Travel Grant(October-2004): Developing Cooperative Research Programs with Scientists in England and Greece

旅费资助（2004年10月）：与英国和希腊科学家开展合作研究项目

• 批准号: 0450050
• 负责人: Donald Baird
• 金额: $ 0.51万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-10-01 至 2006-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0450050&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Travel; Grant; October; 2004; Developing

Proposal Number: CTS-0450050Principal Investigator: Donald G. BairdInstitution: VA Polytechnic Inst & St UProject SummaryThe grant provides funds for travel to England (Leeds University) for a planning meeting to develop a cooperative research program (joint NSF/EPSRC) with colleagues in Europe(Leeds University and the University of Athens). The title of the proposed program is. Design of Long Chain Branched Metallocene-Catalyzed Polyethylene for Optimum Processing and Properties. Although efforts will be made to draft the proposal before the meeting, funds are requested for travel to Leeds University in early October to complete details of the cooperative proposal. At least three days of intense work will be needed to finalize the proposals and ensure that the cooperative effort is fully developed. Funds for a follow up trip are requested in the event additional work is needed to complete the proposals or to travel to Greece in the event Professor Hadijichristidis can.t attend the working and planning meeting in Leeds. Only by meeting on a face-to-face basis can the proposals be thoroughly interfaced. Intellectual Merit: The colleagues in England are the worlds experts in molecular theory for branched and entangled polymers while those in Greece are the leaders in metallocene-catalysts and generation of branching topology. Their expertise coupled with that of the PI in extensional rheology and polymer processing will allow us to develop predictive models for determining polymerization conditions which will lead to molecules with the desired branching topology for optimum processing performance. Broader Impact: The ability to travel to Leeds to thoroughly develop the cooperative research program will enhance the chances of generating a successful proposal. The proposed research is of great practical value as it will allow industry to eliminate lengthy experimental programs using statistically designed experiments for determining the desired branching topology which will provide the optimum processing performance and properties. The results of the research should allow companies in the U.S. and Europe to compete better with the world in the polyethylene market. The ability to keep graduate students at the forefront of molecular theories for polymer flow and their applications will be considerably enhanced.

提案编号：CTS-0450050 首席研究员：Donald G. Baird 机构：VA Polytechnic Inst & St U 项目摘要 该赠款提供资金用于前往英国（利兹大学）参加与以下国家的同事一起制定合作研究计划（联合 NSF/EPSRC）的计划会议欧洲（利兹大学和雅典大学）。拟议计划的标题是。 长链支化茂金属催化聚乙烯的设计，以实现最佳加工和性能。尽管我们将努力在会议前起草提案，但仍需要资金于 10 月初前往利兹大学完成合作提案的细节。至少需要三天的紧张工作才能敲定提案并确保合作成果得到充分发展。如果需要额外的工作来完成提案，或者哈吉克里斯蒂迪斯教授无法参加在利兹举行的工作和规划会议，则需要前往希腊进行后续旅行。只有面对面的会面，提案才能得到充分对接。 智力优势：英国的同事是支化和缠结聚合物分子理论的世界专家，而希腊的同事是茂金属催化剂和支化拓扑生成方面的领导者。他们的专业知识与 PI 在拉伸流变学和聚合物加工方面的专业知识相结合，将使我们能够开发预测模型来确定聚合条件，从而产生具有所需支化拓扑结构的分子，从而实现最佳加工性能。更广泛的影响：前往利兹彻底开发合作研究项目的能力将增加提出成功提案的机会。所提出的研究具有很大的实用价值，因为它将允许工业界使用统计设计的实验来消除冗长的实验程序，以确定所需的分支拓扑，从而提供最佳的处理性能和特性。研究结果将使美国和欧洲的公司能够在聚乙烯市场上更好地与世界竞争。使研究生保持在聚合物流动分子理论及其应用前沿的能力将大大增强。