POLYED
The joint education committee of the ACS Divisions of
Polymer Chemistry and Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering
August, 2015
CO-CHAIRS
C. Carraher
Florida Atlantic University
J. Droske
University of WisconsinStevens Point
SPECIAL CONSULTANT
A. Salamone
Enterprise Development Corp.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
A. Padias
University of
Arizona
E. Berda
University of New Hampshire
R. S. Moore
Eastman Kodak Company
(retired)
TO: POLYED Committee
FROM: C. Carraher, Jr. and J. Droske
RE: POLYED Agenda for the Boston ACS Meeting
We will meet at 7:30 A.M. on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, in the Westin
Boston Waterfront, Executive Boardroom. The meeting will have a
continental breakfast. The agenda for the meeting is given below. Subcommittee
chairs, please be sure to forward your reports to John at the POLYED Center
(jdroske@uwsp.edu ) in advance of the meeting so that they may be posted on
our web site and distributed to the two Divisions.
Meeting reports and other information may be found at “http://www.polyed.org”
under “Info for Committee Members”.
See you in Boston!
TREASURER
R. Venumbaka
Southwest Texas State
University
SECRETARY
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AGENDA:
B. Howell
Central Michigan University
Welcome
INDUSTRIAL SPONSORS
CHAIRS
A. PRECOLLEGE DIRECTORATE (S. RUKES)
R.S. Moore - POLY
G. Pilcher - PMSE
1. Award for Excellence in HS Teaching (Rukes/Padias)
2. Teacher Outreach (Rukes)
3. Intersociety Polymer Education Council (Droske/Carraher/Padias)
4. Polymer Ambassadors (Long/Rukes)
B. COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DIRECTORATE (E. BERDA)
1. Organic Student Award (Droske)
2. Undergraduate Research Awards Program (Howell)
C. COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY FACULTY DIRECTORATE (E. BERDA)
POLYED
National(Sperling)
Information Center for Polymer Education
1. Textbook
Authors
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Department of Chemistry
2. Curriculum Development
Award
(Miri)
Stevens Point, WI 54481
www.polyed.org
3. AkzoNobel Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award (Amis/Ford)
4. AkzoNobel Outstanding Symposium Paper (Hahn and Thomaides)
C. COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY FACULTY DIRECTORATE (E. BERDA)
1. Textbook Authors (Sperling)
2. Curriculum Development Award (open)
3. Henkel Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award (M.A. Meador/Ford)
4. Eastman Chemical Student Award in Applied Polymer Science (Gilmer)
5. CPT Working Group (Blum/Morgan/Ford/Howell/Carraher/Droske)
a.
b.
c.
d.
Organic Symposia (Howell)
Inorganic (Tessier/Ford)
Physical (Blum/Russo/Savin)
Analytical (open)
6. ACS Exams (Laine/Howell/Robertson)
7. Polymer Science Curricula in the 21 st Century (Morgan/Berda/Savin)
D. INDUSTRIAL/GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONALS (R.S. Moore)
E. POLYED National Information Center (Droske)
F. Treasurer (Reddy Venumbaka)
G. POLYED Web Site (Droske)
H. CPT Liaison (Howell/Carraher/Droske)
I. Industrial Sponsors
J. Adjournment (by 9:00 A.M.)
POLYED National Information Center for Polymer Education
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Department of Chemistry
Stevens Point, WI 54481 www.polyed.org