Papers Presented at the Joint Conference of
THE FIBER SOCIETY
TRI 69TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
and
NONWOVENS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTER 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE

• "Polyolefin Fibers by Solid State Forming", Roger S. Porter
  

• "Thermoplastic Fibers Reinforced with Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers", Donald G. Baird
  

• "Advances in High Performance Specialty Fibers", G. Farrow
  

• "Aramid/Inorganic Hybrid Fibers", Kiu Seung Lee
  

• "A Unique One Step Process of Achieving Fully Oriented Yarn Properties with <1500 m/min Take-Up Speed", T.Y. Tam and C.Y. Lin
  

• "Air Cooling of Synthetic Multifilament Yarns", T. Charbonneaux, R. Tasse and M.L. Riethmuller, P. Barthelemy
  

• "A New Model of Non-Isothermal Crystallization for Modeling Melt Spinning", Andrzej Ziabicki
  

• "Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Fibers with Remote Laser Raman Microscopy", Costas Galiotis
  

• "Investigation of Structural Evolution During the Melt Spinning Using On-Line SAXS-WAXS Techniques", M. Cakmak
  

• "Analysis of Structural Features of Significance to the Study of Diffusion Behavior in Nylon 6 Fibers", N. Sanjeeva Murthy
  

• "Solid-State Polymerization in Polyesters and Polyamides: Mechanism, Kinetics and Morphological Consequences", S.Rangarajan, S.Narayan, R.Knorr, P.Desai, A.Abhiraman
  

• "Resilience Properties of Polypropylene Carpets", L. Vangheluwe and P. Kiekens
  

• "Anisotropy in the Mechanical Properties of Fibers", Sueo Kawabata
  

• "Predicting the Knotting Performance of Surgical Sutures", Tao Hong, Martin W. King, Randolph P. Guzman, Robert Guidoin
  

• "Bending Fatigue of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite Strands", Rebecca Couillard and Peter Schwartz
  

• "Finite Elements for Yarn Mechanics", Wayne A. Munro
  

• "Elongational Rheology of Polymer Melts in Converging Dies", Ajit V. Pendse and John R. Collier
  

• "Dynamic Mechanical Studies of Nylon 66 Fibers in Water/Glycerol Baths", Hawthorne Davis
  

• "The Microstructure of the Transcrystalline Region in Fiber-Reinforced Polypropylene Composites", D.M.Dean, R.A. Register, L.Rebenfeld, B.S.Hsiao
  

• "In-Plane Movement of Liquids Through Curved Fabric Structures", H. L. Friedman
  

• "Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis For Single Fiber Composite Testing", S.P.Wesson, J.N.Walker, R.Johnson, A.Netravali, R.Parnas
  

• "Evaluation of a Ballistic Fabric", Y.K. Kamath, K.R. Ramaprasad, H.D. Weigmann, H. Kuhn
  

• "Writing Performance - The TRI Pen Line Evaluator", Bernard Miller, Sheldon P. Wesson, Jo N.Walker, Robert A.Johnson
  

• "The Influence of Resin Variables on the Structure and Properties of Melt Spun Polypropylene Filaments", J.E.Spruiell, F.M.Lu, Z.Ding, G.C.Richeson
  

• "Conditions That Effect the Loss in Fabric Strength Using Cellulases in Denim Garment Washing", Geoffrey Weiss, Dennis McEwan, Mee-Young Yoon
  

• "Influence of Fiber Structure on Properties of Thermally Point Bonded Fabrics", Rahul Dharmadhikary, Hawthorne Davis, Thomas Gilmore, Subhash Batra
  

• "Supercritical Fluid Technology Applied to Textile Fiber Applications", Paul D. Seemuth
  

• "Using Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy to Evaluate Fabrics", Karen K. Leonas
  

• "Polyurethane Membranes For Protective Clothing: Dynamic Contact Angles and Rate Effects", Pauline Ukpabi, S. K. Obendorf
  

• "Measuring the Fundamental Adsorption and Aggregation Properties of Commercially Available, Unpurified Surfactants: Results for Quaternary Ammonium Surfactants", Timothy J. Taylor, Andrew D. Cook
  

• "An Opto-Electronic Device for Online Measurement of Fibre Orientation and Twist Of Threads", M.S. Bradshaw, P.G. Schliachtenko, Y.N. Vetrova
  

• "Introduction to the Innovative Rotor-Doubling Twister", I-Shou Tsai, Jia-Horng Lin
  

• "The Wet Comfort of Small Disposable Incontinence Pads", Alan Cottenden , Grahams Dean, Rodney Brooks, Pat Thorburn
  

• "Relation Between Fiber Breakage and Length Properties of Cotton", Kearny Q Robert
  

• "Formaldehyde-Free Zein Fiber -- Preparation and Investigation", Yiqi Yang, Liming Wang, Shiqi Li
  

• "Mechanics of Needlepunching Process and Products: Study of Forces Experienced by Individual Needles During Needlepunching", Abdelfattah M. Seyam, Asaad S. Mohamed