San Diego, CA – August 25-29, 2019

For San Diego, please see the following page for details.

Philadelphia, PA – March 22-26, 2020

Additional symposium are under consideration. If you are interested in hosting a symposium at the National ACS Meeting in a PMSE-related topic, please view our page on how to submit an idea.

Philadephia 2019 Sponsors

San Francisco, CA – August 16-20, 2020

Additional symposium are under consideration. If you are interested in hosting a symposium at the National ACS Meeting in a PMSE-related topic, please view our page on how to submit an idea.

Advances in Bioconjugate Materials for Biomedical Applications

Organizers [Email]
Vincent M. Rotello, University of Massachusetts
Christopher G. England
Erin Lavik, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bradley Smith, University of Notre Dame
Jan van Hest, Radboud University Nijmegen
Gang Zheng, University of Toronto
Deirdre McDaniel, University of Massachusetts

Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship and Award Symposium

Organizers [Email]
Vincent M. Rotello, University of MassachusettsChristopher G. EnglandErin Lavik, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bradley Smith, Unibersity of Notre Dame
Jan van Hest, Radboud University Nijmegen
Gang Zheng, University of Toronto
Deirdre McDaniel, University of Massachusetts

Chemistry of Materials Lectureship and Best Paper Award.  (Co-sponsored with INORG; PMSE is primary)

Organizers [Email]
Jillian Buriak, University of Alberta
Carlos Toro
Christopher Soles, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Eastman Chemical Student Award in Applied Polymer Science

Organizers [Email]
John Gilmer, King UniversityJason Jenkins, Eastman Chemical Company

Fire and Polymers  

Organizers [Email]
Alexander Morgan, University of Dayton Research Institute
Jaime Grunlan, Texas A & M University

The Fire and Polymers symposium is held every 4 years and brings together chemists, material scientists, and fire safety scientists to discuss the newest advances and unsolved problems in this multidisciplinary field of research.  This symposium covers applied chemistry, chemical-focused materials science, chemical structure-property relationships, and fire safety science/engineering research and development topics.  A wide range of academic, government, and industrial scientists and engineers attend this symposium every four years.  Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Layer-By-Layer Flame Retardant Coatings
• Flame Retardant Chemistry
• Polymer Nanotechnology for Flame Retardant Applications
• Fire and Thermal Polymer Degradation Modeling
• Processing and Preparation of Flame Retardant Materials
• Combustion Structure and Property Relationships
  
• Fire Testing and Methodology
• Regulations, Codes & Standards of Fire and Environmental Safety

General Papers/New Concepts in Polymeric Materials

Organizers  [Email]
Lisa S. Baugh, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering

Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering (Co-sponsored with POLY; PMSE is primary)

Organizers [Email]
Mahesh K. Mahanthappa, University of Minnesota

Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award Symposium

Organizers [Email] 
Craig Hawker, University of California, Santa BarbaraJenny Mahoney, Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics

PMSE Future Faculty Symposium

Organizers [Email]
Melissa Grunlan, Texas A&M University
Julie L.P. Jessop, University of Iowa
Luis Campos, Columbia University

PMSE/POLY Poster Session

Organizers  [Email]
Lisa S. Baugh, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering

Porous Polymers [Co-sponsored with POLY]

Organizers [Email]
Michael S. Silverstein, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Neil R. Cameron, Monash University
Ulrich Wiesner, Cornell University
William Dichtel, Northwestern University

Roy W. Tess Award: Symposium

Organizers  [Email]
Theodore Provder, Polymer and Coatings Consultants