Field Trips

"What is a Polymer" Program

The “What is a Polymer” program provides opportunities for K-12 students and teachers to visit Southern Miss’s School of Polymers for hands-on activities, demonstrations, and tours in polymer science.  Students also are engaged with introduction level lectures from the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials Faculty.  Annually, this outreach program impacts over 500 K-12 students.

Students from Hattiesburg Middle School participate in hand-on demos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Picture Caption: Students from Hattiesburg Middle School participate in hand-on demos.

For more information or to reserve a date for a field trip, please contact either Jody Wiggins or Dr. Derek Patton.  Contact information is given below.

Jody Wiggins
Assistant of Research Grants for Dr. Derek Patton & Dr. Sergei Nazarenko
School of Polymers and High Performance Materials
University of Southern Mississippi
Phone: (601) 266-4889
Email: jody.wiggins@usm.edu

Derek L. Patton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Polymers and High Performance Materials
University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive # 10076
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
Phone: (601) 266-4229
E-mail: derek.patton@usm.edu