AUSTRALIA

Polymer Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
(RACI Polymer Division)

since 1964

Address of the Main Office:

Secretary:Dr Kevin Jack,
Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Ritchie Building, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld 4072, AUSTRALIA

Phone:

+61- 7-3366-3864

FAX:

+61-7-3365-3833

E-Mail:

k.jack@uq.edu.au

Homepage:

http://www.polymer.org.au

1.           President/Chairman:

Name:

Associate Professor Martina Stenzel

Affiliation:

University of New South Wales

2.           Vice-President(s)/Chairman Elect.

Name:

A/Prof Sebastien Perrier

Affiliation:

University of Sydney

3.           Main Objectives:

　1)

Advancement of the theory and practice of polymer science and technology within Australia and overseas.

4.           Main Activities:

1)

Organising conferences, symposia and workshops of education in polymer science and technology.

5.      Publication(s):

1)

Periodical(s)

Polymer Division News: http://www.polymer.org.au/

2)

Book(s) (already published)

Preprints of conference abstracts

6.      Meeting(s)

1)

Australian Polymer Symposium APS

2)

Symposia and workshops

3)

International symposia

4)

Polymer Summer School

5)

Student Forum

7.      Award(s)

1)

Polymer Division Citation

2)

David Sangster Polymer Science & Technological Achievement Award

3)

Treloar Prize

4)

O’Donnell Young Scientist Prize

5)

CRC for Polymers Prize

6)

Solomon Lecturer

8.      Number of Members:   (nominally) 1,800

1)

Individual members

　1800

2)

Supporting Company

3)

Others, if any

9.      Annual Membership Fee(s)/year:

1)　

MEMBER (MRACI)

$A

175.00

2)　

MEMBER CHARTERED CHEMIST (MRACI CChem)

$A

200.00

3)　

FELLOW (FRACI)

$A

175.00

4)　

Retired, unemployed, spouse

$A

70.00

5)　

Student

$A

70.00

6)　

Company associate

$A

$A160 or $A185

7)　

Others, if any
See http://membership.raci.org.au/membershipinfo

$A

175.00

10.         Annual Budget:

US$

11.         Postdoctoral fellowship, international exchange programs:

　1)

O'Donnell young scientist Prize, which supports an Australian based student visit to an international lab

　2)

Student travel scholarships which support Australasian based student travel to international conferences

　3)

Solomon Lecture series, which brings internationally recognized speakers to Australia

12.         Comments on the trends in polymer science:

　1)

Australia is a center of excellence for free radical polymerization, with a number of internationally recognized groups active in research.

　2)

Australian University groups are working closely with industry through Cooperative Research Centres, such as the Cooperative Research Center for Polymers.

　3)

Strong research in polymer engineering including micro – and nanocomposites and polymer blends.

　4)

Australia has strengths in many areas of polymer characterization including nuclear magnetic resonance, x-ray and neutron scattering, synchrotron science, electrical optical and magnetic functional properties of polymers and biological/biomedical property determination.

　5)

Australia has an emerging research strength in biomaterials

13.         Chemical Society:

Name:

Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Address:

1/21 Vale Street, North Melbourne Victoria 3051, AUSTRALIA

Phone:

+61 3 9328 2033

FAX:

+61 3 9328 2670

E-Mail:

member@raci.org.au

Homepage:

http://www.raci.org.au/