Student Chapter Reports are due January 30 of each year. New chapter applications are accepted year-round.
POLY/PMSE Student Chapters are student-run organizations affiliated with the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) and the Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) that provide networking and career development opportunities to students and post-doctoral associates in the polymer field.
POLY/PMSE Student Chapters provide access to other graduate students, faculty, government lab researchers, and industrial employees and administrators in both professional and social environments. Opportunities are available for financial support of seminar and group activities.
POLY/PMSE Student Chapters are required to complete a POLY/PMSE Student Chapter Form and POLY/PMSE Student Chapter Roster, including a one-page narrative describing major activities executed, major planned activities, and goals for the upcoming year. This information will be used to determine the recipient of the Best Student Chapter Award, who will receive an additional $500 to be used towards chapter activities.
Chapter support is based on the total number of active POLY and PMSE members in the student chapter (dual membership in POLY and PMSE by one student is counted as 1.5 students). Student chapters receive between $200 and $500, based on the number of POLY and PMSE members listed in the annual report. This funding can be used to host speakers for a special symposium, hold a poster session with students from the chapter and other chapters in the same region, host community outreach events to teach elementary or high school students about polymers, or hold job fairs and other events that add value to members or help the chapter grow.
2025 Student Chapter Winners
| 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst | University of Florida | Texas A&M University |
Click the buttons below to view each winning student chapter’s report!
For active chapters, please see: Maintaining POLY PMSE Student Chapters
Active POLY/PMSE Student Chapters:
| University | President | Faculty Sponsor | Best Chapter Award |
| Arizona State University | Garvit Nayyar | Jeffrey Self | |
| Case Western Reserve University | Dillon Gagnon | Gary Wnek | |
| Colorado State University | Ethan Quinn | Megan Hill | |
| Florida State/FAMU combined chapter | Charlie Womack | Justin Kennemur, Daniel Hallinan | |
| SW Ohio University | Muhammed Shah | Neil Ayres, Dominik Konkolewicz | |
| Texas A&M University | Bilal Hassan | Quentin Michaudel | |
| Virginia Tech | Kevin J. Ramos Lopez | John Matson | |
| University of Akron | Udayan Jayant Dabke | Kevin Cavicchi | |
| University of Florida | Lauren Mann | Brent Sumerlin | 2019, 2020 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Joanna Vo | Damien Guironnet | |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Michelle Gross | Todd Emrick | |
| University of Michigan | Julio Zelaya | Charles McCrory | 2018 |
| University of Minnesota | Maggie Kumler | Jessica Lamb | |
| University of New Hampshire | Jeffrey Thompson | Nathan Oldenhuis | |
| University of South Carolina | Alimi Abiodun | Chuanbing Tang | 2012 |
| University of Southern Mississippi | Kevin Green | Derek Patton | 2014 |
| University of Tennessee | Sargun Rohewal | Mark Dadmun | |
| University of Utah/Brigham Young University | Grant M. Musgrave | Doug Tree, Chen Wang |
Inactive Chapters: Cornell University
How to Start a POLY/PMSE Student Chapter:
For tips on how to start a chapter, please see: How to Establish POLY PMSE Student Chapter
To start a POLY/PMSE Student Chapter, the New POLY PMSE Student Chapter Enrollment Form must be completed, as well as the POLY PMSE Student Chapter By Laws (edited as required).
For more information, please contact POLY/PMSE Student Chapter Coordinators:
Kaitlyn Crawford (kcrawford@ucf.edu)
Sofia Goodrich (sofia.goodrich@gmail.com).
For historical information about POLY/PMSE Student Chapters: