A Message from
ISCST President
E. J. (Ted) Lightfoot

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 can be found at this web site. The next ISCST Symposium will be held in September 2010 in St. Paul, MN. The ISCST collaborates with the coating communities in Europe and Japan and co-sponsors the European Coating Symposium and the Japan Coating Symposium.

2008 saw an overhaul in the society’s continuing education program. 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. This year the ISCST is also sponsoring an undergraduate research scholarship at the University of Minnesota in memory of one of our founding directors and the inaugural winner of the John A. Tallmadge award, the late Prof. L. E. Scriven.

We are in the process of expanding our web site – the latest addition being the job postings link on the home page – keep checking the website for new features.

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. If you have any thoughts on how the society can better serve the community please contact me.

E. J. (Ted) Lightfoot
President, ISCST

The Purpose and Goals of ISCST

The International Society of Coating Science and Technology (ISCST) is a technical society, which was formed in December of 1996 by an international group of academic and industrial engineers who are active in the many aspects of coating technology. This technology is growing in importance and it was 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 who are engaged in the coating process sciences.
  • Provide continuing educational programs in coating process science and technology.
  • Provide opportunities for technology leveraging among the many diverse industries that utilize coating.

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