Dr. Danny C. Rich Receives 2015 Mattiello Lecture Award at ACA’s CoatingsTech Conference

The American Coatings Association (ACA) presented its CoatingsTech Mattiello Memorial Lecture Award to Dr. Danny C. Rich, manager of Sun Chemical Corporation’s Color Research Laboratory.

Dr. Rich delivered the Mattiello Memorial Lecture, “Solid State Lighting and its Impact on the Marketing and Production of Decorative Coatings,”at ACA’s CoatingsTech Conference, March 9-11, in Louisville, KY.

The Joseph J. Mattiello Lecture Award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to science, technology, and/or engineering related to the coatings industry.

ACA’s 2015 CoatingsTech Conference Mattiello Symposium presenters also included NIST’s Dr. Yoshi Ohno, who delivered a presentation titled, “Color Characteristics of Solid State Lighting Products and Metrology Issues,” and the University of British Columbia’s Dr. Lorne Whitehead, who delivered a presentation titled, “Understanding the Impact of LED Light on Color Appearance.”