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POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 2019 Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium

15th Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium (Orlando – March 31-April 4, 2019)

The fifteenth symposium on "Excellence in Polymer Graduate Research" took place at the national ACS meeting in Orlando, Florida on March 31 – April 4, 2019. The purpose of this symposium was to provide recognition to outstanding graduate students in polymer science and engineering, to foster networking and exposure, and to help develop the careers of future leaders in our field. We publicized this symposium via the POLY list server, POLY web page, and direct email messages to over 100 university departments that are active in polymer research. We requested that each department nominate one outstanding graduate student to speak on his or her original research in this special symposium. Each student filled out an application form and had a nominating letter from the research advisor and a supporting letter from the department chair.

As in 2018, we had 39 students in the symposium this year, with 28 oral presentations and 11 posters. The oral presentations were well done, and the poster session was also successful with a lot of traffic and good discussions. For both oral and poster sessions, the scientific quality of the papers was generally high.

Dr. Bonnie Charpentier, 2019 ACS President, visited the symposium at 11:15 am on Monday to give an encouraging talk to the students. She was introduced by Dr. Sarah Morgan, the 2019 POLY Chair. A group photo was taken with the students, Dr. Charpentier, Dr. Morgan, and the session chairs. As part of the recognition, each student received a certificate plus a cash award. In addition, Wiley (Journal of Polymer Science) presented book awards (worth $250 each) to four students (Dylan Walsh, Illinois; Michael Sims, Florida; Eric Zhang, Clemson; and Sampa Maiti, Central Michigan) as additional recognition of their work.

This symposium was sponsored by the ACS Polymer Chemistry Division (POLY), and cosponsored by Presidential Event (PRES), Younger Chemists Committee (YCC), Division of Professional Relations (PROF), and Society Committee on Education (SOCED). The symposium had the generous support of POLY, Industrial Advisory Board of the Polymer Division (IAB), Tosoh, and Wiley. The detailed symposium program is attached below.

Symposium Organizing Committee: H. N. Cheng, USDA Christopher Ellison, University of Minnesota

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 Christine Coltrain, Eastman Kodak Company Timothy E. Long, Virginia Tech

Monday, 4/1/2019

ORAL Session - Biobased, degradable, and chain-exchange polymers

Session Chairs - Christine Coltrain, Christopher Ellison

ID Title Student School Time Introductory Remarks 8:25 AM

3131217 Amino acid-based poly(ester urea)s for soft–tissue repair applications

Nathan Dreger Akron-Polym Sci

8:30 AM

3128872 Covalently crosslinked coacervate: Immobilization and stabilization of proteins with enhanced enzymatic activity

Mengmeng Zhao Akron-Eng 8:55 AM

3129503 Efficient Synthesis of Novel Glycosaminoglycan Analogs

Chengzhe Gao VA Tech-Chem

9:20 AM

3127932 Improving mechanical properties of fatty acid-derived thermoplastic elastomers by incorporating a transient network

Wenyue Ding Houston 9:45 AM

Intermission 10:10 AM 3113103 Harnessing Imine Reactivity for Dynamic

Topological and Functional Transformations Michael Sims Florida 10:25 AM

3126989 Reprocessable Polymer Networks Based on Dynamic Chemistry with Concurrent Dissociative and Associative Mechanisms: Judicious Design Leading to Excellent Reprocessability

Lingqiao Li Northwestern 10:50 AM

Speech by ACS President Dr. Bonnie Charpentier

11:15 AM

3120112 Kinetic control of block polymer micelles: Cavitation induced exchange and templates for nanomaterials

Kayla Lantz South Carolina

11:30 AM

ORAL Session - New structures and applications

Session Chairs - Christopher Ellison, H. N. Cheng

Recognition of poster presenters 1:00 PM

3127134 Assembling graphene oxide at fluid-fluid interface: A new way to architect hybrid structures for advanced application

Peiran Wei Case Western Res

1:15 PM

3129635 Polymer metal-organic cage gels for water purification

Julia Zhao MIT 1:40 PM

3126060 Tuning mechanical properties of polymer brush surfaces to dictate wrinkle morphologies

Cassandra Reese Southern Mississippi

2:05 PM

3125231 Facile synthesis of carbon flower particles from a novel polyacrylonitrile system

Shucheng Chen Stanford 2:30 PM

Intermission

2:55 PM 3126434 Photopolymer Design for Additive Manufacturing

of Elastomers Philip Scott VA Tech-MII 3:10 PM

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3087588 Controlled Phase Separation and Thermo-Mechanical Properties in Hybrid Radical/Cationic Systems Using Photopolymerization

Erion Hasa Iowa 3:35 PM

3126682 Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs): A unique class of optical polymers for IR imaging and photonics

Tristan S. Kleine Arizona 4:00 PM

Tuesday, 4/2/2019

ORAL Session - Approaches to polymer synthesis

Session Chair - H. N. Cheng

3112228 Real-time measurement of analyte partitioning and polymer brush conformation change

Kali Miller Illinois-Chem 8:30 AM

3086816 Living Metathesis & Metallotropy Polymerization Gives Conjugated Polyenynes from Multialkynes: How to Design Sequence-Specific Cascades for Polymers

Cheol Kang Seoul National U.

