What's New in:

Nominations for the POLY FELLOWS award were due by November 30th, 2011. (11/11)

Congratulations to the recipients of the POLY Mark Scholar awards, presented at the ACS Denver Meeting, August 2011.   The Mark Senior Scholar Award was awarded to Jimmy Mays, the Mark Scholar Award was awarded to Timothy E. Long, and the Mark Young Scholar Award was awarded to Javid Rzayev (9/11)

The The Division of Polymer Chemistry held their annual elections electronically. Election candidate Bios. The election was open from October 17 through November 15, 2011. (10/11)

Fall 2011 Graduate Student Travel Awards Winners are: Mr. Abhijit Paul from Oklahoma State University and Mr. Jia Wei from the University of Maryland.  The awards will be presented during the Fall 2011 ACS Meeting in Denver, CO.  Also check out previous winners. (3/11)

POLY Councilors' and Committee Reports  from the Anaheim ACS meeting (3/11) are available. (5/11)

Announcing the DSM Polymer Technology Award, sponsored by DSM in partnership with the POLY Division.  Call for 2011 nominations closed March 14, 2011. (2/11)

 Congratulations to Tim Long and Carl Willis, winners of the PMSE Cooperative Research Award, 2011.  The award was presented at the POLY/PMSE Awards Reception in Anaheim, March, 2011 (3/11)

Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (CMU) received the esteemed 2011 Wolf Prize in Chemistry from Israel's Wolf Foundation.  The award for "Deep Creative Contributions to the Chemical Sciences" was presented by Israeli President and Minister of Education in May.  (3/11)

Congratulations to Joe Salamone.  Joe has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (2/11)

Marc Hillmyer was presented the Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award at the POLY/PMSE Awards Reception in Anaheim, March, 2011 (2/11)

Klaus Mullen was presented with the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry at the POLY/PMSE Awards Reception in Anaheim, March, 2011 (2/11)

Richard Wool was presented the ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry at the POLY/PMSE Awards Reception in Anaheim, March, 2011 (2/11)

Polymer Preprints for the Spring 2011 ACS meeting in Anaheim are now available online. (2/11)

Pacifichem 2010 Meeting, December 15-20, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii.  POLY sponsored symposia included: 

#12 - NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers: Innovative NMR Strategies for Complex Macromolecular Systems
#13 - “Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle-based Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications”
#42 - Chemistry and Functional Properties of Soft Interfaces
#57 - Functional Block Copolymer Assemblies
#82 - Hybrid Conjugated Polymer Materials
#127- Polymer Nano-Hybrids at Biointerfaces
#152 - Nano Structure and Function of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Polymers
#211 - Polyolefins Chemistry and Beyond - From Bench to Commercial Scale
#236 - Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: Mechanisms, Catalysts, Reaction Engineering, Materials and Applications
#257 - Frontiers of Precisely Controlled Polymer Synthesis: Fine Control of Polymerization Reaction and Impact on Advanced Material Designs

CONGRATULATIONS 2011 POLY FELLOWS:

These individuals were recognized during the ACS National Meeting, during the POLY/PMSE Award Reception in Anaheim, California, March 2011. (12/10)

Rigoberto Advincula, University of Houston
Patrick Cassidy, Texas State University
Warren Ford, Oklahoma State University
Axel Mueller, University of Bayreuth
Judy Riffle, Virginia Tech
Thomas Smith, Rochester Institution of Technology

POLY 2011 ELECTION Results:

Total votes: 1034 (19.6% of voting membership) (1/11)

Vice-Chair:  Gregory N. Tew, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Secretary:  Sarah Morgan, University of Southern Mississippi

Councilor:  Frank D. Blum, Oklahoma State University

Councilor: John M. Pochan, Cornell University

Alternate Councilor: Kathryn L. Beers, Polymers Division, NIST

Spring 2011 Graduate Student Travel Awards Winners are: Ms. Elizabeth G. Kelly, University of Delaware and Ms. Januka Budhathoki-Uprety of North Carolina State University.  Awards will be presented during the Spring 2011 ACS Meeting in Anaheim, CA. (11/10)

