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Interdisciplinary, Globally Leading Polymer Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary, Globally-Leading Polymer Science and Engineering A National Science Foundation Sponsored Workshop co-sponsored by AFOSR, ARO, DOE/BES, NASA, NIH/NIBIB, NIST and ONR Workshop Chair: • Christopher K. Ober, Chair (Cornell University, Materials Science and Engineering) Co-organizers: • Stephen Z. D. Cheng (University of Akron, Polymer Science) • Paula T. Hammond (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering) • Murugappan Muthukumar (University of Massachusetts, Polymer Science and Engineering) • Elsa Reichmanis (Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, Materials Research) • Karen L. Wooley (Washington University in St. Louis, Chemistry and Radiology). NSF Headquarters Arlington, Virginia August 15 - 17, 2007 3 List of Invited Participants Eric Amis (NIST) Stuart Rowan (Case Western) Kristi Anseth, (U Colorado at Boulder) Tim Swager (MIT) Lynden Archer (Cornell) Ned Thomas (MIT) Shenda Baker (Harvey Mudd) Dave Tirrell (Caltech) Anna Balazs (Pittsburgh) Marek Urban (Southern Mississippi) Zhenan Bao (Stanford) Zhen-Gang Wang (Caltech) Frank Bates (U Minnesota) Uli Wiesner (Cornell) Brian Benicewicz (RPI) Karen Winey (UPenn) Kurt Binder (U Mainz) Shu Yang (UPenn) William Brittain (Bausch & Lomb) Ken Carter (UMass Amherst) Federal Agency Participants Ralph Colby (Penn State) Monica Olvera de la Cruz Paul Armistead (ONR) (Northwestern) Kathryn Beers (OSTP) Joseph DeSimone (UNC Chapel Hill) David Brant (NSF) Barry Farmer (AFRL) Kenneth Caster (ARO) Richard Friend (Cambridge) John Connell (NASA) Mary Galvin (Air Products) Lori Henderson (NIH/NIBIB) Jan Genzer (North Carolina State) Richard Kelley (DOE/BES) Sharon Glotzer (U Michigan) Freddy Khoury (NSF) Peter Green (U Michigan) Douglas Kiserow (ARO) Barney Grubbs (Dartmouth) Charles Lee (AFOSR) Kathleen Havelka (Lubrizol Corp) Andrew Lovinger (NSF) Craig Hawker (UC Santa Barbara) Michael Meador (NASA) Anne Hiltner (Case Western) Tyrone Mitchell (NSF) Catherine Hunt (Rohm&Haas) Arthur Snow (ONR) Kristi Kiick (U Delaware) Chad Snyder (NIST) Sanat Kumar (Columbia) Robert Wellek (NSF) Christopher Li (Drexel ) Eric Lin (NIST) Student Participants Tim Lodge (U Minnesota) Lon Mathias (Southern Mississippi) Michelle Chavis (Cornell) Kris Matyjaszewski (Carnegie Mellon) Nelson Felix (Cornell) Jimmy Mays (U Tennessee Knoxville) Jodie Lutkenhaus (MIT) LaRuth McAfee (Case Western) Ryan Murphy (UMass Amherst) Scott Milner (Exxon Mobil) Renee Smith (MIT) George Newkome (U of Akron) Brooke Van Horn (U Washington in St. Christine Ortiz (MIT) Louis) Michael Owen (Dow Corning, retired) Bryan Van Horn (U of Akron) Rick Register (Princeton) Tom Russell (UMass Amherst) Rachel Segalman (UC Berkeley) Sam Stupp (Northwestern) Doug Robello (Kodak) 4 Preface The Workshop on Interdisciplinary, Globally-Leading Polymer Science and Engineering began with a phone call from Dr. Andrew Lovinger (Director of the Polymers Program at NSF) to discuss a follow-up to the 1997 Workshop on Macromolecular Science and Engineering (MMSE). The resulting 1997 report had a major international impact on new directions in polymer research. Given the importance of polymer science and engineering, it seemed timely to consider the many changes that have occurred since that last event. The purpose of the new workshop would be to explore emerging research opportunities and areas that are ripe for innovation in the field of polymer science and engineering over the next decade and to examine the critical issues of competitiveness, education, and diversity in the polymer community. As a result of this call, I was asked to chair the workshop and to assemble an organizing committee. Consulting with the polymer community via e-mail postings, the committee identified six topics for the workshop: Polymer Synthesis and New Polymeric Materials; Complex Polymer Systems; Modeling and Theory of Polymers; Processing and Assembly; Characterization; and Technology and Societal Applications of Polymers. We felt that these themes broadly reflected the key areas of polymer science and engineering and that important future advances in research and education will require contributions from or consideration of each area. We also decided that the workshop should reflect important technological areas with enormous potential for societal benefit and for this reason the plenary talks would be aimed at these key areas. It was thought that such a focus would help to guide the discussion of scientific and technical questions in the breakout sessions and lead to a stronger report. Each working group was instructed to consider for the report not only a specific science and technology area, but also to address issues related