8:55 AM

3097068 Leveraging low ring strain: The path towards precision polypentenamers

William Neary Florida State 9:20 AM

3125388 Macromolecular Engineering through Metal-Free Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

Pengtao Lu Washington-Chem

9:45 AM

Intermission

10:10 AM 3100779 Flow-enabled control over macromolecule

architecture Dylan Walsh Illinois-CE 10:25 AM

3129019 Postpolymerization modification strategy to solid state block polyelectrolytes

David Goldfeld Minnesota 10:50 AM

3127095 Development of strongly reducing phenoxazine organic photoredox catalysts and their application in organocatalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization

Blaine McCarthy Colorado State 11:15 AM

ORAL Session - Conjugated and electroactive polymers

Session Chair - Christine Coltrain

3120904 Structural and optoelectronic landscape of

semiconductor:ferroelectric blends Aditi Khirbat GA Tech-Mat 1:00 PM

3091115 Synthesis and strategic design of solution-processable diketopyrrolopyrrole copolymer semiconductors for enhanced performance in n-channel organic field effect transistors

Carolyn Buckley GA Tech-Chem

1:25 PM

3127735 Ester-functionalized, wide band-gap conducting polythiophene for organic field effect transistors

Ruwan Gunawardhana

Texas-Dallas 1:50 PM

3129761 Organic Conductive Polymers as Printed Electronics on Fabrics for Wearable Electronics

Sneh Kumar Sinha

Connecticut 2:15 PM

Intermission

2:40 PM


3111450 Design of nanostructured, self-doped block polymer electrolytes for lithium-ion battery electrolytes

Melody Morris Delaware 2:55 PM

3121298 Combined computational and experimental study on the effects of side-chain architecture of polythiophene derivatives on structure and ionic conduction

Jonathan Onorato Washington-Mat

3:20 PM

3129712 Aramid Nanofiber Composite Separators for High Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries

Ahmet Emre Michigan 3:45 PM

Panel on Careers in Polymer Science - Salon 21 Rosen Center 4:15 PM

Symposium POSTER Session (April 2, 2019)

Tuesday evening, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

3127223 External control in atom transfer radical polymerization

Sajjad Dadashi Silab

Carnegie Mellon

6:00 PM

3113327 Accelerated CuAAC coupling reaction fulfilled the synthesis of ultrahigh densely grafted polymers by grafting-onto strategy

Weiping Gan Notre Dame 6:00 PM

3123969 Inverse vulcanization of sulfur and charged monomers to enhance solubility and create inexpensive metal binding materials

Logan Eder Ball State 6:00 PM

3127881 Light-switchable silicon-based polymers with high thermal stability and surface areas

Naihsuan Hu Bowling Green State U.

6:00 PM

3116738 Bouligand nanocomposites: Self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals with thermoresponsive polymer

Huyen Vu U. Massachusetts

6:00 PM

3117676 pDVB old polymer new tricks: Coupling of organic and inorganic chemistry for nanoparticle synthesis and noninvasive optogenetics applications

Eric Zhang Clemson 6:00 PM

3127832 Elucidating the relationship between the states of water and transport properties of ions in swollen polymer networks