Robert (Bob) Lenz, one of the founding members of the Polymer Science and Engineering Program at the University of Massachusetts, passed away on July 2, 2010. (10/10)

The Division of Polymer Chemistry conducted their annual elections electronically. The election was open from October 13 through November 15, 2010. Candidate biographies and statements are available.  (10/10)

The deadline for POLY Fellows Nominations has been extended to Nov 30, 2010. (10/10)

Poly Members make strong showing in the 2010 Class of ACS Fellows, honored at the Fall 2010 ACS National meeting in Boston. (9/10)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for Spring 2011.   Deadline in October 11, 2010.  Award winners announced for 2010 and prior. (9/10)

POLY Councilors' Report  from the Boston ACS meeting (8/10) has been posted. (9/10) 

The POLY Membership Committee would like your opinion! Please take a few minutes to complete the member survey. This will help us make plans for the coming years to better meet the needs of members.(9/10)

POLY Member-Get-a Member drive was held in the Fall of 2010.  (8/10)

The Industrial Polymer Scientist Award, sponsored by the Industrial Advisory Board, will be postponed from 2010 to Spring 2011. (6/10)

Now soliciting for the 2011 AzkoNobel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry deadline Jan. 31, 2011.  (9/10)

7th Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. information and forms for 2011 (Deadline Oct. 18, 2010) and information and pictures from San Francisco are available.(9/10)

6th Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. 2010 report and pictures from San Francisco.  (5/10)

POLY Councilors' Report from the San Francisco ACS meeting (3/10) has been posted. (4/10)

The inaugural class of 2010 Founding POLY Fellows will be recognized at the POLY/PMSE Awards Reception during the Spring 2010 ACS Meeting in San Francisco. (3/10)

Charles E. Hoyle Memorial Symposium; April 11-12, 2010, The University of Southern Mississippi. The program will honor Charlie for his many research contributions to Polymer Photochemistry and Photophysics, and for his dedication to teaching and mentoring students in Polymer Science and Chemistry. (3/10)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for Fall 2010
Please refer to the application instructions.
Award winners announced for 2009 and prior. (2/10)

Spring 2010 Graduate Student Travel Awards Winners are: Mr. Feng Liu of UMass, and Ms. Srijanani Bhaskar of the University of Michigan.  Awards were presented during the Spring 2010 ACS Meeting in San Francisco. (1/10)

Harry Allcock, Pennsylvania State University is awarded the Paul J. Flory Education Award. Award to be presented during the Spring 2010 ACS Meeting in San Francisco. (1/10)

Plenary lecture at the POLY/PMSE Awards reception at the National ACS meeting in San Francisco (March 2010) featured Paul Bloom, from ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) (1/10)

IUPAC Funding Opportunities in International Polymer Chemistry.
Call for proposals in polymer chemistry supported by a consortium of funding agencies.

Now soliciting for the 2010 AzkoNobel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry deadline Jan. 31, 2010.  (10/09)

Plenary lecture added to the POLY/PMSE Awards reception at the National ACS meeting in Washington, 8/09. Dr. Timothy M. Swager presented the first Plenary Lecture. (10/09)

IUPAC Funding Opportunities in International Polymer Chemistry.
Call for proposals in polymer chemistry supported by a consortium of funding agencies.

