Polymer Summer School
The Polymer Division is a proud sponsor of the Polymer Summer School, an initiative of the Key Centre for Polymer Colloids and the CRC for Polymers. The meeting provides intensive training in various aspects of polymer science and technology.
These meetings are designed to introduce a range of new and divergent areas of polymers to an audience of undergraduates, research students and research fellows/industrial researchers/educators because we know that they will have had a variety of chemistry, physics, engineering or biological backgrounds and some may have not attended formal polymer courses. These summer schools aim to address these problems.
The 11th Australasian Polymer Summer School will be held at Queens College, University of Melbourne. The conference will run from Tuesday 16 Feb to Friday 19 Feb 2010.
At the 11APSS meeting, the speakers and topics will be:
A/Prof Sebastien Perrier, Key Centre for Polymers & Colloids, University of Sydney
"Introduction to polymers: a chemist's perspective"
A/Prof Peter Fredericks, School of Physical & Chemical Sciences Queensland University of Technology
"Studying Polymer Materials by Vibrational Spectroscopy: Applications in Synthesis, Processing, Modification and Degradation"
A/Prof Michael J Monteiro, Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland
"Living radical polymerization in solution"
Professor Robert G Gilbert, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Queensland
"Synthesis, structure and property relations for branched polymers: from adhesives to food"
A/Prof Per B Zetterlund, Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, University of New South Wales
"Radical Polymerization in Dispersed Systems"
A/Prof Graham Edward, Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University
"Polymer Orientation: Causes, Characterization and Consequences"
The program will also include a guided tour to the Australian Synchrotron near Monash University. We encourage you to download the registration form and join us in Melbourne.
Previous Polymer Summer Schools:
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