2011 Polymers GRC and GRS conferences

摘要：高登聚合物研究会议（GRC）将重点关注聚合物领域的新兴技术，将为来自学术界，工业界和政府的领先科学家和工程师提供一个令人兴奋的论坛，讨论新兴的多学科技术，弥合聚合物科学与工程之间的传统界限。GRC是高分子科学与工程领域的重要跨学科会议（2009年出席人数为180人），每两年在夏季举行一次。2011年GRC被设想为聚合物科学和工程最新进展的综合教育论坛，会议的小标题有意将不同领域的专家聚集在一起，讨论广泛学科的先进技术。此时需要这样一个教育论坛来促进必要的合作和相互理解，以催化从分子到设备水平的突破性聚合物基材料解决方案。2011年GRC的目标包括(1)传播聚合物科学与工程的最新进展，(2)跨学科教育，(3)培养跨学科合作，(4)形成专业网络。2011年的GRC将包括两个小型研讨会。会议将讨论自适应聚合物的发展趋势、在聚合物科学中利用生物系统、仿生聚合物、光电材料、利用聚合物达到纳米级、聚合物合成的新趋势、超分子聚合物、替代能源聚合物以及聚合物设计的新方向。每个小型会议将包括两位讨论领导和2-3个本学科的受邀研究讲座。受邀的演讲者在各自的领域被广泛认为是领导者，并将提供具有广泛科学吸引力的重点讲座。特别关注的是多元化项目的发展，包括代表性不足的群体、来自全国各地的顶尖大学、国际参与以及跨学科的创新。更广泛的影响：研究生研究研讨会（GRS）将第二次在GRC之前举行。首届聚合物GRS会议取得了巨大的成功，许多参加会议的学生也参加了GRC会议。前两天的会议只包括研究生口头报告，学生将被邀请参加随后的GRC。预计大多数研究生将参加随后的GRC。事实上，在GRC中有一个特别的迷你会议，名为GRS奖演讲者，其中两名在GRS上发表演讲的学生将被允许在GRC上发表演讲。邀请哪两名学生在GRC演讲将由GRS的学生决定。这个论坛将为我们国家的一些人提供交流的机会。美国顶尖的研究生研究人员，包括培养研究合作和后续职业的网络。更广泛的影响还包括与工业和国家实验室的联系。国际参与者将提供在国际层面产生影响的机会，并培养与国际研究团体的桥梁。成功的一个关键指标将是形成一个多样化的项目，并对不同的科学家和工程师群体产生影响。

TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACT :The Polymers Gordon Research Conference (GRC), which will focus on highlighting emerging technologies in the polymer area, will provide an exciting forum for leading scientists and engineers from academia, industry, and government to discuss emerging multidisciplinary technologies that bridge traditional boundaries between polymer science and engineering. The GRC is a premier interdisciplinary conference (attendance in 2009 was 180) for the polymer science and engineering community and is offered every two years in the summer. The 2011 GRC is envisioned as an integrated educational forum for the most recent advances in polymer science and engineering, and the meeting subtitle is intentionally broad to bring together experts in diverse fields to address advanced technologies over a wide range disciplines. Such an educational forum is needed at this time to facilitate the collaborations and mutual understanding necessary to catalyze breakthrough polymer-based material solutions from the molecular to the device level. The objectives of the 2011 GRC include (1) dissemination of the most recent advances in polymer science and engineering, (2) education across multiple disciplines, (3) cultivation of collaborations across diverse disciplines, and (4) formation of professional networks.The 2011 GRC will consist of ?mini-symposia? sessions on trends in adaptive polymers, utilizing biosystems in polymer science, biomimetic polymers, opto-electronic materials, utilizing polymers to access the nanoscale, new trends in polymer synthesis, supramolecular polymers, polymers for alternate energy, and emerging directions in polymer design. Each mini-session will include two discussion leaders and 2-3 invited research lectures in the discipline. The invited speakers are widely recognized as leaders in their fields and will deliver focused lectures with broad scientific appeal. Special attention was devoted to the development of a diverse program including under-represented groups, leading universities from across the nation, international participation, and demonstrated innovation across disciplines.Broader Impact: A Graduate Research Seminar (GRS) will precede the GRC for the second time. The first Polymer GRS was hugely successful and many of the students who attended this meeting also attended the GRC. The preceding two-day conference includes only graduate student oral presentations, and students will be invited to remain for the subsequent GRC. A majority of the graduate students are expected to participate in the subsequent GRC. In fact there is a special mini session in the GRC entitled GRS Award Speakers in which two students who presented at the GRS will be allowed to present at the GRC. The choice of which two students are invited to talk at the GRC will be made by the students at the GRS. This forum will provide networking opportunities for some of our nation?s top graduate student researchers, including the cultivation of research collaborations and networks for subsequent careers. Broader impact will also involve outreach to industry and national laboratories. International participants will provide opportunities for impact on the international level and the cultivation of bridges to international research groups. A key metric for success will be the formation of a diverse program and the impact on diverse groups of scientists and engineers.