  The passing of Charlie Hoyle is reported with sadness.   (9/09)

Potential panel members solicited. (panel.pdf) The ILSI Research Foundation has been selected as Administrator of a panel to review the biodegradation testing of certain fluorotelomer-based products under an agreement between E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company and the U.S. EPA. (9/09)

Poly Members make strong showing
in the inaugural ACS Fellows selection.(8/09)

Poly Members elected to National Academies
including National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Science, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (7/09)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for Spring 2010
Please refer to the application instructions.
Award winners announced for S09 and prior. (8/09)

POLY Councilors' Report from the Washington ACS meeting (8/09) has been posted. (8/09)

Polymer Preprints for the Washington, DC Meeting are available on-line (free for members) and on CD (at a small cost). See Polymer Preprints on-line. (7/09)

6th Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. 2010 (Deadline Oct. 19, 2009) and information and pictures from SLC are available.(7/09)

Salt Lake City POLY Board Reports.  Please feel free to look at some of the efforts of our volunteer committees. (7/09)

5th Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. (Deadline Oct. 17, 2008) and information and pictures from SLC are available.(9/08)

Division member C. Grant Willson- awarded a 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. See Press release for additional information. (9/08)

Geoffrey Coates awarded the 2007 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry award .

Presented at the ACS meeting in Salt Lake City in March 2009. See Awards. (8/08)(4/09)

POLY Councilors' Report from the Salt Lake City ACS meeting (3/09) has been posted. (4/09)

Polymer Preprints for the Salt Lake City Meeting
are available on-line (free for members) and on CD (at a small cost). See Polymer Preprints on-line). (3/09)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for Fall 2009
Please refer to the application instructions.

Award winners announced for S09 and prior. (2/09)

With sadness, we report the passing of W. "Val" Metanomski, former POLY Historian and Nomenclature Chair (1/09)

2008 Election Results Announced

R.B. Moore, M. Dadmum, W. Daly, R. Advincula, M. Meador and C. Coltrain-Landry elected. See election results. (1/09)

Changes in the POLY Division Bylaws are on the ballot in this election cycle. Click to download a copy of the proposed bylaw changes. Information on the Fall election was sent out with the newsletter. (11/08)

POLY again wins ChemLuminary Award at the Philadelphia ACS meeting. POLY was cited for outstanding service to its members. (10/08)

Now soliciting for the AzkoNobel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry deadline Jan. 31, 2009.

2008 National Starch and Chemical Recipient Announced- Nicolay (Nick) Tsarevsky of Carnegie Mellon University. See Awards (10/08).

Graduate Student Travel Awards for Spring 2009
Please refer to the application instructions.

Award winners announced for F08 and prior. (9/08)

Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. information and forms for 2009 (Deadline Oct. 17, 2008) and information and pictures from previous symposia are available.(9/08)

The 2008 Industrial Polymer Science Award for
has outstanding industrial innovation and creativity in the application of polymer science been awarded to Dr. S. Richard Turner. See Awards. (8/08)

As of Fall 2008 (Philadelphia Meeting) - Polymer Preprints is available to POLY members on-line only.

Instructions for preparing, viewing, purchasing are available on the Polymer Preprints On-Line page.

Preliminary Technical Meeting Schedule for the Philadelphia National Meeting Available

Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.(2/08)

The 2008 Paul J. Flory Polymer Education Awardee is Professor Frank Kelley of the University of Akron. Stay tuned for more information.(6/08)

The 2008 Election Slate has been approved by the Executive Committee.

It will be submitted to the membership at the Annual Business meeting at the Fall National Meeting. See Election Information.

POLY Councilors' Report from the New Orleans ACS meeting (3/08) has been posted. (4/08)

The NSF Polymer Workshop report is available for download on the linked website.(4/08)

The application to host future Graduate Student Meetings is located on the Graduate Student Meeting page. (4/08)

Division member elected to NAE.

RAY HENRY BAUGHMAN, STEPHEN Z.D. CHENG, and THOMAS P. RUSSEL elected in 2008. See member honors for additional information. (3/08)

Preliminary Technical Meeting Schedule for the New Orleans National Meeting Available

Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.(2/08)

NEWS 2007-2005 

2007 Election Results Announced

Farmer, Beers, Pochan, and Reineke elected. See election results.

The passing of Dr. Norman G. Gaylord, 84, on September 18 2007 is reported. A versatile industrial chemist and long time member of POLY. (12/07)

Boston POLY Board Reports Please feel free to look at some of the efforts of our volunteer committees.(11/07)

Now soliciting for the National Starch & Chemical Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry deadline Jan. 31, 2008.

