Polymer Education

Convener:

Jean-Pierre Vairon, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France

Co-convener: Fred Davis, University of Reading, UK

Programme:

Tuesday 13 July (early evening)

Wednesday 14 July (early evening)

Symposium Information

This special satellite symposium will consist of two sessions and a poster session.

The first session will be entitled 
Polymer Education: Enthusing the Next Generation of Polymer Scientists and Engineers 

The second session will be entitled
Training Showcases in Polymer Science and Engineering

The poster session will focus on polymer teaching initiatives.

Invited Speakers

French Education Committee for Polymer Teaching
Bernadette Charleux, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I, France

Teaching Polymer Science in Schools 
Graham Coverdale, Brockworth Enterprise School, UK

How should we introduce polymerization reactions to undergraduate students?
Henri Cramail, Université Bordeaux I, France

Implementing an IUPAC Pilot Research Program to foster networking between excellent young polymer scientists
Werner Mormann, University of Siegen, Germany

International Polymer Education in the Internet Age
Christopher Ober, Cornell University, USA

Polymer education in Japan
Mitsuo Sawamoto, Kyoto University, Japan

Growth and Impact of Polymer Education Programs Driven by ACS Polymer Divisions
Dennis Smith, Clemson University, USA

Teaching Polymers in Europe
Alex van Herk, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Poster Presenters

Multidisciplinary project: Synthesis and application of  transparent lattices
Pooja Daswani, Technical University of Eindhoven(TU/e), Netherlands
 
Masterclass Project: Controlled drug release from biodegradable polymer nanoparticles
T.G.T. Jansen, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
 
Design-based Learning & The synthesis of colloidal nanocomposites
Joris Salari, Polymer Chemistry Group, Netherlands