to competitiveness, diversity, and education. As in the prior workshop report, the content of the recommendations made by each discussion group varies; some emphasize research directions and others educational issues or funding procedures. What follows represents much thinking and hard work on the part of the workshop participants and co-organizers. Many thanks to everyone who took part in the workshop, including the sponsors from the funding agencies and in particular Dr. Lovinger (NSF), who catalyzed this effort. All the plenary speakers did a marvelous job of meeting our impossible demand to provide short but stimulating talks on a focused topic with plenty of time for discussion. I would also like to thank NSF Director Dr. Arden L. Bement for welcoming the workshop participants and Dr. Kathryn L. Beers (Assistant Director for Physical Sciences and Engineering, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President) for her opening remarks. Another important contribution was made by the panel, moderated by Dr. Elsa Reichmanis, with Dr. Kathryn Beers (OSTP), Prof. Stephen Cheng (University of Akron), Dr. Mary Galvin (Air Products), Prof. Peter Green (University of Michigan, and immediate past President of the Materials Research Society), Prof. Anne Hiltner (Case Western Reserve University and Director of an NSF Science & Technology Center), and Dr. Catherine Hunt (Rohm & Haas, President of the American Chemical Society) who discussed the issues of education and competitiveness with respect to the scientific enterprise. I thank them for their thoughtful and helpful contributions. Of particular note, and I think representative of the importance of this workshop, was the presence of the current and past presidents of the American Chemical Society (Hunt and Reichmanis), the past president of the Materials Research Society (Green) and a representative of OSTP (Beers). 5 I especially want to thank my co-organizers Dean Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Prof. Paula T. Hammond, Prof. Murugappan Muthukumar, Dr. Elsa Reichmanis, and Prof. Karen L. Wooley, who began this effort many, many months before the workshop was held and who worked long hours on their sections of the report. I also want to acknowledge and thank the student participants in the workshop who brought a special freshness and excitement to the proceedings. I cannot thank all parties enough, since this report has taken considerable effort by many people. It is my personal hope that this document provides inspiration to those interested in research and education in polymers. Christopher Ober Ithaca, NY Dec. 27, 2007 6 Table of Contents List of Invited Participants...............................................................................................................................4 Preface ....................................................................................................................................5 Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................7 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................10 Crosscutting Recommendations and Goals ............................................................................................11 Working Group Recommendations........................................................................................................13 Polymer Syntheses and New Polymeric Materials................................................................................13 Complex Polymer Systems ....................................................................................................................13 Processing and Assembly......................................................................................................................14 Characterization and Properties...........................................................................................................14 Theory and Simulations ........................................................................................................................15 Education ..................................................................................................................................15 Global competitiveness .........................................................................................................................16 Broadening Participation .....................................................................................................................16 Workshop Program ..................................................................................................................................17 Section 1: Technology and Societal Applications of Polymers.....................................................................19
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