POLY Councilors' Report from the Boston ACS meeting (8/07) has been posted. (4/07)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for Spring 2008
Please refer to the application instructions.
Award winners announced for F08 and prior. (9/07)

POLY again wins ChemLuminary Award at the Boston ACS meeting. POLY was cited for outstanding service to its members.(9/07)

2007 National Starch and Chemical Recipient Announced - Jason Rolland of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. See Awards (8/07).

Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. information and forms for 2008 (Deadline Oct. 21, 2007) and information and pictures from previous symposia are available.(8/07)

Professor Robert Langer of MIT
has been awarded a U.S. 2006 Medal of Science. See http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=109741 for additional information. (7/07)

The 2007 Election Slate has been approved by the Executive Committee.
It will be submitted to the membership at the Annual Business meeting at the Fall National Meeting. See Election Information(6/07).

The passing of Professor George B. Butler , 91, on 7 June 2007 is reported. More than 180 graduate students and postdoctoral associates recall Professor Butler as an outstanding mentor.(6/07)

Professor Tobin Marks of Northwestern U has been awarded a U.S. 2005 Medal of Science. See http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/medal.jsp and http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2007/05/national.html for additional information. (5/07)

Preliminary Technical Meeting Schedule for the Boston National Meeting Available
Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.

Chicago POLY Board Reports Please feel free to look at some of the efforts of our volunteer committees.

The Future of U.S. Chemistry Research: Benchmarks and Challenges a report issues by the National Academy Press, is available on their web site. (4/07)

POLY Councilors' Report from the Chicago ACS meeting (3/07) has been posted. (4/07)

Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. Information and forms for 2007 (Deadline Nov. 14, 2006).
Pictures of the participants. (4/07)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for Fall-2007
Please refer to the application instructions.
Award winners announced (3/07)

The passing of Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid , 79, on 7 Feb. 2007 is reported. Alan was the 2000 Nobel Prize reciepient in chemistry for his pioneering work on conducting polymers.

Graduate Student Travel Awards for Fall-2007
Please refer to the application instructions. Deadline: March 15, 2007, 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Preliminary Technical Meeting Schedule for the Chicago National Meeting Available
Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.

2006 Election Results Announced
Smith, Martin, Cheng, and Beers elected. See election results. (12/06)

Elsevier sponsors Mark Awards. Elsevier, publishers of the journal Polymer, has agreed to sponsor both the Herman F. Mark Award and new new Mark Scholars Awards. Thanks to Elsevier and Dr. Rumen Duhlev for sponsoring these key division awards. See Awards. (11/06)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for Spring-2007
Winners Announced, 11/06
Please refer to the application instructions and application form in either .pdf or .doc format. Deadline: November 2, 2006, 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. Information and forms for 2007 (Deadline Nov. 14, 2006).

Now soliciting for the National Starch & Chemical Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry deadline Jan. 31, 2007.

Now soliciting for the Herman F. Mark - Division of Polymer Chemistry Award and Mark Scholars Award deadline Nov. 1, 2006.

The symposium on Entrepreneurism in Polymers for the 21st Century from the San Francisco ACS meeting is available on-line thanks to POLY and ACS. POLY membership and registration on Chemistry.org are required for access. (10/06)

The 2007 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
has been awarded to Dr. Anne Mayes. See Awards. (9/06)

10th Pacific Polymer Conference
December 4-7, 2007, Kobe Japan.

POLY/PMSE Business Card Exchange Networking Event for POLY and PMSE members, Sept 9th from 6-8 PM
Thirsy Bear Saloon (http://www.thirstybear.com/) 661 Howard St., San Francisco. (8/06)

Preliminary Schedule for the San Francisco National Meeting Available
Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.