Thien (James) Tran

Buffalo 6:00 PM

3086321 Vapor-phase infiltration of metal oxides into microporous polymers for solvent stable nanofiltration membranes

Fengyi Zhang GA Tech-CBE 6:00 PM

3125203 Design and synthesis of functional sugar poly(orthoester) nanomaterials with ultra-low immunogenicity

Sampa Maiti Central Michigan

6:00 PM

3129190 Bioadvantaged hydrophobic nylon-6,6 copolymers Sanaz Abdolmohammadi

Iowa State 6:00 PM

3088484 Computational study on the peroxide crosslinking of polyethylene using ReaxFF reactive force field

Dooman Akbarian Penn State 6:00 PM


The fourteen symposium on "Excellence in Polymer Graduate Research" took place at the national ACS meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 18-22, 2018. The purpose of this symposium was to provide recognition to outstanding graduate students in polymer science and engineering, to foster networking and exposure, and to help develop the careers of future leaders in our field. We publicized this symposium via the POLY list server, POLY web page, and direct email messages to over 100 departments that are active in polymer research. We requested that each department nominate one outstanding graduate student to speak on his or her original research in this special symposium. Each student filled out an application form and had a nominating letter from the research advisor and a letter from the department head. This year we had 39 students in the symposium, with 28 oral presentations and 11 posters. The oral presentations were well done, and the poster session was also successful with a lot of traffic and good discussions in front of the posters. For both oral and poster sessions, the scientific quality of the papers was generally high. Prof. Peter Dorhout, 2018 ACS President, visited the symposium at around noon on Monday to give an encouraging talk to the students. He was introduced by Dr. Diana Gerbi, the 2018 POLY Chair. A group photo was taken with the students, Prof. Dorhout and Dr. Gerbi. As part of the recognition, each student received a certificate plus a cash award. In addition, Wiley (Journal of Polymer Science) presented book awards (worth $250 each) to four students (Yuwei Gu, Ru Xie, Victoria Kensy, and Julia Pribyl) in recognition of outstanding papers. This symposium was sponsored by the ACS Polymer Chemistry Division (POLY), and cosponsored by Presidential Event (PRES), Younger Chemists Committee (YCC), Division of Professional Relations (PROF), and Society Committee on Education (SOCED). The symposium had the generous support of POLY, Industrial Advisory Board of the Polymer Division (IAB), Tosoh, and Wiley. The detailed symposium program is attached below. Symposium Organizing Committee: H. N. Cheng, USDA Christopher Ellison, University of Minnesota Christine Landry-Coltrain, Eastman Kodak Company Timothy E. Long, Virginia Tech Symposium Program

Sponsored by POLY, cosponsored by PRES, PROF, SOCED, YCC Supported by POLY, POLY Industrial Advisory Board, Tosoh, and Wiley ORAL Session 1 - Polymerization Techniques, Session Chair - Christine Landry-Coltrain


ORAL Session 2 - Synthesis and New Materials, Session Chairs - Christopher Ellison, H. N. Cheng

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 ORAL Session 3 - Bio-related Polymers, Session Chairs - H. N. Cheng, Christine Landry-Coltrain

ORAL Session 4 - New Products and Characterization, Session Chair - Chris Ellison

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 Symposium POSTER Session


The thirteenth symposium on "Excellence in Polymer Graduate Research" took place at the national ACS meeting in San Francisco, California on April 3-4, 2017. The purpose of this symposium was to provide recognition to outstanding graduate students in polymer science and engineering, to foster networking and exposure, and to help develop the careers of future leaders in our field. We publicized this symposium via the POLY list server, POLY web page, and direct email messages to over 100 departments that are active in polymer research. We requested that each department nominate one outstanding graduate student to speak on his or her original research in this special symposium. Each student filled out an application form and had a nominating letter from the research advisor and a letter from the department head. This year we had 52 students in the symposium, with 34 oral presentations and 18 posters. This was the largest number since the symposium started in 1994. The oral sessions went very well. Despite the short time allotted to each speaker (20 minutes), the students were well prepared and stayed within the time limit. The presentations were well done. The poster session was also successful with a lot of traffic and good discussions in front of the posters. For both oral and poster sessions, the scientific quality of the papers was generally high. Dr. Allison Campbell, 2017 ACS President, visited the symposium at the end of the afternoon oral session on Monday to give an encouraging talk to the students. She was introduced by Prof. Marc Hillmyer, the 2017 POLY Chair. A group photo was taken with the students, Dr. Campbell and Prof. Hillmyer. As part of the recognition, each student received a certificate plus a cash award. In addition, Wiley (Journal of Polymer Science) presented book awards (worth $250 each) to four students (Alice Chang, Apoorv Shanker, James Ioccozzia, and Dibyendu Debnath) in recognition of outstanding papers. This symposium was sponsored by the ACS Polymer Chemistry Division (POLY), and cosponsored by Presidential Event (PRES), Young Chemists Committee (YCC), Division of Professional Relations (PROF), and Society Committee on Education (SOCED). The symposium had the generous support of POLY, Industrial Advisory Board of the Polymer Division (IAB), Tosoh, Wiley, and Dr. George Foster’s Bequest. The detailed symposium program is attached and listed below. Symposium Organizing Committee: H. N. Cheng, USDA Christopher Ellison, University of Minnesota Christine Landry-Coltrain, Eastman Kodak Company Timothy E. Long, Virginia Tech Symposium Program

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 Sponsored by POLY, cosponsored by PRES, PROF, SOCED, YCC Supported by POLY, POLY Industrial Advisory Board, Tosoh, Wiley, and Dr. George Foster's Bequest ORAL Session - Monday morning. Session Chair: H. N. Cheng

