Major Activities

Lecture Series

  • Safety Training

  • Intro to Polymer Science - Organic, Physics, Surfaces, Morphology

  • Introduction to Mechanical Properties and Rheology

  • NMR

  • Ethics, Professionalism & Sustainability

  • Computation

Workshops

  • How to Write an ACS Abstract

  • Communication

  • Establishing your Linked In Profile

Networking

  • Orientation

  • Team Building

  • Friday’s With Faculty

Outreach

  • REU students host two field trips throughout the summer which sees them running a variety of different science demonstrations whilst mentored by an RET

Field Trips

  • Western Container

  • Mississippi Polymer Institute and the Composites Research Center at The Accelerator

Conferences

  • MS IDeA/EPSCoR Conference

  • ACS Conference (Spring) - selected participants only