Department of Polymer Science and Engineering

ACS PSE50 Symposium ~ Boston, MA

ACS PSE50 Symposium

Celebrating 50 Years of Polymer Science and Engineering
Tuesday, August 18 - Wednesday, August 19, 2015

"Celebrating 50 Years of Polymer Science and Engineering" will be a 2-day scientific symposium at the ACS, featuring 24 invited talks that highlight key advances at the frontiers of polymer research as well as the long-term impact of the Polymer Science Department at UMass Amherst on the polymer field. Tuesday's session will be followed by a PSE50 Alumni Dinner Reception. Dinners attendees need not register for the scientific symposium.

Organizers: E. Bryan Coughlin, Kenneth Carter, Todd Emrick, Thomas McCarthy, Gregory Tew
Presiders: Jay Dias, Ashok Misra

Professor William McKnight UMass Amherst Polymer Science & Engineering Polymer Science and Engineering at UMass: The Early Years	Professor Rajeswari Kasi University of Connecticut Department of Chemistry Control of Morphology and Properties by Interfacial Manipulation of Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers
Kazuo Sakarai University of Kitakyushu Department of Life and Environment Engineering TBA	Professor Eric Beckman University of Pittsburgh Chemical and Petroleum Engineering TBA
Professor Robert Weiss University of Akron Department of Polymer Engineering TBA	Professor Margarita Herrara-Alonso Johns Hopkins University Materials Science & Engineering Molecular Brush Amphiphile
Professor Matthew Tirrell University of Chicago Institute for Molecular Engineering TBA	Professor Thomas Russell UMass Amherst Polymer Science & Engineering Using Basic Polymer Science to Optimize Morphology and Performance of Organic Photovoltaics
Professor Molly Shoichet University of Toronto Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry TBA	Professor Darrin Pochan University of Delaware Materials Science and Engineering Nanostructure and Material Construction through Peptide or Block Copolymer Solution Assembly
Professor Christopher Ober Cornell University Department of Materials Science & Engineering TBA	Professor Mark Dadmun University of Tennessee Knoxville Department of Chemistry TBA
Professor David Tirrell California Institute of Technology Chemistry and Chemical Engineering TBA	Professor Douglas Holmes Boston University Mechanical Engineering Swelling-Induced Curling of Elastic Fibers Wet by Elastocapillary Rise
Professor Xinqiao Jia University of Delaware Materials Science and Engineering TBA	Professor Karen Winey University of Pennsylvania Materials Science and Engineering TBA
Professor Ting Xu University of California Berkeley Materials Science and Engineering & Chemistry TBA	Christopher Stafford National Institute of Standards and Technology Materials Science and Engineering Sustainable Polymers Group TBA
Professor Javid Rzayev University of Buffalo Department of Chemisty TBA	Professor James Watkins UMass Amherst Polymer Science and Engineering Electronic and Optical Devices via Additive Driven Self-Assembly and Nanoimprint Lithography: Towards Solution-Based R2R Nanomanufacturing
Professor Zhiqun Lin University of Pennsylvania Materials Science & Engineering TBA	Professor Klaus Schmidt-Rohr Iowas State University Department of Chemistry TBA
Richard Lyon Federal Aviation Administration TBA	Professor Yoan Simon University of Fribourg Adolphe Merkle Institute TBA
	Professor John Reynolds Georgia Institute of Technology Chemistry and Biochemistry TBA

American Chemical Society Fall 2015 Meeting
The Westin ~ Boston Waterfront
425 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210
For questions about the scientific symposium including registration, travel info and session details please visit the ACS website.

PSE50 Alumni Dinner Reception
The Exchange Conference Center ~ Boston Fish Pier
212 Northern Ave, Boston, MA 02210
For walking directions and to register/submit payment for the reception please visit the PSE registration page.
Free parking is available on the Pier starting at 6:00 pm. Please see Exchange site for driving direction.
Dinner attendees need not register for the scientific symposium.

Please contact E. Bryan Coughlin (coughlin@mail.pse.umass.edu) with any questions about this meeting.

ACS PSE50 Symposium ~ Boston, MA

ACS PSE50 Symposium

Celebrating 50 Years of Polymer Science and Engineering Tuesday, August 18 - Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Polymer Science and Engineering

Celebrating 50 Years of Polymer Science and Engineering
Tuesday, August 18 - Wednesday, August 19, 2015