Acknowledgments

             Financial support provided by the Amoco Foundation to establish the Center of Excellence in Polymer Science and Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology at Illinois Institute of Technology is gratefully acknowledged. CEPSE faculty would also like to acknowledge support for the research and educational activities of the center from the following:
             Amoco Chemical Company
             Amoco Foundation
             Dow Chemical Company
             Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
             National Science Foundation
             Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society
             S.C. Johnson Polymer and Co
             Viskase Corporation
             Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

             CEPSE faculty also acknowledge the guidance and leadership provided by Professor H. Linden , who served as CEPSE director from 1995 to 1999.