ACS PMSE Division

🎥 PMSE Voices: Poster Spotlight
🏆 Graduate Researcher Poster Award Winner Jason Kronenfeld, a PhD student in the DeSimone Lab at Stanford, shares how his team’s roll‑to‑roll CLIP process is reshaping scalable 3D printing.
📽️ Watch Jason’s research walkthrough here.
#PMSEVoices #PMSE #Polymers

PMSE Fellows – PMSE American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering

🏆 Know a leader in polymer science? Nominate them as a 2026 PMSE Fellow!

🗓️ Deadline: Oct 15
🔗 Details: pmsedivision.org/pmse-fellows/
📩 pmsefellows@pmsedivision.org

Let’s recognize excellence across academia, industry & government labs.
#PMSE #PolymerScience #PMSEFellows #STEM #ACS

Congrats to all of the new ACS fellows from @acspmse.bsky.social

Call For Papers: Ionogels: A PMSE Focus | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog This collaborative Special Issue will focus on the design, synthesis, characterization, mechanics, and advanced applications of ionogels. Submit your manuscript by November 30, 2025.

The PMSE Division is collaborating with ACS Publications on a Special Issue with a focus on the design, synthesis, characterization, mechanics, and advanced applications of ionogels. Submit your manuscript by November 30, 2025. #Ionogels #Polymers

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📢 Thursday Morning, August 21, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢
📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center
💡 Fabrication & processing of polymers, plus applications!
#PMSE #PolymerScience #Polymers #MaterialsScience #Engineering #Nanomaterials #RenewableMaterials #StudentResearch

A BIG shout out to our awesome PMSE Best Undergraduate Student Poster judges. They came to #ACSFall2025 not only to discuss science but also to contribute to our community. Thank you! #science #chemistry #polymer #Students #Award @AmerChemSociety

Congratulations to the 2025 Fall PMSE Best Student Poster Award winner, Katrina Schwensen. #ACSFall2025 #Polymer #Award @JohnsHopkins

Congratulations to Carolyne Brustolin Braga - University of Campinas (UNICAMP) on winning the 2025 Fall PMSE Best Poster Award. #2025FallACS #Polymer #Award @carolynebbraga @unicampoficial

Congratulations to the 2025 Fall PMSE Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award winner, Prabhleen Kaur. #ACSFall2025 #Polymer #Award #students

Congratulations to the winners of the the 2025 ACS Global Outstanding Student and Mentor Award of Polymer Science and Engineering! #ACSFall2025 #Polymer #Students #mentor #Awards

Congratulations to the 2025 ACS Fellows from the PMSE Division!#ACSFall2025 #ACSFellow #chemistry #polymer #Award

📢 Wednesday Afternoon, August 20, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢
📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center
💡 Fabrication & characterization of polymers, early investigator #awards, #student chapter symposium and more!
#polymers #PMSE

📢 Wednesday Morning, August 20, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢
📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center
💡 Polymers in #engineered#living#materials, #renewable#materials, early investigator #awards, #student chapter symposium and more!
#polymers #PMSE

📢 Tuesday Afternoon, August 19, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢
📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center
💡 Polymers in #engineered#living#materials, #renewable#materials, defense applications dynamic polymer networks and more!
#polymers #PMSE

🏛️ PFAS Townhall at #ACSFall2025
🗓️ Aug 19 | 🕑 2–4:50 PM
📍 Room 144B, Walter E. Washington Convention Center
🎤 IUPAC PFAS project + policy panel w/ FDA, DC DOEE, Cargill & more
🔗 iupac.org/project/2024...
#PMSE #ChemPolicy #PFAS #PolymerScience #Sustainability

📢 Tuesday Morning, August 19, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢
📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center
💡 Polymers in #regenerative#engineering, bio-conjugate chemistry, future faculty #awards, characterization methods, dynamic polymer networks and more!
#polymers #PMSE

📢 Monday Afternoon, August 18, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢
📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center
💡 Award lectures, applications of polymers in various fields from coatings to biology and defense, with poster sessions highlighting early career and general polymer research.
#polymers #PMSE

Meet the future of #polymer #science!
🔬 Future Faculty Symposium [Hall D]
Mon 8/18 | 8-11:20 AM & 2-5:20 PM | Room 4
Tue 8/19 | 8-11:00 AM | Room 5

