Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers

马萨诸塞大学阿姆赫斯特分校的材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）支持高分子材料领域的一个跨学科项目。中心定名为“高分子材料研究科学与工程中心”。该研究分为三个跨学科研究小组（irg）。定制界面（IRG 1）侧重于使用各种化学，表面结构和应用领域技术来控制聚合物薄膜的横向顺序。IRG 2在超临界流体中的结构材料关注的是超临界CO2在聚合物中的掺入，重点是获得对该过程的基本理解（扩散，热力学，界面相互作用）。水性聚合物组装（IRG 3）研究聚合物在水溶液中的组装。目的是了解各种力（静电、疏水、水动力等）的贡献，以预测最终的纳米结构材料。该中心有积极的教育和推广项目，特别强调本科和K-12教师教育。与女子文理学院（史密斯学院和芒特霍利奥克学院）建立了有效的联系。史密斯和芒特霍利奥克学院将资助总共8名本科生。与本科生的其他联系是通过霍华德大学和哈维马德学院的教师联系发展起来的。该中心通过与史密斯、霍利奥克山和阿默斯特学院合作的美国国家科学基金会化学教育研究网站奖（RSEC），向大学提供服务。MRSEC运营着11个共享实验设施，这也是教育推广计划的有效工具。该中心有完善的工业外联项目。马萨诸塞大学聚合物工业研究中心（CUMIRP）通过将工业赞助商与马萨诸塞大学研究项目、教师和学生联系起来，利用MRSEC的外展努力。CUMIRP还通过工业访问计划（由麻省理工学院的工业科学家进行为期数周的访问）、工业科学家演讲计划和工业科学家参与论文委员会的形式促进与工业的教育联系。中心现有高级研究员34人，博士后2人，研究生30人，支持本科生和K-12教师。Thomas P. Russell教授是MRSEC的负责人。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst supports an interdisciplinary program in the area of polymeric materials. The Center is entitled "Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers". The research is organized into three interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs). Tailored Interfaces (IRG 1) focuses on controlling the lateral order in thin polymer films using a variety of chemical, surface structural, and applied field techniques. IRG 2 on Structured Materials in Supercritical Fluids is concerned with the incorporation of supercritical CO2 in polymers with emphasis on gaining a fundamental understanding (diffusion, thermodynamics, interfacial interactions) of the process. Aqueous Polymer Assembly (IRG 3) investigates the assembly of polymers in aqueous solutions. The goal is to understand the contributions of various forces (electrostatic, hydrophobic, hydrodynamic, etc) in order to predict the final nano structured material. The Center has active education and outreach programs with special emphasis on undergraduate and K-12 teacher education. Effective links to the liberal arts colleges for women (Smith and Mount Holyoke) have been established. A total of 8 undergraduates will be sponsored at Smith and Mount Holyoke. Other ties to undergraduates are developed through faculty links at Howard U. and Harvey Mudd College. The Center's outreach to colleges is leveraged by a NSF Research Site on Education in Chemistry award (RSEC) with Smith, Mount Holyoke and Amherst Colleges. The MRSEC operates eleven shared experimental facilities which are also an effective tool in the education outreach program. The Center has a well developed industrial oureach program. The Center for UMass-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP) leverages the MRSEC's outreach efforts by linking industrial sponsors with UMass research programs, faculty, and students. CUMIRP also fosters education links to industry in the form of the industrial visitors program (several week visits by industrial scientists at UMass), industrial scientist speaker program, and participation of industrial scientists on dissertation committees.Participants in the Center include 34 senior investigators, 2 postdoctoral associates, 30 graduate students and support for undergraduates and K-12 teachers. Professor Thomas P. Russell directs the MRSEC.