ANNOUNCING  - DSM Polymer Technology Award Symposium

ACS National Meeting Philadelphia

Tues., August 21, 2012, 1:30 pm - 4:25 pm

Independence Ballroom B

Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (Sheraton Downtown)

The DSM Polymer Technology Award Symposium is set to be held at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting. 

The theme this year is “Advanced Polymer Networks”. 

Among  the leading academics working at the forefront of Polymer Technology research, Dean Webster from North Dakota State University, Coatings and Polymeric Materials Department, will speak on “High crosslink density biobased thermosets for coatings and composites “, and Ludwik Leibler, from the School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry, Paris, (CNRS)  will speak on “Chemistry and application of ketene functionalized polymers”. 

The DSM Polymer Technology Award  recognizes and rewards excellence in innovative PhD or post-doctoral research in polymer technology. The Award is open to new and current PhD researchers based in the USA, and nominated research must relate to the published theme of that year’s award.

The four finalists this year are:  Brian Adzima, University of Colorado at Boulder, Andrew Davis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Frank Leibfarth, University of California Santa Barbara, and Peiwen Zheng, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

The judging committee will make their selection from the four finalists during the ACS Meeting and the winner will be announced at the ACS POLY Award Reception on Wednesday, August 22. The winner receives a cash prize of $2,000.