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POWDER COATING, August 2018 13 responsive polymeric coatings, and molecular level processes that govern self-repaired coatings. Y i n g Y a n g i s a research assistant pro- fessor in Prof. Marek W. Urban's group at Clemson University. She joined the Urban R e s e a r c h G r o u p i n 2 011 a n d received a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering in 2016. She is a co-author of several high impact publications and patents, and her research focuses on the design and development of advanced stimuli-re- spon sive polym e r s an d coat ing s , including self-healing and shape memory polymers, and multi-phase composite systems. Wis., and a doctorate in chemistry a n d c h e m i ca l e n g in e e r in g f r om Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Mich. He has also done postdoctoral work in macromolecu- lar science at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland . Urban has writ ten more than 30 0 research papers, several patents, and three books, and has edited nine books. He has won numerous awards, includ- ing the Technical Focus Speaker and Roon Foundation Awards (1999) from the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technologies (FSCT), and an o u t stan d in g r e sea r ch fa c u l t y award from USM. His research on self-healing coatings has been fea- tured by numerous media including the New York Times, Forbes maga- z i n e , B B C , N B C , D i s c o v e r y Channel, USA Today, Yahoo, and many other TV and radio stations around the world. Current research interests include self-healing poly- mers and coatings, understanding physico-chemical processes governing coatings responsiveness, the develop- m e n t of h e t e r o g e n e o u s s t i m u l i - Marek W. Urban is J . E . S i r r i n e Foundation endowed chair and professor in the Department of M a t e r i a l s S c i e n c e a n d E n g i n e e r i n g a t C l e m s o n Universit y, 299 A Sir rine Hall , Clemson, SC 29634; 864/656-1155; mareku@clemson.edu. Until 2012, he was a professor of polymer science and engineering in the School of Polymers and High Per for mance Ma t e r i a l s a t t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f Southern Mississippi-Hat tiesburg (USM). Af ter 13 years at North Dakota State University, he joined US M w h e r e h e e st abl i sh e d a n d d i r e c t e d t h e N a t i o n a l S c i e n c e F o u n d a t i on Ma t e r i a l s R e s e a r c h S c i e n c e E n g i n e e r i n g C e n t e r (MR SEC) on Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Films and Coatings. He is co-director of the formally National S cience Found ation C ooperative Research Center in Coatings and r e ce n t l y r e n a m e d In t e r fa ce . He received an MS in chemistry from Marquette University, Milwaukee,