ORAL Session - Monday afternoon. Session Chair: Christopher Ellison


ORAL Session - Tuesday morning. Session Chair: H.N. Cheng


ORAL Session - Tuesday afternoon. Session Chair: Christopher Ellison

ORAL Session - Tuesday evening


The twelfth symposium on "Excellence in Polymer Graduate Research" took place at the national ACS meeting in San Diego, California on March 13-17, 2016. The purposes of this symposium were to provide recognition to outstanding graduate students in polymer science and engineering, to foster networking and exposure, and to help develop the careers of future leaders in our field. We publicized this symposium via the POLY list server, POLY web page, and direct email messages to over 100 departments that are active in polymer research. We requested that each department nominate one outstanding graduate student to speak on his or her original research in this special symposium. Each student filled out an application form and had a nominating letter from the research advisor and a letter from the department head. This year we had 31 students in the symposium, with 22 oral presentations and 9 posters. Both the oral and the poster sessions went very well. The quality of the papers was generally high. There were a lot of stimulating questions during the oral sessions and good discussions during the poster session. Dr. Karl Haidar, 2016 Chair of POLY, came to the symposium at around noon on Monday to give an encouraging talk to the students. A group photo was taken with the students, Dr. Haidar, and the symposium organizers. As part of the recognition, each student received a certificate plus a cash award. In addition, Wiley (Journal of Polymer Science) presented a book award (worth $250 each) to Nick Pavlopoulos, Morgan Schulze, Lauren Brown, and Jeff Foster. RSC (Polymer Chemistry) gave a one-year journal subscription to Adam Hauser. This symposium was sponsored by the ACS Polymer Chemistry Division (POLY), and cosponsored by Presidential Event (PRES), Younger Chemists Committee (YCC), Division of Professional Relations (PROF), and Society Committee on Education (SOCED). The symposium had the generous support of POLY, Industrial Advisory Board of the Polymer Division (IAB), Tosoh, Wiley and RSC. The detailed symposium program is attached below. Symposium Organizing Committee: H. N. Cheng, USDA Christopher Ellison, University of Texas Christine Landry-Coltrain, Eastman Kodak Company Timothy E. Long, Virginia Tech Symposium Program

Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, San Diego, 2016 Sponsored by POLY, cosponsored by PRES, PROF, SOCED, YCC

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 Supported by POLY, Industrial Advisory Board of POLY, Tosoh, Wiley, RSC ORAL Session - Monday morning. Session Chairs: Christine Landry-Coltrain, H. N. Cheng Location: Marriott Marquis - Balboa Room Introductory Remarks 8:00 AM 2394961 Synthesis and Dipolar Assembly of Tetrapod Functional Colloidal Monomers: Colloidal Polymers with “Giant tbutyl groups”, Nick Pavlopoulos, Arizona 8:05 AM 2401302 Synthesis of starlike and brush polymers via graftingthrough of macromonomers by ATRP, Pawel Krys, Carnegie-Mellon 8:35 AM 2391763 Assembly of branched polymers into responsive 2D and 3D microstructure, Weinan Xu, Ga Tech- Materials 9:05 AM BREAK 9:35 AM 2394725 Optimizing surface treatments for the directed selfassembly of siliconcontaining block copolymers, Gregory Blachut, Texas - Chem 9:50 AM 2370676 Enhanced supramolecular selfassembly of P3HT by copolymerization with methacrylate attached liquid crystalline mesogens, Taniya Kekunawela Pathiranage, Texas-Dallas 10:20 AM 2400435 Long Range Ordering of Poly(3 hexylthiophene) in Fluids and Films: Effects of SelfAssembly Techniques on Liquid Crystallinity, Material Properties and Device Performance, Nabil Kleinhenz, Ga Tech - Chem 10:50 AM Special Remarks by POLY Chair, Karl Haidar, and Photo Session 11:20 AM Special Book Awards and Recognition of Poster Presenters 11:30 AM ORAL Session - Monday afternoon. Session Chairs: Christopher Ellison, Timothy Long Introductory Remarks 1:00 PM 2378202 Sustainable Urethane based Vitrimers, Jacob Brutman, Minnesota- Chem 1:05 PM 2393852 Biomassderived polymers incorporating monolignols, Brianna Upton, UCLA 1:35 PM 2396138 Multifunctional Modification of Cellulose Ethers via Olefin Crossmetathesis Followed by Thiol Michael Addition, Yifan Dong, VPI - Macro 2:05 PM BREAK 2:35 PM 2394593 Facile Syntheses of Polypeptide Molecular Brushes with Twodimensional Controlled Architectures, Jingwei Fan, Texas A&M 2:50 PM 2386941 In vitro illustrations: achieving activated fluorescence in cancer cells, Mary Burdette, Clemson 3:20 PM 2395978 Engineering Responsive Matrices for Controlled Drug Delivery: from Bulk Gels to Nanogels, Yingkai Liang, Delaware- Materials 3:50 PM ORAL Session - Tuesday morning. Session Chairs: Christopher Ellison, Timothy Long 2397171 Dynamic Bonds in Covalently Crosslinked Polymer Networks for Photo¬Activated Strengthening and Healing, Melissa Gordon, Delaware- CE 8:00 AM 2393631 Postpolymerization modification of liquid crystal alignment in covalent adaptable networks, Matthew McBride, Colorado- CE 8:30 AM 2398927 ThiolTrifluorovinyl Ether (Thiol¬TFVE) Photochemistry: A New Route to Semifluorinated Materials, Brian Donovan, Southern Miss 9:00 AM BREAK 9:30 AM 2374505 Functionalized triptycene based poly (ether ether ketone) for ion exchange membranes, Lionel Moh, MIT- Chem 9:45 AM 2400562 Development of Polyimine- ased Dynamic Covalent Network: From Malleable Polymers to High Performance Composites, Philip Taynton, Colorado - Chem 10:15 AM 2399340 A one-electron process in a gel polymer Li O2 battery, Chibueze Amanchukwu, MIT-CE 10:45 AM ORAL Session - Tuesday afternoon. Session Chairs: Christine Landry-Coltrain, H. N. Cheng 2402300 Poly(cyclohexylethylene)blockpoly(ethylene oxide) Block Polymers for Metal Oxide Templating, Morgan Schulze, Minnesota- CE 1:00 PM

