Dr. Mohamed El-Aasser has organized as well as providing lectures in three Annual Short Courses, as well as two in-house courses at industrial companies, and also gave lectures at one other Annual Short Course. All are listed below.

  1. Advances in Emulsion Polymerization and Latex Technology – One week annual short course.
  • Course Speakers include university professors and Industrial scientists who are research active in various aspects of the science, engineering and applications of emulsion polymerization and latex systems.
  • The course provides valuable learning experience to industrial scientists and engineers as well as graduate students. Over 5000 world-wide participants in the course over the years.
  • His lectures in the annual courses covered several topics such as:
    • Role of surfactants (conventional and reactive) in emulsion polymerization
    • Miniemulsions: Their Latex Systems via Polymerization in Submicron-Size Droplets or Direct Emulsification of Polymer Solutions and their applications
    • Kinetics of Emulsion and miniemulsion polymerization
    • Colloidal Stabilization and Destabilization Mechanisms of Latex Systems
    • Monodisperse Latex Particles – Preparation, Surface Modification, Characterization and Applications
    • Surface Characterization of Latex Systems
    • Structured Latex Particles: Morphology Designs, Synthesis, Characterization and Applications in coatings and impact modification of plastics.
    • Micron-sized Polymer particles via Dispersion Polymerization
    • Dispersion Polymerization in Alcohol and non-aqueous Media
    • Coatings by electrodeposition of Latex systems”
    • Microvoid Coatings
  1. Short Courseon Physics and Chemistry of Printing Inks”, One week short course organizer and lecturer at Lehigh University, 1979 – 1985.
  • Dr. El-Aasser’s lecture topic
    • “Stabilization of Fine Particles in Aqueous and Non -Aqueous Media”,
  1. In-House Short Course at 3M, PAUL, MN, USA, September 27 -29, 1994 (Organizer and lecturer).
  • Dr. El-Aasser’s lectures included the following topics
    • The Role of Surfactants in Emulsion Polymerization Processes”
    • “Electrostatic Stabilization and Aggregation of Electrostatically Stabilized Latexes”
    • “Latex Preparation by Direct Emulsification and Polymerization in Miniemulsions
  1. In-House Short Course, at ICI- England, Manchester, England, October 10 -14, 1988, (Organizer and lecturer).
  • Dr. El-Aasser’s lectures included the following topics
    • “Copolymerization in Mini-Emulsions”
    • “Preparation of Artificial Latexes by Mini –Emulsification”
    • “Electrostatic and Steric Stabilization of Latexes”
    • “The Role of Surfactants in Emulsion/Dispersion Polymerization
    • “Dispersion Polymerization”
  1. The Latex Course On Diagnostic Application Of Latex Technology Offered during the period of 1996-2002) by Bangs Laboratory & Emerald Diagnostics (lecturer only)
  • Dr. El-Aasser’s lecture topic “Preparation and Characterization of Latexes for Immunoassay Use”
  • Course offered at the following sites
    • San Diego, CA, USA, (April, 2001 – June, 2002).
    • Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (2000)
    • Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, May 19, 1999
    • San Francisco, CA, October 1 -3, 1997.
    • Paris, France, April 22 -24, 1996.
    • Princeton, New Jersey, April 17 -19, 1996.