Emerging Areas in Polymer Science and Engineering: A Plenary Session at the 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting

建议提供5,000美元的非技术和技术基金，以支持参加“聚合物科学与工程新兴领域”全体研讨会的初级教职员工和研究生的旅费，以及在“研究生聚合物研究”方面的卓越表现。会议将于2015年11月8日至13日在德克萨斯州盐湖城举行的美国化学工程学会(AIChE)年会上举行。聚合物科学与工程的规划领域？新兴领域？全体研讨会，范围广泛，旨在当代聚合物科学和工程/应用的脉搏，造福于化学工程界。计划中的全体专题讨论会将强调下列专题：有机光伏和其他与能源有关的聚合物材料；嵌段共聚物远程有序化和排列的新途径；纳米受限聚合物薄膜中的热力学和聚合动力学；生物启发和生物相容性聚合物及其表面；聚烯烃结构-性质关系及其工业应用之间的差距。与全体研讨会一起组织的研究生奖研讨会将展示由他们的论文导师提名的高素质研究生的最新成果。两届会议选定的、得到支助的与会者之间的多样性是该提案的一个目标。

NON-TECHNICAL AND TECHNICAL ABSTRACTFunds in the amount of $5,000 are recommended in support of the travel of junior faculty and graduate students participating in the plenary symposium on ?Emerging Areas in Polymer Science and Engineering?, and the ?Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research? session, to be held at the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) Annual meeting on Nov. 8-13, 2015 in Salt Lake City, UT. The planned ?Emerging Areas in Polymer Science and Engineering? plenary symposium, is comprehensive in scope aiming at the pulse of contemporary polymer science and engineering/applications, to the benefit of the chemical engineering community. The following topics will be emphasized in the planned plenary symposium: Organic photovoltaics and other energy-relevant polymeric materials; New routes for long-range ordering and alignment of block copolymers; Thermodynamics and polymerization kinetics in nanoconfined polymer films; Bioinspired and biocompatible polymers and surfaces; Bridging the gap between structure-property relationships in polyolefins and their industrial applications. The graduate student award symposium organized in conjunction with the plenary symposium will showcase recent results of highly qualified graduate students which have been nominated by their thesis advisors. Diversity among the chosen supported participants of both sessions is an aim of the proposal.