2010 Spring NATIONAL ACS MEETING

San Francisco, CA (March 21-25, 2010)

Program Meeting Chair: Kristi Kiick, Jeffrey Linhardt, Greg Tew

Deadline for Abstracts and Polymer Preprints: Oct. 19, 2009.*

*for general papers and some symposia (some symposium organizers may set an earlier deadline).

Note: PACS opens Aug 24th, 2009 and closes Oct 19th, 2009

Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research
H. N. Cheng, Research Center, Hercules, Incorporated, 500 Hercules Road, Wilmington, DE 19808-1599; Christopher J. Ellison, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, CPE 3.418, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0400, Austin, TX 78712; Timothy E. Long, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061; Erica H. Martin, Rohm and Haas Company, 727 Norristown Rd, Spring House, PA 19477.

General Topics in the Characterization of Polymers
Dana Garcia, ASR, Atofina Chemicals Inc, 900 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA 19406.

General Topics in the Design and Synthesis of Polymers
Dana Garcia, ASR, Atofina Chemicals Inc, 900 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA 19406; Donna J. Nelson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019.

Nanostructured Polymers

Alan Hopkins, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd. m/c 127-72, Pasadena, CA 91125; Alejandro Briseno, Polymer Science & Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 120 Governors Drive, Conte, Amherst, MA 01003; Randy M. Villahermosa, Space Materials Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, 2350 E. El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, CA 90245; Sara R. Halper, Space Materials Lab, The Aerospace Corporation, 2350 E. El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, CA 90245.

Nanoscience in Polymer Chemistry
Donna J. Nelson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019.

Nonconventional Functional Block Copolymers
Patrick Theato, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz 55099 Germany; Andreas F. M. Kilbinger, Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz 55099 Germany; E. Bryan Coughlin, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 120 Governor's Drive, Amherst, MA 01003-4530.

Polymer Innovations and the Global Economy: Sustainability Challenges and Commercial Opportunities
Rigoberto Advincula, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 136 Fleming Building, Houston, TX 77204-5003; Dennis W. Smith Jr., Department of Chemistry, Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0973; Kathleen O. Havelka, kT Innovations, 9559 Brayes Manor Drive, Mentor, OH 44060.

Polymer Membranes and Thin Films for  for Energy Applications
Michael A. Hickner, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 310 Steidle Building, University Park, PA 16802; Qing Wang, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, Room 305, Steidle Building, University Park, PA 16802.

Renewable and Sustainable Polymers
Gregory F. Payne, Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, University of Maryland, 6138 Plant Sciences Building, College Park, MD 20742-4450.

Synthetic and Biological Macromolecules for Emerging Nanotechnologies III
Steve Clarson, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering, 2901 Woodside Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0018; Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Biomolecular and Materials Interface Research Group, Nottingham Trent University, School of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS United Kingdom; Kiyotaka Shiba, Department of Protein Engineering, Cancer Institute, CREST/JST, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Ariake, Koutou-ku, Tokyo 135-8550 Japan; Ichiro Yamashita, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, 3-4 Hikaridai, Seika, Kyoto 619-0237 Japan.

Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science
Sarah E. Morgan, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Dr., #10076, Hattiesburg, MS 39406; Sergei Nazarenko, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406.

ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Timothy P. Lodge

Monday, March 22, 2010.  8:30AM-12:00PM and 1:30PM-4:30PM.  Continental Ballroom 4, Hilton Union Square 

Advances in Water Purification

Paul J. Flory Polymer Educational Award Symposium in Honor of Harry R. Allcock

Tuesday, March 23, 2010.  1:00PM-4:30PM.  Union Square 15/16, Hilton Union Square 

Co-sponsored symposia

"100 + Years of Plastics.  Leo Baekeland and Beyond"

Sponsored by HIST

E. Thomas (Tom) Strom