An Integrated Polymer Synthesis, Processing, and Characterization Laboratory for Physics and Chemistry Majors

理化专业高分子合成、加工、表征一体化实验室

• 批准号: 9950242
• 负责人: David Tyler
• 金额: $ 9.19万
• 依托单位: University of Oregon Eugene
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-01 至 2001-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9950242&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrated; Polymer; Synthesis; Processing; Characterization

In response to the requests of local industrial partners, the University of Oregon is adapting their curriculum in polymer science to better prepare undergraduate students for careers in the polymer sciences. This change in curriculum involves the creation of an internship program for our undergraduate students with local polymer industry and the implementation of a new undergraduate polymer laboratory. The intern program is modeled after a NSF funded internship program for undergraduate students with the semiconductor industry. In our program, students spend three terms (an academic year) working as interns. To prepare their laboratory skills in polymer synthesis and characterization, a polymer characterization laboratory is introduced into the curriculum. Students must successfully complete the laboratory before entering the intern program. The laboratory course constitutes an essential component of the program since it exposes physics and chemistry majors to cutting edge issues in polymer science using state of the art instrumentation. Our work involves: 1) facilities that enable cutting-edge synthetic techniques such as synthesis in microemulsions and air-sensitive anionic synthesis, 2) capabilities for molecular weight and size distributions that facilitate the connection between synthesis, processing, and properties, 3) a differential scanning calorimeter for characterization of polymer thermal properties, and 4) a testing station for characterization of polymer mechanical properties. These facilities serve to delineate the underlying goal of our program which is also coincident with that of our industrial affiliates: to help students develop an understanding of the overall process of polymer material production, from state-of-the-art synthetic techniques through detailed microscopic and macroscopic characterization.

为了响应当地工业合作伙伴的要求，俄勒冈州大学正在调整他们的聚合物科学课程，以更好地为本科生在聚合物科学的职业生涯做准备。课程的这一变化涉及为我们的本科生与当地聚合物行业建立实习计划，并实施新的本科聚合物实验室。实习生计划是仿照NSF资助的半导体行业本科生实习计划。在我们的计划中，学生花三个学期（一个学年）作为实习生工作。 为了准备他们在聚合物合成和表征的实验室技能，聚合物表征实验室被引入课程。 学生必须在进入实习生计划之前成功完成实验室。 实验室课程是该计划的重要组成部分，因为它使物理和化学专业的学生接触到使用最先进仪器的聚合物科学的前沿问题。我们的工作包括：1）能够实现尖端合成技术的设施，例如微乳液合成和空气敏感阴离子合成，2）分子量和尺寸分布的能力，促进合成，加工和性能之间的联系，3）用于表征聚合物热性能的差示扫描量热仪，以及4）用于表征聚合物机械性能的测试站。 这些设施用于描述我们的计划的基本目标，这也是与我们的工业分支机构相一致的：帮助学生了解聚合物材料生产的整个过程，从最先进的合成技术到详细的微观和宏观表征。