The purposes of this symposium were to provide recognition to outstanding graduate students in polymer science and engineering, to foster networking and exposure, and to help develop the careers of future leaders in our field. We publicized this symposium via the POLY list server, POLY web page, and direct email messages to over 100 departments that are active in polymer research. We requested that each department nominate one outstanding graduate student to speak on his or her original research in this special symposium. Each student should fill out an application form and have a nominating letter from the research advisor and a letter from the department head.
This year we received 24 submissions. We were very pleased with the quality of the papers and the caliber of the students. In the oral sessions 14 students gave talks on their papers, and in the poster sessions 10 students presented their work. Both the oral and poster sessions went very well. Many graduate students asked questions during the talks, and it was enjoyable to see them interacting during and after the sessions.
As part of the recognition, each student received a certificate plus a cash award. We were pleased that Dr. Bruce Bursten, the Immediate ACS Past President, attended the session at the end and spoke to the students for 10 minutes, encouraging them to excel in their work. A reception followed. It was wonderful that many established and well-known polymer scientists came to the reception, talking and mingling with the students.
This symposium was organized by ACS Polymer Division (POLY), and cosponsored by Presidential Event (PRES), Young Chemists Committee (YCC), Division of Professional Relations (PROF), Society Committee on Education (SOCED), and POLY. The symposium had the generous support of ACS President Thomas H. Lane and the Dow Corning Foundation, National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research (DMR), ACS Polymer Division (POLY), Industrial Advisory Board of the Polymer Division (IAB), Rohm and Haas - a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, and Lord Corporation. The organizers thank all the sponsors and supporters, without whom this symposium would not have been possible. The detailed symposium program is attached.
Symposium Organizing Committee:
Erica H. Martin (POLY Member-at-Large)
Timothy E. Long (POLY Past Chair)
Christopher Ellison (POLY Member)
H. N. Cheng (POLY Councilor)
Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2009
Organizers: H. N. Cheng (Ashland/Hercules), Erica H. Martin (Rohm and Haas), Christopher J. Ellison (University of Texas), and Timothy E. Long (Virginia Tech)
Acknowledgments:
Sponsored by Polymer Division (POLY), cosponsored by Presidential Event (PRES), Young Chemists Committee (YCC), Division of Professional Relations (PROF), and Society Committee on Education (SOCED)
Supported by ACS President Thomas H. Lane and the Dow Corning Foundation, National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research (DMR), ACS Polymer Division(POLY), Industrial Advisory Board of the Polymer Division (IAB), Rohm and Haas, and Lord Corporation.
Poster Session (Sunday Evening, March 22, 2009)
(1250955) Understanding the role of glycosaminoglycans in cell surface binding of poly(glycoamidoamine) DNA delivery vectors. P. M. McLendon, E. M. Davis, T. M. Reineke (Virginia Tech)
(1249943) Structural analysis of heterogeneity in spider dragline silk using stable isotope-labeled sequencial peptides and solid-state NMR. E. Yamaguchi (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology)
(1251020) Grafting of linear and branched PEO via siloxane tethers for enhanced protein resistance. R. Murthy, C. E. Shell, B. M. Bailey, M. A. Grunlan (Texas A&M Univ.)
(1235791) Anionic Synthesis of Chain-end and In-chain, Cyano-functionalized Polystyrenes by Hydrosilation of Allyl Cyanide with Silyl hydride-functionalized Polystyrenes. R. P. Quirk, J. E. Janoski, S. R. Chowdhury, C. Wesdemiotis, D. E. Dabney (Univ. of Akron)
(1212154) Conformational programmable polymers based on restricted rotation with atropisomeric recognition motif. Y. Zhang, K. D. Shimizu (Univ. of South Carolina)
(1237449) Crosslinking of reactive lyotropic liquid crystals for phase retention. L. Sievens-Figueroa, C. A. Guymon (Univ. of Iowa, Chem & Biochem Engineering)
(1249031) Synthesis and directed magnetic assembly of ferromagnetic cobalt nanoparticles and cobalt oxide nanowires. P. Y. Keng, J. Pyun (Univ. of Arizona)
(1246073) Elaboration of octavinylsilsesquioxane: A perfect nano-building block . S. Sulaiman, A. Bhaskar, J. Zhang, R. Guda, T. Goodson III, R. M. Laine (Univ. of Michigan)
(1236354) Pyrene functionalized hollow polymer capsules. X. Liu and A. Basu (Brown Univ.) (1251596) Effects of surface modification of the filler on the impact toughness of polypropylene/CaCO3 nanocomposites. L. Yong, H. Chen, C -M. Chan, J. Wu (Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology)
Oral Session 1. (Monday Morning, March 23, 2009) Session Chairs: H. N. Cheng and Timothy E. Long
8:30 am Introductory Remarks.
