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POLYMER CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AWARD(Kris Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University)Objective: The award of up to $10,000, distributed over up to three years, is for an innovative approach to improve the teaching of polymer chemistry and polymer engineering in existing curricula at U. S. colleges and universities. The information created by the program, is distributed throughout the country to enable educational institutions to establish similar programs. The main criteria for the awards are probable effectiveness of the proposed activities in increasing student interests in and knowledge of polymer chemistry and polymer engineering, and the mechanism of dissemination of the information generated by the proposed program. Thus, our target is to provide industry and academia with graduates who will have a greater knowledge of polymers. Recent history: Recent history: The program has been running for 13 years and 17 programs have been completed. They lead to development of new lecture courses in new areas of polymer science such as polymer composites and polymeric drug release, new advanced polymer laboratory courses focused on material science and analytical chemistry, an interdisciplinary lab focused on combination of polymer synthesis, characterization and processing, development of educational software and interactive adventure games with polymers and have very broad impact on polymer education by attracting students to polymer programs, increasing number of faculty teaching polymers, leading to a permanent commitment of academic institutions in polymer science and additionally enabling to broadly disseminate the information generated by the program through the POLYED Information Center. Fall 1997 Update: The most recently funded program "The Macrogalleria - A Polymer Science Exploratorium" directed by Professor Mathias (University of Southern Mississippi) is focused on preparation of educational modules introducing polymers, how they impact modern society and how physical sciences serve as basis for understanding, developing and using polymer based materials. This program is now available on CD/ROM. It includes animated mechanisms, video and audio clips, and reference materials to journals, books, other web-sites, on-line demonstrations, and property data bases. To see the current status of the program you may visit Web site at http://www.psrc.usm.edu
Fall 1996 Update: Last year information on the program was not distributed as broadly as it was previously. No new proposals were received. The extension for additional year for the program "Electronic Registry for Graduate Studies in Polymer Science" (Professor Mathias (University of Southern Mississippi) ) at a level $4000 was approved. This program is focused on preparation of educational modules introducing polymers, how they impact modern society and how physical sciences serve as basis for understanding, developing
and using polymer based materials. To see the current status of the program you may visit Web site at http://www.psrc.usm.edu/polyclass. |
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