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的是解释人们日常遇到和使用的东西是如何依赖于聚合物科学的无处不在的。科学家和教师不断听到发明并为之兴奋，但很少会停下来思考常见的事情，例如乐器(如小提琴、吉他和单簧管)是如何制造的，以及CD、DVD和手机的制造中什么是重要的。很少有由教师和科学家就聚合物科学的这些主题向教师和科学家进行教育推广的研讨会和讲习班，重点是三个远程讲习班的学习设施。因此，这次研讨会和研讨会满足了这些需求，同时加强了聚合物科学领域的教育，提高了教师的专业性。知识价值：研讨会和研讨会将有最高水平的科学家，移动和交流技能致力于激励未来的科学家和向公众传播科学的影响“在日常生活中”。演讲者的例子包括诺贝尔奖获得者艾伦·麦克迪尔米德、前总统埃尔萨·雷希马尼斯和约瑟夫·纳吉法利，他的毕生工作是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：《日常生活中的聚合物科学》互动教程研讨会和K-12远程研讨会的增强：科学家之间的信息传递，老师们，对会员和K-12教师进行关于成为流行产品的及时的科学发展的行业教育跨学科考试(聚合物科学，来自几个行业(消费电子、乐器、电子显示器和高保真音频复制)的制造工艺、性能测试)。

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).