Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers

马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的材料研究科学和工程中心(MRSEC)专注于聚合物科学和工程中的基本问题。该中心还为聚合物研究的新机会提供种子资金。该中心支持教育推广工作，包括与附近的女子学院和少数族裔机构合作，为中学生开发课程材料，并通过国家塑料博物馆向普通公众进行推广。MRSEC还支持中心参与者和外部用户可以访问的共享实验设施，以及广泛的工业推广工作。该MRSEC的研究被组织为两个跨学科研究小组。一组强调通过受控的界面相互作用来操纵聚合物的形态。第二个小组探索使用对环境无害的超临界二氧化碳来提高聚合物加工的效率。该中心目前的参与者包括24名高级调查人员、6名博士后助理、23名研究生、10名本科生和2名技术人员和其他支持人员。托马斯·P·罗素教授是美国证券交易委员会的负责人。

9809365RussellThe Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst focuses on fundamental problems in polymer science and engineering. The Center also provides seed funding for new opportunities in polymer research. The Center supports education outreach efforts that include collaborations with nearby women's colleges and with minority institutions, development of curricular materials for middle-school students and outreach to the general public through the National Plastics Museum. The MRSEC also supports shared experimental facilities that are accessible to center participants and to outside users, and broad industrial outreach efforts.Research in this MRSEC is organized into two interdisciplinary research groups. One group emphasizes the manipulation of polymer morphology by controlled interfacial interactions. A second group explores the use of environmentally benign supercritical carbon dioxide to enhance the efficiency of polymer processing. Participants in the Center currently include 24 senior investigators, 6 postdoctoral associates, 23 graduate students, 10 undergraduates, and 2 technicians and other support personnel. Professor Thomas P. Russell directs the MRSEC.