A Message from
ISCST President
F. Miguel ("Michael") Joos

Welcome to the web site of the International Society of Coating Science and Technology (ISCST). The ISCST is a technical society formed by an international group of academic and industrial engineers to encourage the use of scientific principles to help understand the processes associated with the application of wet coatings to a substrate. As such, ISCST serves as an interface between scholarly research and industrial practice: both are welcome but it is the interplay between the two that makes ISCST unique.

The ISCST organizes the biennial International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, the world's premier forum for presenting advances in the mechanisms and process technology needed for applying wet coated layers. Information about previous Symposia, including extended abstracts, can be found at this web site. The next ISCST Symposium will be held in September 2012 in Atlanta, GA, USA. The ISCST collaborates with the coating communities in Europe and Asia, and co-sponsors the European Coating Symposium and the Japan Coating Symposium.

The most recent Symposia have shown a dramatic shift in the topics being presented: from emphasis on traditional coating and drying processes of traditional high capacity coating industries, to emerging applications such as photovoltaics, fuel and battery cells, all sorts of biomedical applications, and electronic displays, that bring with them many new and exciting challenges. The ISCST Symposium has become a great place to learn of new findings and approaches that will allow participants to return to their workplace and adapt some of them to their own coating problems.

ISCST traditionally offers a continuing education program immediately preceding its Symposium. Our last addition, the revamped course "Science & Technology of Coating and Drying Processes", received rave reviews. Additional continuing education activities are in the works. The ISCST also sponsors the John A. Tallmadge Award for outstanding contributions to coating technology and the L. E. Scriven Young Investigator Award.

The ISCST is always seeking new ways to serve the coating community at large - our existing membership and partners as well as potential new members and partners. Past President Ted Lightfoot has appointed a Scientific Advisory Committee that is now charged with developing strategic and marketing plans; we expect that implementation of these plans will enable the Society to provide greater influence and expand our services. Please contact me if you have any thoughts on how the society can better serve the community.

Michael Joos
President, ISCST

The Purpose and Goals of ISCST

The International Society of Coating Science and Technology (ISCST) is a technical society that was formed in December of 1996 by an international group of academic and industrial engineers who believed that the global coating technical community would benefit by having its own society.
The specific purposes of ISCST are to:

  • Provide forums for presenting advances in the mechanisms and technologies used in the preparation, application, solidification, and microstructuring of coated films.
  • Encourage technology transfer, professional development, and networking of scientists engaged in the coating process sciences.
  • Provide continuing educational programs in coating process science and technology.
  • Provide opportunities to leverage technologies among diverse coating industries.

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