AKRON—The University of Akron is giving its students the opportunity to build a strong foundation in the polymer industry as it becomes the first public university in Ohio to offer an undergraduate ...

In your undergraduate program, you’ll master the foundations of polymers through 90 credit hours and specialize in one of two tracks: traditional polymer engineering or biomaterials. You’ll then build ...

A persistent driver is the demand for lightweight materials that retain mechanical integrity under thermal and chemical stress. High-performance polymers, exemplified by polyether ether ketone (PEEK), ...

To mark National Engineers Week, which runs this year from Feb. 20 to 26, we have compiled a list of the top U.S. colleges offering undergraduate plastics engineering programs. The list is based on ...

Using five ingredients — silicon, boron, carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen — an engineer has created a liquid polymer that can transform into a ceramic with valuable thermal, optical and electronic ...

The University of Akron has named Dr. Craig Menzemer as dean of the College of Engineering and Polymer Science. The appointment was effective April 1 and still needs to be approved by the university's ...

Angle-independent colored materials based on Christiansen effect was successfully prepared using phase-separated polymer membrane and thermotropic liquid crystal. Because this system displays ...

Dr. Younjin Min, an assistant professor in the Department of Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron, will receive the 2016 Early Career Award from the Polymer Processing Society. This award ...

MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Ceramic textiles, improved jet engine blades, 3-D printed ceramics and better batteries may soon become a reality, thanks to a recently patented polymer from a Kansas State ...