Gordon Research Conference, Polymers (West), January 7-12, 2007, Ventura, CA

项目摘要：向国家科学基金会申请补充旅行基金戈登研究会议，聚合物(WEST)，2007年1月7-12日，文图拉，CAJimmy Mays，主席Darrin Pochan，副主席。聚合物(WEST)戈登研究会议(GRC)寻求补充可用于旅行支持的资金，以加强博士后和高级研究生参与这次会议。这项请求需要3 000美元，用于支助大约6个补充旅行套餐，每人约500美元。初级教员的资助请求也将被考虑，前提是他们无法证明参加会议的其他支持来源。技术优点：这项建议的技术优点是促进年轻聚合物科学家参加戈登会议，该会议讨论聚合物科学和工程前沿的几个关键领域。被邀请的演讲者是国际知名的、在各自的聚合物化学、物理和工程领域的世界级专家，以及新兴的年轻明星。让如此杰出的领先专家作为演讲者和讨论领导者参与进来，对于确保GRC取得高度成功至关重要。另一个被视为衡量GRC成功的重要标准是年轻研究人员的出勤率和积极参与。对于我们中的任何人，包括本次会议的主席和联合主席，GRC的早期职业参与提供了科学刺激、职业关系的发展以及与其他科学家的合作，这对我们的职业发展非常重要。我们提出这一要求的动机是让尽可能多的年轻聚合科学家有机会在明年1月在文图拉体验他们的第一次GRC。美国国家科学基金会的资助对实现这一目标至关重要。更广泛的影响：更广泛的影响在于培养和发展未来聚合物领域和相关跨学科领域的领导者，并进一步促进执行这一跨学科研究的科学力量的多样性。为了保持聚合物(West)GRC的传统，今年会议的计划主题涵盖了从聚合物合成到聚合物物理和工程的一系列重要和及时的主题，包括聚合物科学的工业趋势。这些计划主题是生物活性聚合物，受控聚合物体系结构，微电子和光学聚合物，嵌段共聚物，纳米粒子和纳米技术，生物流变学和凝胶，能源需要的聚合物。最后，在完整的戈登研究会议之前的周末，将举行新的研究生研究研讨会，该会议将全面组织，运行，并由Mays和Pochan选择的研究生和博士后研究人员参加。这肯定会导致更多的年轻研究人员参与到聚合物科学和工程的跨学科领域。

Project Summary:Proposal to the National Science Foundation Requesting Supplemental TravelFundsGordon Research Conference, Polymers (West), January 7-12, 2007, Ventura, CAJimmy Mays, ChairDarrin Pochan, Vice-ChairThe Polymers (West) Gordon Research Conference (GRC) seeks to supplement theavailable funds for travel support to enhance participation of post doctoral and seniorgraduate students at this meeting. This request is for $3,000 for supportingapproximately 6 supplemental travel packages at approximately $500/person. Fundingrequests by junior faculty will also be considered provided they can demonstrate no othersource of support for travel to the conference.Technical Merit: The technical merit of this proposal is to facilitate enhancedparticipation of young polymer scientists in a Gordon Conference that addresses severalkey areas at the frontiers of polymer science and engineering. The invited speakers areinternationally known, world class experts in their respective areas of polymer chemistry,physics and engineering, as well as emerging young stars. Having such distinguishedleading experts participate as speakers and discussion leaders is critical to assuring thatthe GRC is highly successful. Another criterion that is viewed as an important measureof the success of a GRC is attendance and active participation of young researchers. Formany of us, including the Chair and Co-Chair of this conference, early career attendanceat GRCs provided scientific stimulation, development of professional relationships, andcollaborations with other scientists that have been important in our professionaldevelopment. Our motivation for the present request is to give as many young polymerscientists as possible the opportunity to experience their first GRC in Ventura nextJanuary. NSF funding is critical to achieving this goal.Broader Impact: The broader impact lies in the cultivation and development oftomorrow's leaders in the polymer field and related interdisciplinary fields and to furtherdiversity in the scientific force performing this interdisciplinary research. In keepingwith the past tradition of the Polymers (West) GRC, the Programmatic Themes of thisyear's conference cover a range of important and timely topics spanning the range frompolymer synthesis to polymer physics and engineering, including industrial trends inpolymer science. These programmatic themes are Bioactive Polymers, ControlledPolymer Architectures, Polymers for Microelectronics and Optics, Block Copolymers,Nanoparticles and Nanotechnology, Bio-Rheology and Gels, Polymers for Energy Needs.Finally, a new Graduate Research Seminar meeting will be held the weekend prior to thefull Gordon Research Conference that will be fully organized, run, and attended bygraduate students and post-doctoral researchers chosen by Mays and Pochan. This willcertainly lead to increased participation of younger researchers in the interdisciplinaryfield of polymer science and engineering.