With sadness, we report the passing of Ronald K. Eby, Chair 1987 (7/06)

2006 National Starch and Chemical Recipient Announced - Jiaxing Huang of UCLA. See Awards.

Atlanta POLY Board Reports
Please feel free to look at some of the efforts of our volunteer committees.

Some photos from the Atlanta ACS meeting (S-06) of the awardees and from social functions are now available.(6/06)

The Strategic Plan for the Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc. is available.(6/06)

The 2007 Election Slate has been approved by the Executive Committee.
It will be submitted to the membership at the Annual Business meeting at the Fall National Meeting. See Election Information .(5/06)

Member Recognition. POLY recognizes its 30, 20, 10, and 5 year members
for 2006. - in Atlanta, March 2006. .(3/06)

Welcome Reception for POLY and PMSE members, Saturday, March 25, 2006, 6-8 PM
McCormick and Schmick's Seafood Restaurant - FREE HORS D'OEUVRES.(3/06)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for F-2006
Winners Announced, 11/05
Please refer to the application instructions and application form in either .pdf or .doc format. Deadline: Monday, April 17th, 2006, 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (PST). (3/06)

Now soliciting for the The Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
deadline July 1, 2006.(3/06)

POLY members have created "UV/EB University" at RadTech's el5: UV & EB Technology Expo & Conference, April 23-26, 2006, Chicago, IL.
Alec Scranton, University of Iowa and Chris Bowman, University of Colorado are teaching a "Fundamentals of Photopolymerization Short Course"; Allan Guymon, University of Iowa, is teaching a course on "Design of Experiments for UV/EB Scientists and Engineers"; Byron Christmas, University of Houston-Downtown; Charles Hoyle, University of Southern Mississippi; and Mike Idacavage, Cytec Surface Specialties are teaching "Polymer Chemistry for the UV/EB Professional Short Course".
Poly members are eligible to register for the courses and conference at the special RadTech member rate.

Preliminary Schedule for the Atlanta National Meeting Available
Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.

2005 Election Results Announced
Amis, Advincula, Reineke, D. Smith, Tew, elected. See election results. (1/06)

Washington POLY Board Reports
Please feel free to look at some of the efforts of our volunteer committees.

A picture of the symposium participants with President Nalley is available. (4/06). Winners announced (12/05) - Excellence in Graduate Polymer Science Symposium
At the Atlanta ACS Meeting. Opportunities for travel assistance for graduate students. Click for forms and more information.Deadline: Nov. 13, 2005

The passing of Hal Jabloner is reported with sadness.
(12/05)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for S-2006 Winners Announced, 11/05

Now soliciting for the The National Starch Award fro Outstanding Graduate Research
deadline Jan. 31, 2006.(11/05)

The 2006 Paul J. Flory Polymer Education Awardee
is Professor William J MacKnight of the University of Massachusetts. Stay tuned for more information.(11/05)

The 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared by POLY members Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock.
They, along with Yves Chauvin, won the prize for their work "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis"

Excellence in Graduate Polymer Science Symposium
At the Atlanta ACS Meeting. Opportunities for travel assistance for graduate students. Click for forms and more information.Deadline: Nov. 13, 2005

• The passing of Ed Vandenberg, Chair 1979 is reported with sadness.
  (9/05)
  
• The Graduate Research Polymer Conference was successful.
  A brief report and picture is available.(9/05)

The history of the Pacific Polymer Federation (PPF)is now on line.
Written by Otto Vogl in 2004.(9/05)

POLY/PMSE Welcoming Reception, Saturday, August 27 2005, 7-9 PM
Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel - networking with POLY and PMSE members.(8/05)

Graduate Student Travel Awards for S-2006
Please refer to the application instructions. Deadline: to be announced. 7/05

With sadness, we report the passing of Jesse Hwa, Chair 1973
(7/05)

Ed Samulski named Jefferson Science Fellow
(6/05)

Preliminary Schedule for Washington is available
Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.(6/05)

San Diego POLY Board Reports
Please feel free to look at some of the efforts of our volunteer committees.