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 \2399278 Design and Synthesis of Nitrogen doped Hierarchical Carbon for Selective Carbon Capture and Electrocatalysis, John W.F. To, Stanford 1:30 PM 2399687 Optically reprogrammable buckling of nanocomposite polymer films, Adam Hauser, U. Mass 2:00 PM 2382814 Probing the surfacelocalized hyperthermia of gold nanoparticles in a microwave field using polymeric thermometers, R. Nicholas Carmean, Florida 2:30 PM Special Industrial Career Panel (organized by POLY Industrial Advisory Board) 4:00 PM POSTER Session. Tuesday evening, 6:00 - 8:00 pm San Diego Convention Center - Hall F 2369174 The glass transition temperatures of amorphous linear aliphatic polyesters, Jialong Shen, NC State 6:00 PM 2392780 Sorption and diffusion of organic vapors into PIM1 and the effects of methanol conditioning, Melinda Jue, Ga Tech- CE 6:00 PM 2379607 Design and Synthesis of Fluorescent Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Sensing Fluoride Ions, Wei Wu, Binghamton 6:00 PM 2393961 Investigation of NitrobenzeneBased RedoxActive Polymers for NonAqueous Redox Flow Batteries, Kevin Cheng, Illinois 6:00 PM 2404422 Effects of Branching on bis-MPA Polymer: A Comparative Study of Polymer Architecture, Joseph Giesen, Tulane 6:00 PM 2399163 Degradable Ferulic Acid Based Epoxy Thermosets, Anthony Maiorana, RPI 6:00 PM 2401287 Enhancing Lactide Polymerization Control through the use of Redoxactive Catalysts, Lauren Brown, Tennessee 6:00 PM 2403521 The effect of electrostatic interactions on the response of zwitterionic glucose sensitive hydrogels designed for bioprocess sensing, Tram Nguyen, Utah 6:00 PM 2400094 AntiCancer Activity of H2SReleasing Micelles, Jeffrey Foster, VPI - Chem 6:00 PM


The eleventh symposium on "Excellence in Polymer Graduate Research" took place at the national ACS meeting at Denver, Colorado on March 22-26, 2015. The purposes of this symposium are to provide recognition to outstanding graduate students in polymer science and engineering, to foster networking and exposure, and to help develop the careers of future leaders in our field. We publicized this symposium via the POLY list server, POLY web page, and direct email messages to over 100 departments that are active in polymer research. We requested that each department nominate one outstanding graduate student to speak on his or her original research in this special symposium. Each student should fill out an application form and have a nominating letter from the research advisor and a letter from the department head. This year we received 27 submissions, and we were pleased with the quality of the papers. The symposium was organized into two oral sessions with 16 papers and a poster session with 11 papers. Both the oral and the poster sessions went very well. There were a lot of stimulating questions during the talks. The traffic was also heavy during the poster session. As part of the recognition, each student received a certificate plus a cash award. We were pleased that Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt, the 2015 ACS President, made this symposium a Presidential-Recommended event, personally visited the symposium, and spoke to the students. Diane compared a student’s career path to a polymerization process, including initiation (where the student is introduced to polymer chemistry in grad school), propagation (where he or she does research or practices polymer chemistry in the workplace), transfer (i.e., change of jobs or fields), and termination (when he or she retires). A group photo was taken with Dr. Schmidt and Dr. Gobet Advincula, the 2015 Chair of the ACS Polymer Chemistry Division. This symposium was organized by the ACS Polymer Chemistry Division (POLY), and cosponsored by Presidential Event (PRES), Young Chemists Committee (YCC), Division of Professional Relations (PROF), and Society Committee on Education (SOCED). The symposium had the generous support of POLY and Industrial Advisory Board of the Polymer Division (IAB). The detailed symposium program is attached below. Symposium Organizing Committee: H. N. Cheng, USDA Christopher Ellison, University of Texas Christine Landry-Coltrain, Eastman Kodak Company Timothy E. Long, Virginia Tech

