Request for Travel Support for Domestic Invited Speakers to Attend the "Emerging Areas in Polymer Science and Engineering" Program at the 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engine

该奖项为美国化学工程师学会(AIChE)2013年秋季会议上的两个特别会议提供部分支持，主题是“聚合物科学与工程中的新兴领域”。该计划的重点是可调和响应性聚合物、纳米颗粒和表面活性剂、功能凝胶、智能/可重新配置的聚合物网络、界面相互作用、聚合物电池和电容器，以及通过结构化聚合物基质的传输。讲座涵盖了一系列聚合物研究主题，总的主题是使用纳米工程和先进材料化学来操纵聚合物系统的材料结构、性能和功能。每堂课的演讲将重点介绍聚合物科学和工程在能量存储和生成、药物输送、纳米模板、涂层、纳米复合材料和生物材料等领域的最新理论、模拟和实验进展。演讲者代表了聚合物领域处于不同职业阶段的不同领军者。这些重点课程将迎合与聚合物科学和工程相关的各种领域的研究生、博士后研究人员、教师和工业专业人士的需求。此外，这些会议将展示化学工程界与聚合物相关的新兴活动的广度。

TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACTThis award provides partial support for two special sessions on "Emerging Areas in Polymer Science and Engineering" at the fall 2013 meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The program is focused on tunable and responsive polymers, nanoparticles and surfactants, functional gels, smart/reconfigurable polymer networks, interfacial interactions, polymer batteries and capacitors, and transport through structured polymeric matrices. The talks cover an array of polymer research topics, with the overall theme being the use of nanoscale engineering and advanced materials chemistry to manipulate materials structure, properties, and function of polymer systems. The combination of the talks in each session will highlight recent theoretical, simulation, and experimentaladvances in polymer science and engineering in areas related to energy storage and generation, drug delivery, nanoscale templating, coatings, nanocomposites, and biomaterials.The speakers represent a broadly diverse group of leaders in the polymer field at different career stages. These focused sessions will cater to graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and industrial professionals in a variety of areas related to polymer science and engineering. Furthermore, these sessions will showcase the breadth of emerging polymer-related activities in the chemical engineering community.