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AWARD WINNERS - POLY VIDEO AWARD at the National ACS Meetings
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The purpose is to prepare young chemists to present their research in a short video/movie format and interact with a broad range of audiences, including more senior scientists and the general public. With this award POLY wishes to help develop the communication skills of young scientists, while simultaneously increasing their investment in the success of ACS and POLY.
The POLY Video Awards Committee is excited to announce the Fall 2017 Video Award Winner:
Hanze Ying
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Video title: "Hindered Polyurea"
Hanze Ying, a post doc in the department of Materials Science and Engineering at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the winner of the 2017 Video Award. Ying’s video uses creative whiteboard drawings to help illustrate the unique properties of hindered polyurea bonds, like how they can be used as self-healing polymers. In addition to receiving a certificate and $250 prize, the winning video was shown during the ACS National Meeting in Washington, DC and posted online.
The POLY Video Awards Committee is excited to announce the Fall 2016 Video Award Winner
Yara Ghoussoub
Florida State University
Video Title: “The Promises of Polymer Chemistry”
The POLY Video Awards Committee is excited to announce the 2015 Video Award Winners
Ha Nguyen, University of Florida
title: Biorenewable Plastics
John Slack, Vanderbilt University
title: Electrospun Nanofiber Fuel Cell MEAs
The award was presented at the ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, POLY/PMSE Awards Reception, Wednesday August 19th, at 5:30pm (Grand Ballroom A/B).
ALL video submissions were played on a plasma screen during the Fall ACS meeting on Wednesday, in the POLY session . They were also be posted on the POLY web page and Facebook in the coming months. This was not an easy selection as video’s EXCEEDED expectations this summer.
POLY would like to welcome non-winners to re-submit their video for one-time reconsideration next spring. An updated spring deadlines will be posted online at http://www.polyacs.org/1099.html in the coming months.
Video Award Presentation: (l-r) R. Advincula (POLY Chair), and H. Nguyen (University of Florida)
During the Fall ACS National Meeting, the submitted videos were evaluated and critiqued by the POLY Video Awards Subcommittee and two winners were selected. The winners were announced at the POLY’s Awards Reception at the ACS National Meeting. Awardees received a
$250 prize. Videos from all of the finalists were shown during the POLY’s Awards Reception and will be made available to others via POLY’s webpage, and other social media accounts.
2104 POLY Video Award Winners
Jennifer Novotney
Title: “Frameworks for the Future”
Stephanie L. Vivod
The University of Akron
Title: “Aerogels for Aerospace Applications”
