Fantastic Plastic - back by popular demand

神奇塑料 - 应大众需求而回归

• 批准号: EP/D507545/1
• 负责人: Alun Vaughan
• 金额: $ 0.91万
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2006 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FD507545%2F1
• 关键词: Fantastic; Plastic; back; popular; demand

This highly respected and popular talk was the product of an original EPSRC grant (GR/N67794/01). Further EPSRC funding was granted for the academic years 2003/4 and 2004/5.The Fantastic Plastic talk explores polymers, their form and nature through to the most up to date applications from disposable nappies to fuel cell cars and polymers with a shape memory. The environmental impact of plastic waste is discussed with the latest ideas for separation for recycling using electrostatics and the importance of biodegradable polymers. All audience members are given a pencil made from a recycled pencil to remind them of the talk and to inspire them to get involved in the development of even more innovative materials research and developmentThe talk was so successful that it was adopted by the Institute of Physics as its prestigious annual Schools and Colleges Lecture for the academic year 2002/3. It was invited to the Royal Institution in 2003 and 2004 and to the Cheltenham Science Festival in 2005To date is has been seen by over 20,000 students, mainly Year 10 (age 14/15), with unanimously positive feedback from teachers and many invitations to return to schools to give the lecture to the next Year 10 cohort. (See letters of support from some of these schools, attached).Funding is now sought to allow it to continue throughout the academic year 2005/6.

这个备受尊敬和受欢迎的演讲是EPSRC原始拨款（GR/N67794/01）的产物。本署在2003/4及2004/5学年进一步拨款。神奇的塑料讲座探讨了聚合物，它们的形式和性质，通过最新的应用，从一次性尿布到燃料电池汽车和具有形状记忆的聚合物。本文讨论了塑料垃圾对环境的影响，并讨论了利用静电分离回收塑料的最新想法以及生物可降解聚合物的重要性。所有听众都获赠一支由回收铅笔制成的铅笔，以提醒他们记得讲座，并激励他们参与到更多创新材料的研究和开发中来。讲座非常成功，被物理研究所采纳为其著名的2002/3学年的年度学校和学院讲座。2003年和2004年，它被邀请到皇家学会，2005年被邀请到切尔滕纳姆科学节。到目前为止，已经有超过20,000名学生观看了它，主要是10年级（14/15岁），老师们一致给予积极的反馈，许多人被邀请回到学校给下一个10年级的学生讲课。（见附件中一些学校的支持信）。现正寻求拨款，使该计划在2005/6学年继续进行。