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 Symposium Program

Sponsored by POLY, cosponsored by PRES, SOCED, YCC, and PROF. Supported by POLY and Industrial Advisory Board of POLY. Oral Session 1. Session Chairs: Christine Landry-Coltrain, H. N. Cheng Introductory Remarks 2130008 Post-electrospinning Derivatization of Polymer Nanofibers with Bioactive Species Using Translationally-relevant Chemical Methods Jukuan Zheng, University of Akron 2128456 Sequential Inverse Vulcanization and Electropolymerization for Conductive Plastic Sulfur Philip Thomas Dirlam, University of Arizona 2141023 Manipulating Conjugation in Electronic Polymers: Chemical Sensors and Precursor Routes Jonathan Garrett Weis, MIT – Chemistry 2114540 Poly(Ionic Liquid)s and Their Block Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization, Self-assembly, and Applications Hongkun He, Carnegie Mellon Univ. Break 2130272 Facile Post-Polymerization Modification of Blocked Isocyanate and Hydrazide Containing Polymers Emily A. Hoff, Univ. of Southern Mississippi 2141117 Sequencing in Step-growth Polymerization: Influence of segment length on thermomechanical properties of polysulfone-containing segmented polyesters Joseph Michael Dennis, Virginia Tech – Macro 2140967 Olefin cross-metathesis, a mild, modular and efficient approach towards functionalized cellulose esters Xiangtao Meng, Virginia Tech – Bio 2129404 Scalable Production of Mechanically Tunable Block Polymers from Sugar Deborah K. Schneiderman, Univ. of Minnesota Oral Session 2. Session Chairs: Christopher Ellison, Timothy Long Introductory Remarks Recognition of Poster Presenters 2130293 Unexpected anomalous diffusion in associating protein hydrogels Shengchang Tang, MIT – Chem Eng 2125200 Reducing-environment sensitive synthetic hydrogels for controlled delivery of therapeutics Prathamesh M. Kharkar, Univ. of Delaware 2129494 Photodegradable hydrogels for studying axon guidance and the user-directed formation of neural circuits Tobin Brown, Univ. of Colorado –Chem. Eng. 2127951 Molecular N-Dopants and N-Dopable Conjugated Polymers Benjamin Dexter Naab, Stanford Univ. Break 2079240 High-Throughput Screening of Electrochromic Polymers Towards Neutral Colors Michael Otley, Univ. of Connecticut 2127451 Chiral Transmission to Self-Assembling Nanostructures from Circularly Polarized Light Jihyeon Yeom Michigan-Macro 2117592 Polymer-particle rheological analysis of adsorbed cement additives for improved processing Lisa Renee Murray, Purdue Univ. 2124122 Efficient Simulation of the Molecular Scale Behavior of Polymer Melts: Understanding Polymer Dynamics and Rheology Nicholas A. Rorrer, Colorado School of Mines POSTER Session

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 2115619 Fluorescence Conjugated Microporous Polymers with Amino Receptors as Metal Cation Chemosensor Anting Chen, Binghamton Univ. 2121703 The roles of quinoidal character, regioregularity and polydispersity in determining the photovoltaic performance of conjugated copolymers Tianyue Zheng, Univ. of Chicago 2129433 Magnetic Core - Fluorescent Conjugated Polymer Shell Nanoparticles Prepared by Surface-Initiated Kumada Polymerization Sourav Chatterjee, Louisiana State Univ. 2128624 Fast Initiating Nickel Precatalysts for π-Conjugated Polymer Synthesis Ariana Hall, Univ. of Michigan – Chemistry 2127769 Growing green polymers using the sun: Organocatalyzed photoredox mediated polymerization Jordan Corinne Theriot, Univ. of Colorado – Chemistry 2114822 Oximes as Reversible Links in Polymer Chemistry: Dynamic Macromolecular Stars Soma Mukherjee, Univ. of Florida 2117597 Molecule to Morphology Chirality-Transfer in ABC Triblock Terpolymers Amrita Sarkar, Univ. of South Carolina 2108481 Solid-State Self-Assembly: for Advanced Electronic and Optical Materials Yoonseob Kim, Univ. of Michigan – Chem Eng 2114597 How Processing Affects Dispersion and Thermomechanical Properties of Waterborne Epoxy and Cellulose Nanocrystal Composites Natalie Girouard, Georgia Tech 2127378 Functional Polymers via Post-Polymerization Modification of poly(Methionine) Eric Gharakhanian, UCLA 2130557 Understanding and improving protein loading in PLGA-PEG nanoparticles Sunandini Chopra, MIT – Mech


This year we received a record number of 55 submissions. (The previous record was 42 in 2013.) We were very pleased with both the quantity and the quality of the papers. The symposium was organized into four half-day oral sessions, a very large poster session, and a networking social. In the oral sessions on Sunday and Monday 28 students gave talks on their work, and in the Tuesday poster session 27 students presented their posters. These oral and poster sessions went very well. Many graduate students asked questions during the talks, and it was enjoyable to see them interacting during and after the sessions. As part of the recognition, each student received a certificate plus a cash award. We were pleased that Dr. Tom Barton, the 2014 ACS President, personally visited the symposium and spoke to the students. Tom actually worked with polymers early in his career and made a reference to his experience in his speech. Later, Dr. Kathryn Beers, the 2014 Chair of the ACS Polymer Chemistry Division, also spoke to the students. A reception followed where the students mingled with the participants of the POLY Undergraduate Symposium. This symposium was organized by the ACS Polymer Chemistry Division (POLY), and cosponsored by Presidential Event (PRES), Young Chemists Committee (YCC), Division of Professional Relations (PROF), and Society Committee on Education (SOCED). The symposium had the generous support of POLY, Industrial Advisory Board of the Polymer Division (IAB), and the Division of Materials Research at National Science Foundation (NSF/DMR). The detailed symposium program is attached. Symposium Organizing Committee: H. N. Cheng (POLY Member, USDA) Christopher Ellison (POLY Member, Univ. of Texas) Christine Landry-Coltrain (POLY Alternate Councilor, Eastman Kodak) Timothy E. Long (POLY Past Chair, Virginia Tech) Symposium Program

