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

非技术和技术摘要：建议提供5000美元的资金，用于支持参加关于？聚合物科学与工程的新兴领域？，和？优秀的研究生聚合物研究？会议将于2015年11月8-13日在犹他州盐湖城举行的美国化学工程学会（AIChE）年会上举行。计划中的？聚合物科学与工程的新兴领域？全体研讨会，是全面的范围，旨在当代高分子科学和工程/应用的脉搏，以化学工程界的利益。计划中的全体研讨会将着重讨论以下主题：有机光伏和其他与能源有关的聚合物材料；嵌段共聚物长时间有序排列的新途径纳米聚合物薄膜的热力学和聚合动力学研究生物启发和生物相容性聚合物和表面；弥合聚烯烃的结构-性能关系及其工业应用之间的差距。与全体会议一起组织的研究生奖励研讨会将展示由论文导师提名的高素质研究生的最新成果。在两届会议的选定和支持的参加者之间的多样性是该建议的一个目的。

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.