. M. Clark, and R. G. Jensen, J. Am. Dietetic Assoc., 1988, 88, 694-697.

  42. Characterization of unforeseen effects of thermal aging on power distribution cable insulation, with D. Seymour, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1988, 889-892, Atlanta.

  43. Materials factors in plastics failure, Soc. Plast. Eng. ANTEC, 1988, 1492-1494, Atlanta.