Hyatt Regency Room Reverchon A/B Oral Session 1. Sunday morning 8:30 AM (Session Chairs: Christine Landry-Coltrain, Chris Ellison) Novel Polymeric Systems Introductory Remarks 22115 Shape Amphiphiles Based on POSS-Polymer Conjugates: Systematic Molecular Design, Sequential “Click” Synthesis, and Diverse Self-Assembly Behaviors. Yue, Kan, U. of Akron – Polymers 23424 Clickable Nucleic Acids: From Click Chemistry to Sequence Controlled Polymers. Xi, Weixian, U. of Colorado 21109 Maleic Anhydride and Ester Functionalization of Polypropylene with Suppressed Molecular Weight Reduction via Solid-State Shear Pulverization. Diop, Mirian, Northwestern U. 12274 Exploring Amphiphilic Copolymer Architectures with Cyclic Topology base on Poly(ethylene gylcol) and Polycaprolactone: Synthesis, Characterization and Self-assembly Behavior. Zhang, Boyu, Tulane U. 10:15 to 10:30 AM Intermission (Visit by ACS President, Tom Barton)

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 13174 Layer-by-layer approach for individual encapsulation of cells based on hydrogen-bonded, complimentary electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. Drachuk, Irina, Georgia Tech – Materials 11397 Cationic Cobaltocenium-Containing Polymers: From Synthesis to Advanced Applications. Zhang, Jiuyang, U. of South Carolina 13134 Fluorine Containing UV-Curable Materials for Advanced Transport Applications. Goetz, James, U. of Southern Mississippi Oral Session 2. Sunday afternoon 1:00 PM (Session Chair: Chris Ellison, Christine Landry-Coltrain) Mechanical, Stimuli-related, and Surface Patterning Recognition of Poster Presenters 14557 Multi-Functional Stimuli-Responsive Polymers. Michal, Brian, Case Western Reserve U. 10797 Materials that provide an amplified response through stimuli-induced depolymerization. DiLauro, Anthony, Penn State – Chem 22516 Photodirected confinement of wrinkles on a thiol-ene elastomer. Ma, Stephen, U. of Delaware – ChE 23071 Light-Mediated Addition Reaction and Controlled Radical Polymerization for Patterning Surfaces. Poelma, Justin, U. of California, Santa Barbara – Materials Intermission. 16184 Engineering network associations for control of responsive reinforcement in nanostructured physical hydrogels. Glassman, Matthew, MIT 13321 Stess-responsive polymers via mechanochemistry. Kean, Zachary, Duke U. 16039 Modulating mechanochemical reactivity through regiochemical effects. Brantley, Johnathan, U. of Texas - Chem Remarks by POLY Chair, Dr. Kathryn Beers 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM Symposium Reception (Hyatt Regency - Cotton Bowl Room) 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Oral Session 3. Monday morning 8:30 AM (Session Chair: H. N. Cheng, Christine Landry-Coltrain) Biological and Biomedical Applications 16549 Heparin-mimicking polymer conjugates stabilize basic fibroblast growth factor. Nguyen, Thi 20654 Resilin-PEG hybrid hydrogels: Analysis of cross-linking chemistries, mechanical properties and biocompatibility. McGann, Christopher, U. of Delaware – Materials 11164 Towards smart polymeric drug carriers: Self-assembling γ-substituted polycaprolactones with highly tunable thermoresponsive behavior. Rainbolt, Elizabeth, U. of Texas – Dallas 23167 Multivalent 3D display of glycopolymer chains from proteins for enhanced lectin interaction. Lin, Ken, UCLA – Bioeng Intermission 12671 A pro-adjuvant strategy for delivery of vaccine adjuvants through PRINT nanoparticles. Mueller, Sarah, U. of North Carolina 13988 Structural impact and targeting effect of diblock glycopolymer pDNA delivery system. Wu, Yaoying, U. of Minnesota 20597 Synthesis of Organic Nanomaterials for Photothermal Ablation of Cancer Cells. Cantu, Travis, Texas State - Materials Oral Session 4. Monday afternoon 1:00 PM (Session Chair: Chris Ellison, H. N. Cheng) Various Applications 22295 Nano- and micro-structured photopolymers as photoreceptor regeneration scaffolds. Worthington, Kristan 13600 Polymerizations with elemental sulfur: Sustainable polymers for energy and optics. Griebel, Jared, U. of Arizona 12258 Poly(benzothiadiazole-sexithiophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole) polymeric semiconductors: synthesis, characterization and charge transport properties. Fu, Boyi, Georgia Tech – ChE