8:35 am (1246578) Polynorbornenes prepared by pulsed-addition ring-opening metathesis polymerization. J. B. Matson, S. C. Virgil, R. H. Grubbs (Caltech)
9:00 am (1251016) Kinetic and mechanistic studies of N-heterocyclic carbene-mediated zwitterionic polymerization of cyclic esters. E. J. Shin, W. Jeong, D. A. Culkin, J. L. Hedrick, R. M. Waymouth (Stanford Univ.)
9:25 am (1232280) Site-isolation of polymer bound catalysts from small, ionic molecules and their use in one-pot cascade reactions using PDMS membranes. A. L. Miller II, N. B. Bowden (Univ. of Iowa, Chemistry)
9:50 am (1250746) Sulfonium ion adducts from quasiliving polyisobutylene and alkyl mono- or di-sulfides. D. Morgan, C. Stokes, R. F. Storey (Univ. of Southern Mississippi)
10:15am Intermission.
10:30 am (1227691) Concurrent and/or sequential ATRP and RAFT polymerization: Taking the best of each world. R. Nicolay, K. Matyjaszewski (Carnegie Mellon Univ.)
10:55 am (1231817) Construction of degradable end-linked polymer networks using ATRP and ÒclickÓ chemistry. J. A. Johnson, J. T. Koberstein, N. J. Turro (Columbia Univ.)
11:20 am (1234989) Construction of Functionalizable, Crosslinked Nanostructures. G. Sun, N. S. Lee, W. L. Neumann, J. N. Freskos, J. J. Shieh, R. B. Dorshow, K. L. Wooley (Washington Univ. in St. Louis)
Oral Session 2. (Monday Afternoon,March 23, 2009)
Session Chairs: Erica H. Martin and Christopher J. Ellison
1:15 pm Introductory Remarks.
1:20 pm Recognition of Poster Presenters.
1:30 pm (1250720) Architecture Effects on Multivalent Binding by Helical Polypeptide-Based Glycopolymers. S. Liu, M. Bergstršm, S. Ohlson, K. L. Kiick (Univ. of Delaware, Materials Science)
1:55 pm (1250998) Silica-poly(benzyl-L-glutamate) Core-Shell Particles of Controlled Shell Content. E. Soto-Cantu, P. S. Russo (Louisiana State Univ.)
2:20 pm (1251589) Neutron scattering analysis of the dynamics and structure of semiflexible, self-assembled peptide chain networks. M. C. Branco, D. J. Pochan, J. P. Schneider, N. Wagner (Univ. of Delaware, Chemical Engineering)
2:45 pm (1232168) Polymerization for signal amplification of antibody-based biodetection. H. J. Avens, C. N. Bowman (Univ. of Colorado)
3:10 pm Intermission.
3:25 pm (1228447) Imprint lithography based hydrogel particles and the effect of shape and size on biodistribution. K. P. Herlihy, T. J. Merkel, J. Nunes, C. L. Brannen, J. M. DeSimone (Univ. of North Carolina)
3:50 pm (1229306) Novel thieno-[3,4-b]thiophene semiconducting polymers for high performance solar cells. Y. Liang, D. Feng, L. Yu (Univ. of Chicago)
4:15 pm (1243888) High gas barrier from confined crystallization of polyethylene oxide in nanolayer assemblies. H. Wang, J. K. Keum, A. Hiltner, E. Baer, B. D. Freeman (Case Western Reserve)
4:40 pm Remarks by ACS Immediate Past President Bruce Bursten.
4:50 pm Networking Reception.
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