NSF Workshop: Frontiers in Polymer Science and Engineering

NSF 研讨会：高分子科学与工程前沿

• 批准号: 1623946
• 负责人: Frank Bates
• 金额: $ 18.3万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-03-01 至 2018-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1623946&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Workshop; Frontiers; Polymer; Science

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The project "NSF Workshop: Frontiers in Polymer Science and Engineering" will examine outstanding new opportunities for research and education at the forefront of the field of polymer science and polymeric materials. This class of materials plays a central role in innumerable items of commerce that directly affect the US economy, the daily lives, and the health and welfare of our entire population. The workshop will draw together approximately 70 scientists, engineers, and educators from around the nation, working in universities, companies, and national laboratories, and representing a broad diversity of areas of expertise. A central goal is to identify the most promising opportunities and critical areas for future investment in the research necessary to sustain national leadership in the science and technology that underpins this vital and multidisciplinary field. Workshop participants, representing a broadly diverse group of researchers and educators from around the nation, will collectively shape a vision for future research and education that will be captured in a comprehensive report, to be widely disseminated to the broader community and to policy makers and administrators across the country. TECHNICAL SUMMARY:This workshop will address a comprehensive set of topics aimed at identifying exciting and promising future opportunities across the interdisciplinary field of polymer science and engineering. It will be a decadal-type study across the horizon of the field, following up on its predecessor, the 2007 NSF Workshop on Interdisciplinary Globally-Leading Polymer Science and Engineering. Latest developments associated with advancing state-of-the-art experimental, theoretical, and computational methods will be examined with the goal of identifying the most important challenges, opportunities, and emerging areas associated with polymer design and synthesis, molecular and structural characterization, a wide range of material properties, processing, and the impact of macromolecules on technology and society, including on related fields that span other areas of science and technology. The two-day workshop will begin with a set of plenary lectures designed to help shape detailed discussions in subsequent break-out sessions, each involving a group drawn from a diverse spectrum of participants. Collective inputs from each breakout session, along with accompanying assessments of educational and related opportunities, will be formed into a draft executive summary by the organizing committee immediately following the workshop. A comprehensive report will be prepared by the organizing committee detailing the findings and conclusions of the workshop. This report will be widely disseminated and posted on a public website. A summary of the report, highlighting the most important findings, will be submitted for publication in a leading polymer journal.

非技术概述：“NSF研讨会：聚合物科学和工程的前沿”项目将探讨聚合物科学和聚合物材料领域前沿研究和教育的新机遇。这种材料在无数直接影响美国经济、日常生活以及我们全体人民的健康和福利的商业项目中发挥着核心作用。研讨会将汇集来自全国各地的约70名科学家、工程师和教育工作者，他们在大学、公司和国家实验室工作，代表着广泛不同的专业领域。一个中心目标是确定未来在研究方面最有希望的机会和关键领域，这是维持国家在支撑这一重要和多学科领域的科学技术方面的领导地位所必需的。研讨会的参与者代表了来自全国各地的广泛不同的研究人员和教育工作者群体，他们将共同制定未来研究和教育的愿景，并将其纳入一份全面的报告，向更广泛的社区以及全国各地的政策制定者和管理人员广泛传播。技术总结：本次研讨会将讨论一系列全面的主题，旨在确定聚合物科学和工程跨学科领域令人振奋和前景看好的未来机会。这将是一项跨越该领域地平线的十年式研究，继其前身2007年NSF全球领先的跨学科聚合物科学与工程研讨会之后。与先进的实验、理论和计算方法相关的最新发展将被审查，目的是确定与聚合物设计和合成、分子和结构表征、广泛的材料特性、加工以及大分子对技术和社会的影响，包括跨越其他科学和技术领域的相关领域有关的最重要的挑战、机会和新兴领域。为期两天的研讨会将以一系列全体讲座开始，旨在帮助在随后的分组会议中形成详细的讨论，每一次会议都有一个来自不同参与者的小组。每次分组会议的集体意见，连同对教育和相关机会的评估，将由组织委员会在讲习班结束后立即形成执行摘要草案。组委会将编写一份全面报告，详细说明研讨会的调查结果和结论。这份报告将广泛传播并张贴在公共网站上。该报告的摘要强调了最重要的发现，将提交给一家领先的聚合物杂志发表。