Spring 2027

Polymer Characterization

Covers quantitative and qualitative characterization of polymeric materials, assessing synthesis and structural features across length scales using NMR, GPC, thermal, and rheological techniques.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Nicole Zacharia

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.85 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze the chemical composition of an unknown polymeric sample.

  • Evaluate the molecular weight of an unknown material through multiple methods.

  • Quantify characteristics such as percent crystallinity or orientation in order to relate processing conditions to mechanical properties.

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing or declared in Capstone Certificate in Polymer Processing & Manufacturing

  • Graduate/professional standing or declared in Capstone Certificate in Polymer Processing & Manufacturing
EPD 637

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  • Graduate/professional standing or declared in Capstone Certificate in Polymer Processing & Manufacturing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.85 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

NICOLE ZACHARIA is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Online Only0 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.85 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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Topics

  • NMR, GPC, thermal, rheological, and scattering techniques
  • Industrial characterization methods and polymer crystallography

Skills

  • Analyze chemical composition of polymeric samples
  • Evaluate molecular weight using multiple methods
  • Quantify crystallinity and orientation to relate processing to properties

Grades

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EPD 637 · Spring 2027

Polymer Characterization

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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