POLY Awards Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium 2014-2023 15795 Sorting of Semiconducting SWNTs by conjugated polymers and their electronic applications. Wang, Huiliang, Stanford U. Intermission 22444 Correlating polymer properties to ionic-conductivity in poly(glycidyl ether)-based electrolytes. Barteau, Katherine, U. of California, Santa Barbara – ChE 13875 Improved polymer solar cell performance through new device designs. Lu, Luyao, U. of Chicago 23323 New n-Type Polymer Semiconductors For All-Polymer Solar Cells. Hwang, Ye-Jin, U. of Washington Poster Session - Tuesday, 5:30 - 7:30 pm (Dallas Convention Center Hall A) 19840 Synthesis and characterization of thieno[3,4-b]thiophene acceptors with alkyl, aryl, perfluoroalkyl and perfluorophenyl pendants for donor-acceptor low bandgap polymers. Homyak, Patrick, U. of Massachusetts 16234 Synthesis and characterization of collagen grafted poly hydroxybutyrate valerate (PHBV) scaffold for loading of bovine serum albumin capped silver (Ag/BSA) nanoparticles in the potential use of tissue engineering application. Bakare, Rotimi, Howard U. 20901 Radical reactions useful for the synthesis of functional polymeric materials enabled by hypervalent iodine compounds. Han, Hongzhang, Southern Methodist U. 15576 Synthesis of photo-cross-linkable core-shell bottlebrush copolymers and their transformation into well-defined organic nanotubes. Onbulak, Sebla, State U. of New York at Buffalo 21234 Copolymerization: A humble approach to synthesize high strength glycosaminoglycan hydrogel scaffolds. Khanlari, Anahita, U. of Kansas 20153 Thermoresponsive bottlebrush polymers. LI, XIANYU, Rice U. 14555 Characterization and Application of Dendrimer-Rhodamine Conjugates. Dougherty, Casey, U. of Michigan – Chem 20751 Conductive polymer based ultrasensitive potentiometric immunosensors. Zhang, Qi, NYU - Polytechnic Institute 22368 Inorganic-organic hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering. Nail, Lindsay, Texas A&M U. - Biomed Eng 23568 Ion-mobility mass spectrometry of a widely used photochromic system: Experimental support for the cisoid form of spiropyran. Rogers, Robert, Texas State U. – Chem 13226 Mass spectrometry characterization of branched glycopolymers. Liu, Xiumin, U. of Akron – Chem 10277 Helical Molecular Switches: Identification of the Specific Molecular and Supramolecular Rearrangement in a Thermo- and Solvo- Driven Chiroptical Switching Polycarbodiimide. Reuther, James, North Carolina State 20348 Understanding The Process-Structure Relationship for Building Polymer-CNT Interphases. Zhang, Yiying, Northeastern U. 10416 Role of polymer stereoregularity on nanocomposites of Polystyrene with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. London, Laurisa, Clark Atlanta U. 12000 Remarkably regioselective deacylation of cellulose esters using tetrabutylammonium hydroxide. Zheng, Xueyan, Virginia Tech – Macro 12850 Kinetics and thermodynamics of the decarboxylation of glycerol carbonate to produce glycidol: Computational insights. Yeung, Andrew, Texas A&M U. – Chem 13624 Weak acid congeners: Polymer bound 1H-tetrazole v. carboxylic acid. Chaloux, Brian, Penn State – Materials 15442 Borane-functionalized polythiophenes for optoelectronic and sensory applications. Guo, Fang, Rutgers U. 15520 Diffusion of Nanomedicineinto Composite Hydrogels: Time-resolved microMRI. Wang, Xiaoling, Virginia Tech – Chem 20886 Synthesis of Tertiary Amine-Based pH-Responsive Block Copolymers for Use as 'Smart' MRI Contrast Agents. Zhu, Liping, Colorado School of Mines 16353 Development of Sustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers from Vegetable Oils. Wang, Shu, U. of Houston 16514 Antibacterial and hemolytic activities of peptide mimetic amphiphilic polyacrylates and poly(vinyl ester)s with systematic structural variations. Punia, Ashish, City U. of New York - College of Staten Island 16903 High Energy Density Supercapacitors from Lignin derived Submicron Activated Carbon Fibers. Hu, Sixiao, U. of California, Davis 20538 New top coat design controls orientation of sub-10 nm block copolymer domains. Maher, Michael, U. of Texas -ChE 20286 Phosphorus Flame Retardants for Polymeric Materials Derived from Esters of Isosorbide and 10-Undecenoic Acid. Daniel, Yoseph, Central Michigan U. – Materials 20648 Effective, Non-migrating Flame Retardants for Polymeric Materials Derived from 1,1-Di(4-aminophenyl)-1-dopylethane. Han, Xiaorui, Central Michigan U. – Chem 15268 Laboratory test for ice release, first results from a prototypical glass (PMMA). Wang, Chenyu, Virginia Commonwealth U.

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