1. PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE REPAIR & PROTECTION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY USING THERMOSET RESIN SYSTEMS

2. Significance: Low? I DON’T Think So!!!!

3. EFFICIENT TRANSPORT OF GOODS, SERVICES, AND PEOPLE IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF OUR CITIZENS TO THE FUTURE PROSPERITY AND SECURITY OF OUR NATION! GLENN ROBINSON

4. IN THE USA STATE DOT'S MAINTAIN APPROX. 750,000 BRIDGES: MOST ARE BRIDGES TO SOMEWHERE! AND FROM SOMEWHERE!

5. THERMOSETS: RESINS AND HARDENERS + FILLERS YIELD POLYMER CONCRETES, MORTARS, PUTTIES, COATINGS, INJECTION SYSTEMS, SKID RESISTANT PROTECTIVE OVERLAYS… ADD FIBERS TO GET COMPOSITES

6. THERMOSET CHEMISTRIES ► Epoxies ► Polyesters ► Vinyl Esters ► Methacrylates ► Polyurethanes

7. REPAIR SYSTEM: RESIN(S), HARDENER(S), AND AGGREGATE (BLEND)

8. PROCESS DESIGN MUST INCLUDE TECHNICAL, LOGISTICAL, AND HUMAN ASPECTS TO HAVE ANY REAL VALUE

9. THE PROBLEM IS: IN AMERICA WE DO A BETTER JOB OF SELLING WHAT WE MAKE THAN MAKING WHAT WE SELL. ANDY ROONEY

10. DO NO HARM! HIPPOCRATESE

11. WHAT APPEAR TO BE VERY COMPLEX MATH MODELS ARE, IN FACT, SIMPLISTIC BUT SERVE AS GUIDES TO WHERE WE MUST GO!