Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers

高分子材料研究科学与工程中心

• 批准号: 9809365
• 负责人: Thomas Russell
• 金额: $ 814万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-01 至 2003-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9809365&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Materials; Research; Science; Engineering; Center

9809365RussellThe Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst focuses on fundamental problems in polymer science and engineering. The Center also provides seed funding for new opportunities in polymer research. The Center supports education outreach efforts that include collaborations with nearby women's colleges and with minority institutions, development of curricular materials for middle-school students and outreach to the general public through the National Plastics Museum. The MRSEC also supports shared experimental facilities that are accessible to center participants and to outside users, and broad industrial outreach efforts.Research in this MRSEC is organized into two interdisciplinary research groups. One group emphasizes the manipulation of polymer morphology by controlled interfacial interactions. A second group explores the use of environmentally benign supercritical carbon dioxide to enhance the efficiency of polymer processing. Participants in the Center currently include 24 senior investigators, 6 postdoctoral associates, 23 graduate students, 10 undergraduates, and 2 technicians and other support personnel. Professor Thomas P. Russell directs the MRSEC.

[809365]罗素马萨诸塞州大学阿姆赫斯特分校的材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）专注于聚合物科学与工程的基本问题。该中心还为聚合物研究的新机会提供种子基金。该中心支持教育推广工作，包括与附近的女子学院和少数民族机构合作，为中学生开发课程材料，并通过国家塑料博物馆向公众推广。MRSEC还支持对中心参与者和外部用户开放的共享实验设施，以及广泛的工业推广工作。该MRSEC的研究分为两个跨学科研究小组。一组强调通过控制界面相互作用来操纵聚合物形态。第二组探索使用无害环境的超临界二氧化碳来提高聚合物加工的效率。中心现有高级研究员24人，博士后6人，研究生23人，本科生10人，技术人员及其他辅助人员2人。Thomas P. Russell教授是MRSEC的负责人。