Modern Polymeric Materials - 535.684

Through lectures and in class demonstrations, this course covers a broad range of topics in the polymeric materials science and engineering field. We will address the structure and property relationships in thermoplastics, thermoset, amorphous, semicrystalline, oriented and biological polymeric materials; synthesis and processing (including rheology) of polymers; flow and fracture of polymeric materials under different conditions. Modern polymer characterization techniques will be introduced. Frontiers in the recent findings in biopolymers, polymer based 3D printing, polymers for tissue engineering will also be discussed. The course is not intended to provide students with extensive training in particular polymer area, but rather a general overview of the key topics in modern polymeric materials.