2011 Polymers GRC and GRS conferences

技术和非技术摘要：聚合物戈登研究会议（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，讨论弥合聚合物科学和工程之间传统界限的新兴多学科技术。GRC是聚合物科学和工程界首屈一指的跨学科会议（2009年出席人数为180人），每两年在夏季举办一次。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，会议副标题有意广泛，以汇集不同领域的专家，以解决广泛学科的先进技术。此时需要这样一个教育论坛，以促进必要的合作和相互理解，以催化从分子到器件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）传播聚合物科学和工程的最新进展，（2）跨学科教育，（3）培养跨学科合作，（4）形成专业网络。小型研讨会在适应性聚合物的趋势，利用生物系统在聚合物科学，仿生聚合物，光电材料，利用聚合物进入纳米级，在聚合物合成，超分子聚合物，聚合物替代能源的新趋势，和新兴的方向在聚合物设计会议。每个小型会议将包括两个讨论的领导者和2-3个邀请的研究讲座的纪律。受邀演讲者被广泛认为是各自领域的领导者，并将提供具有广泛科学吸引力的重点讲座。特别关注的是发展一个多样化的计划，包括代表性不足的群体，来自全国各地的领先大学，国际参与，并展示跨学科的创新。更广泛的影响：研究生研究研讨会（GRS）将第二次先于GRC。第一届聚合物GRS非常成功，许多参加这次会议的学生也参加了GRC。前两天的会议只包括研究生口头报告，学生将被邀请留在随后的GRC。预计大多数研究生将参加随后的GRC。事实上，在GRC中有一个名为GRS奖演讲者的特殊迷你会议，其中两名在GRS中提出的学生将被允许在GRC中提出。邀请哪两名学生在GRC演讲的选择将由GRS的学生决定。这个论坛将为我们国家的一些人提供网络机会？的顶尖研究生研究人员，包括研究合作和网络的培养，为随后的职业生涯。更广泛的影响还将涉及与行业和国家实验室的外联。国际参与者将提供在国际一级产生影响的机会，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计划，并对不同群体的科学家和工程师的影响。

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.