Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium: An Interdisciplinary and International Forum for Future Leaders in Polymeric Materials, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT

卓越研究生聚合物研究研讨会：聚合物材料未来领导者的跨学科国际论坛，2009 年 3 月 22 日至 26 日，犹他州盐湖城

• 批准号: 0902138
• 负责人: Timothy Long
• 金额: $ 0.32万
• 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: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-12-01 至 2009-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0902138&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Excellence; Graduate; Polymer; Research; Symposium

AbstractTechnical Merit: Advances in polymeric materials continue to catalyze our nation's future critical technologies ranging from charged polymers in biomedical devices and water purification membranes to conducting polymers for sensors and alternate energy solutions. Multifunctional polymeric materials require our fundamental understanding at length scales ranging from nanometers to centimeters. Our constant attention to fundamental structure-property-performance relationships is critical for our continues success and societal impact, and research strategies demand an interdisciplinary and teamed vision for both rapid and integrated solutions. It is this interdisciplinary strategy that will enable new discoveries in polymer science and engineering. This research proposal will allow our future leaders, who ae currently graduate students from leading universities across the United Staes, to assemble in a unique international forum of polymer science and engineering. Oral presentations and interactive poster sessions will address key research areas including theory and molecular modeling, polymer design and synthetic strategy, polymer characterization using state-of-the-art techniques, engineering of polymer-based devices, and fundamental understanding of the interface of polymer chemistry, physics, biology and engineering. Moreover, this forum will encourage scientific network building and raise the awareness of the necessiry for interdisciplinary research to younger polymer scientists and engineers. The symposium will occur at the 2009 spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Salt Lake City, Utah. The proposed NSF funding will permit the attendance of some of our leading graduate students, ensure diverse participation, and showcase the importance of interdisciplinary research for solving some of the more complex questions that face our scientific community.Broader Impact: University and commercial laboratories immediately recognize the importance of interdisciplinary research; however, the opportunities for university students to truly experience an interdisciplinary meeting of science and engineering remain limited. For example, many younger students are not provided with the opportunity for an oral presentation at an international meeting. Recent attention from the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) organization has enabled the formation of Graduate Research Seminars (GRS) in polymeric materials; however, attendance is often limited due to their unique pedagogy and more thematically focused programs. An encompassing symposium entitled "Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research" will provide an open forum for international scientists and engineers to cultivate an international spirit of collaboration. The forum will serve to recognize leading graduate student researchers and provide a mechanismf or reasearch partnerships to evolve in a grass-roots fashion. The symposium will offer an educational experienc where students will be able to benchmark their research strategies and presentation skills, and participants will raise their awareness of emerging themes at new boundaries of polymer science and engineering.

摘要技术优点：聚合物材料的进步继续催化我们国家未来的关键技术，从生物医学设备的带电聚合物和水纯化膜到传感器和替代能源解决方案的聚合物。 多功能聚合物材料需要我们的基本了解，从纳米到厘米。 我们对基本结构 - 特性 - 绩效关系的基本关注对于我们的持续成功和社会影响至关重要，研究策略要求对快速和综合解决方案建立跨学科和团队的愿景。 正是这种跨学科策略将在聚合物科学和工程学中实现新发现。 这项研究建议将使我们未来的领导者（目前来自联合大学的大学领先大学的研究生）能够在一个独特的国际聚合物科学与工程论坛中组装。 口头演示和交互式海报会议将介绍关键研究领域，包括理论和分子建模，聚合物设计和合成策略，使用最先进技术的聚合物表征，基于聚合物的设备的工程以及对聚合物界面的基本了解化学，物理，生物学和工程。 此外，该论坛将鼓励科学网络建设并提高对年轻聚合物科学家和工程师的跨学科研究必要性的认识。 该研讨会将在犹他州盐湖城美国化学学会的2009年春季全国会议上举行。 拟议的NSF资金将允许我们一些领先的研究生的出席，确保多样化的参与，并展示跨学科研究在解决面临我们科学社区的一些更复杂问题的重要性。Boader的影响：大学和商业实验室：立即认识到大学和商业实验室。跨学科研究的重要性；但是，大学生真正体验跨学科的科学与工程会议的机会仍然有限。 例如，在国际会议上，没有为许多年轻学生提供口头介绍的机会。 戈登研究会议（GRC）组织的最新关注使聚合物材料中的研究生研究研讨会（GRS）的形成。但是，由于其独特的教学法和更加专注于主题的计划，出勤率通常受到限制。 题为“研究生聚合物研究卓越”的涵盖研讨会将为国际科学家和工程师提供一个开放的论坛，以培养国际协作精神。 该论坛将旨在表彰领先的研究生研究人员，并提供机械学或重新研究合作伙伴关系，以基层的方式发展。 研讨会将提供一种教育经验，学生将能够基准他们的研究策略和演示技巧，参与者将提高他们对在聚合物科学和工程新界限的新主题的认识。