POLYED
The joint education committee of the ACS Divisions of
Polymer Chemistry and Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering
August, 2014
CO-CHAIRS
C. Carraher
Florida Atlantic University
J. Droske
University of WisconsinStevens Point
TO: POLYED Committee
FROM: C. Carraher, Jr. and J. Droske
RE: POLYED Agenda for the San Francisco ACS Meeting
SPECIAL CONSULTANTS
E. Pearce
Polytechnic University
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)
TREASURER
R. Venumbaka
Southwest Texas State
University
SECRETARY
B. Howell
Central Michigan University
INDUSTRIAL SPONSORS
CHAIRS
R.S. Moore - POLY
G. Pilcher - PMSE
We will meet at 7:30 A.M. on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, in the Hilton Union
Square Hotel, Room Union Square 20. 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 San Francisco!
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AGENDA:
Welcome
A. PRECOLLEGE DIRECTORATE (S. RUKES)
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 (Miri)
3. Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award (Amis/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 21st 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