The 1991 Laureates / Advanced Technology Category / Materials Science and Engineering

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Michael Szwarc

U.S.A. / June 9, 1909-2000
Macromolecular Chemist; Professor, University of Southern California

Workshop

Forum "Macromolecular Engineering for Advanced Materials"

Coordinator: Takeo Saegusa
Member, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

13:00
Greetings
Kazuo Inamori
President, The Inamori Foundation
13:10 
Introduction of the Laureate
Takeo Saegusa
13:20 
Lecture
Michael Szwarc
Laureate in Advanced Technology
"Role of Living Polymers in the Development of New Materials"
14:05 
Chairperson:Minoru Matsuda
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
"Living Cationic Polymerization in Controlled Polymer Synthesis"
15:00 
Intermission
 
15:20
 
Chairperson:Minoru Matsuda
 
Lecture
Takeshi Endo
Professor, Research Laboratory of Resources Utilization, Tokyo Institute of Technology
"Molecular Design of Functional Materials on the Basis of Organic Synthesis"
16:00
Chairperson:Naoya Ogata Professor, faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University
 
Lecture
Kohich Hatada
Professor, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University
"Stereospecific Living Polymerization and Copolymerization of Mechacrylates and Their Use for Construction of Stereoregular Chain Architecture"
16:40
Chairperson:Naoya Ogata
 
Lecture
Takeo Saegusa "Organic-Inorganic Polymer Hybrids"
17:20
Closing Remarks
Toshinobu Higashimura
17:25
Closing
 

Workshop Abstract(PDF)