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Simple Views on Polymer Physics Symposium Honoring P. G. De Gennes

Division of Polymer Physics
APS March Meeting
New Orleans, LA
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

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DPOLY March Meeting Reception

The DPOLY Sunday Reception at the March Meeting in New Orleans will be held on March 9th 2008 from 5:30pm - 9:00pm at Louis XVI Restaurant, The Saint Louis Hotel, 730 Rue Bienville, New Orleans, LA 70130, 504-200-3110. This reception will be the opportunity for the Division to recognize Ken Schweizer (recipient of the 2008 Polymer Physics Prize) and Kari Dalnoki-Veress (recipient of the 2008 Dillon Medal).

 

2008 Polymer Physics Prize, sponsored by General Electric

2008 Dillon Medal, sponsored by Elsevier Science Ltd., publisher of Polymer

Ken Schweizer
Ken Schweizer, University of Illinois
 

Kari Dalnoki-Veress
Kari Dalnoki-Veress, McMaster University

"For outstanding theoretical contributions to the fundamental understanding of structure and dynamics in polymer melts, polymer blends, polymer-particle composites, and glasses."

"For significant and innovative experiments in glass formation and polymer crystallization at the nanoscale."

 

2008 Padden Award

Rodney Priestley, Northwestern

 

2007 APS Fellows from DPOLY

Archer, Lynden
Cornell University
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding of interfacial properties and bulk viscoelasticity of polymer liquids.

Clarke, Nigel
University of Durham
Citation: For contributions made to the field of soft condensed matter, and in particularly the phase behavior and dynamics of polymer systems.

Dutcher, John
University of Guelph
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of polymers at the nanoscale; particularly to the development of novel experimental techniques for the study of ultrathin films.

Genzer, Jan
North Carolina State University
Citation: For the design, synthesis, and modeling of engineered surfaces and interfaces.

Macosko, Chris
University of Minnesota
Citation: For pioneering work on the rheology, compatibilization, processing, and properties of polymer blends.

McLeish, Tom
University of Leeds
Citation: For seminal contributions to the theory of dynamics and rheology of entangled polymers, especially polymers with long-chain branching.

Sokolov, Alexei
University of Akron
Citation: For outstanding contributions in polymer and protein dynamics including the discovery of a dynamical crossover and the relation between fragility and Poisson's ratio.

Sukhishvili, Svetlana
Steven Institute of Technology
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the science of polymer monolayers and multilayers adsorbed at water/solid interface, and for understanding the correlations of polymeric self-assembly in solutions and at surfaces.