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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div>In 2017 the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry is pleased to offer a free webinar series, "How to Design the Next Generation of Sustainable Polymers," focused on contemporary topics from recognized leaders in the field. This second webinar will feature two 20-minute presentations regarding innovative approaches and methods that polymer chemists are using to redesign polymers to create sustainable elastomers, thermosets and thermoplastics. The series is hosted by Marc Hillmyer, the 2017 Chair of the Division of Polymer Chemistry. The webinar <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">will be held on </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">Tuesday, July 25, 2017 from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">. </span></div></span><span class="details" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline; ">
<b>Meet the Experts:</b>
Steve Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida. His primary research efforts target the synthesis of biorenewable and degradable polymers that mimic petroleum-based plastics.
Megan Robertson is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston. Her research is in diverse areas including sustainable and biodegradable polymers derived from renewable resources, advanced materials for wind energy, structure and dynamics of block copolymer micelles, pH-responsive, antifouling polymer brushes, and multicomponent and multiphase polymer blends.
<b>What the Audience will Learn: </b>
• What is the present state resulting from production of plastics
• How to achieve critical polymer properties with biorenewable feedstocks
• How to impart polymer degradability through careful polymer design
• What are the chemical routes to polymers from vegetable oil feedstocks
• What are the methods to tailor a biorenewable polymer’s physical properties
• What are the challenges and opportunities in designing the next generation of vegetable oil-derived polymers
For more information and to register, please visit <a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7782417352357134593">https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7782417352357134593</a> </span></body></html>