Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers

马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)支持聚合物材料领域的跨学科项目。该中心名为“聚合物材料研究科学与工程中心”。这项研究分为三个跨学科研究小组(IRGS)。定制界面(IRG 1)侧重于使用各种化学、表面结构和应用领域技术来控制聚合物薄膜的横向有序。关于超临界流体中的结构化材料的IRG 2与超临界二氧化碳在聚合物中的结合有关，重点是对该过程(扩散、热力学、界面相互作用)有一个基本的了解。水性聚合物组装(IRG 3)研究聚合物在水溶液中的组装。目标是了解各种作用力(静电、疏水、流体动力学等)的贡献，以便预测最终的纳米结构材料。该中心有积极的教育和外展计划，特别强调本科生和K-12教师教育。与女子文科学院(史密斯学院和芒特霍利奥克学院)建立了有效的联系。共有8名本科生将在史密斯大学和芒特霍利奥克大学获得资助。与本科生的其他关系是通过霍华德大学和哈维穆德学院的教职员工关系发展起来的。该中心通过与史密斯学院、曼霍利奥克学院和阿默斯特学院共同设立的美国国家科学基金会化学教育研究网站奖(RSEC)，对大学进行了推广。MRSEC运营着11个共享的实验设施，这些设施也是教育推广计划的有效工具。该中心有一个完善的工业外展计划。密歇根大学聚合物工业研究中心(CUMIRP)通过将工业赞助商与密歇根大学的研究项目、教师和学生联系起来，充分利用了MRSEC的外展努力。该中心的参与者包括34名高级研究员、2名博士后助理、30名研究生以及对本科生和K-12教师的支持。托马斯·P·罗素教授是美国证券交易委员会的负责人。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst supports an interdisciplinary program in the area of polymeric materials. The Center is entitled "Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers". The research is organized into three interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs). Tailored Interfaces (IRG 1) focuses on controlling the lateral order in thin polymer films using a variety of chemical, surface structural, and applied field techniques. IRG 2 on Structured Materials in Supercritical Fluids is concerned with the incorporation of supercritical CO2 in polymers with emphasis on gaining a fundamental understanding (diffusion, thermodynamics, interfacial interactions) of the process. Aqueous Polymer Assembly (IRG 3) investigates the assembly of polymers in aqueous solutions. The goal is to understand the contributions of various forces (electrostatic, hydrophobic, hydrodynamic, etc) in order to predict the final nano structured material. The Center has active education and outreach programs with special emphasis on undergraduate and K-12 teacher education. Effective links to the liberal arts colleges for women (Smith and Mount Holyoke) have been established. A total of 8 undergraduates will be sponsored at Smith and Mount Holyoke. Other ties to undergraduates are developed through faculty links at Howard U. and Harvey Mudd College. The Center's outreach to colleges is leveraged by a NSF Research Site on Education in Chemistry award (RSEC) with Smith, Mount Holyoke and Amherst Colleges. The MRSEC operates eleven shared experimental facilities which are also an effective tool in the education outreach program. The Center has a well developed industrial oureach program. The Center for UMass-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP) leverages the MRSEC's outreach efforts by linking industrial sponsors with UMass research programs, faculty, and students. CUMIRP also fosters education links to industry in the form of the industrial visitors program (several week visits by industrial scientists at UMass), industrial scientist speaker program, and participation of industrial scientists on dissertation committees.Participants in the Center include 34 senior investigators, 2 postdoctoral associates, 30 graduate students and support for undergraduates and K-12 teachers. Professor Thomas P. Russell directs the MRSEC.