🤩 Early Investigator Symposium [Hall D]
Tue 8/19 | 2-5:40 PM | Room 5
Wed 8/20 | 8-11:40 AM & 2-5:40 PM | Room 3
#Awards #ACS #PMSE

📢 Monday Morning, August 18, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢
📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center
💡 From bioengineering, renewable materials, dynamic networks, and polymers for defense.
#polymers #PMSE

🎉 PMSE @ #ACS2025 – Join us!
📍 Membership Desk (Hall D, Mon–Wed)
☕ Join PMSE = $5 coffee + STEM prize raffle
🎯 Guess the pompoms = win a chem mug!

🧪 Posters:
• Mon 8/18 (Early Career & General)
• Wed 8/20 (Grad & Undergrad)
🕛 12–2 PM | Hall D

🌟 SCI-MIX: Mon 8–10 PM | Hall C
#PolymerScience #PMSE

♻️ Ready to lead in the circular plastics economy?
U of Houston just launched a Plastics Circularity Micro-Credential, a 5-badge program starting Aug 20, 2025, covering recycling systems, AI in sortation, LCA & more.
🔗 uh.edu/energy/eti/p...
#PlasticsCircularity #Polymers #Sustainability

🎙️ PMSE Voices | Ep. 4 Katharina Fransen, PhD Candidate (MIT, Olsen Group)
From robotic platforms to polymer sustainability, Kat is building the future of materials, one data point at a time!
📺 buff.ly/R1OVsSm
#PMSEVoices #WomenInSTEM #ACS

Shear Genius: Advances in Rheology for Polymer and Materials Chemistry - American Chemical Society Join Ronald Larson of University of Michigan as he discusses how linear and non-linear measurements offer critical first-pass assessments of polymer processability including behavior under conditions…

🎓 Happening TODAY!
Shear Genius: Advances in Rheology
🕒 3–4:30 PM ET | Free webinar
Learn how rheology reveals polymer structure & processing power—plus new insights into vitrimers!
🔗 Register: www.acs.org/acs-webinars...
#PMSE #Rheology #PolymerScience #ACSWebinars #Vitrimers #MaterialsScience

🎙️ PMSE Voices | Prof. Melody Morris
What happens when #polymers meet #proteins, #automation & big questions about #sustainability? Prof. Morris reimagines how we design experiments & how we think about polymer life cycles.
📺 Interview here: buff.ly/rkw1YXX
#PMSEVoices #WomenInSTEM #ACS

🎙️ PMSE Voices – Ep. 2: Chris Bates (@UCSB)
From uniting researchers to tackle grand polymer challenges, to advice for early-career scientists, Prof. Bates shares his perspective on where the field is heading!
📺 interview: buff.ly/4cLukyw
#PMSEVoices #PMSE #PolymerScience #ACS

🎥 PMSE Voices kicks off with Prof. Zhenan Bao (@Stanford)!
She shares recent her group's breakthroughs & her dream collab!
Don’t miss her take on the future of polymer science 🧪
📺 interview: buff.ly/4i10f44
#PMSEVoices #PMSE #PolymerScience #WomenInSTEM #ACSFall2025 #ACSSpring2025

More info here: buff.ly/VVbjNbc
Nomination form here: buff.ly/57L0m2a

📣 Calling all PMSE, RUBB & BMGT grad students!
Heading to #ACSFall2025? Apply for the BIP Forum (Aug 18) to network w/ leaders from industry & govt.
🎤 Keynotes: Karen Wooley (TAMU) & Jill Martin (Dow)
🗓️ Apply by Aug 5: PMSEBIP@gmail.com - Only 20 spots!
#PMSE #BIPForum #Award

Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering – PMSE American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering

🚨 Call for Nominations: 2026 PMSE Cooperative Research Award 🚨
Recognizing impactful collaborations between academia, industry, or national labs in polymer science.

🏆 $5,000 prize + travel
🗓 Deadline: Aug 1, 2025
📍 #ACSSpring2026

Apply ➡️ pmsedivision.org/cooperative-...
#Polymers #Collab #Awards

The Decline of Industrial American Science Maybe less decline and more of a course change?

Opinion on the decline of American industrial research and development. What do you think?

polymerist.substack.com/p/the-declin...