ACS Polymer Chemistry Division Symposium: "The Polymer Science of Everyday Things"; August 21-22, 2004; Philadelphia, PA

“日常事物的聚合物科学”研讨会和研讨会的目标是解释人们日常遇到和使用的事物如何依赖于聚合物科学。科学家和教师不断地听到发明，并对发明感到兴奋，但很少停下来思考一些普通的事情，比如乐器（如小提琴、吉他和单簧管）是如何制造出来的，以及在cd、dvd和移动电话的制造过程中什么是重要的。很少有讨论会和讲习班向教师和科学家就聚合物科学的这些主题进行教育推广，由教师和科学家进行，重点放在三个远程地点讲习班学习设施上。因此，这次研讨会和工作坊在满足这些需求的同时，也加强了高分子科学领域的教育，提高了教学的专业性。智力优势：研讨会和研讨会将邀请具有最高水平、动机和沟通技巧的科学家，致力于激励未来几代科学家，并向公众传达科学“在日常事物中”的影响。演讲者的例子包括诺贝尔奖获得者艾伦·麦克迪亚米德，美国化学学会前主席艾尔莎·赖赫曼尼斯，以及约瑟夫·纳格瓦里，他的一生都在研究材料科学与斯特拉迪瓦里小提琴声音的关系。更广泛的影响包括：“日常事物的聚合物科学”互动教程研讨会和K-12远程工作坊增加；科学家、教师、对会员和K-12教师进行及时的科学发展、成为流行产品的教育。跨学科(聚合物科学、制造工艺、性能测试)从几个行业（消费电子，乐器，电子显示器，高保真音频重放）。

The goal of the "The Polymer Science of Everyday Things" symposium and workshop is to explain how things that people encounter and use everyday depend on polymer science for their ubiquity. Scientists and teachers hear and are excited about inventions continually, but seldom stop to think about common things, such as how musical instruments (e.g.,violins, guitars, and clarinets) are made, and what is important in the construction of CDs, DVDs, and mobile phones. Seldom, if ever, has there been asymposium and workshop that extends educational outreach on those topics in polymer science to teachers and scientists, by teachers and scientists, with substantial emphasis on three remote-site workshop learning facilities. Thus, this symposium and workshop fulfill these needs while enhancing education in the field of polymer science and enhancing teaching professionalism. Intellectual Merit: The Workshop and symposium will have scientists of the highest caliber, motication, and communcation skills dedicated to inspiring future generations of scientists and communicating to the public the impact of science "in everyday things". Examples of speakers include Nobel Laureate Alan MacDiarmid, ACS Past President Elsa Reichmanis, and Joseph Nagyvary whose life work has been the study of the relationship of materials science to sound in the Stradivarius violin. Broader impacts include: "The Polymer Science of Everyday Things" Interactive Tutorial Symposium and K-12 long distance workshop augment: Inforation transfer between scientists, teachers, and industry Education of members and K-12 teachers about timely scientific developments that becam popularly-used products Examination of cross-disciplines (polymer science, manufacturing processes, performance testing) from several industris (consumer electronics, musical instruments, eletronic displays, and high-fidelity audio reproduction).