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MANUFACTURING: POLYMER PROCESSING AND ENGINEERING

ME 310
Course Description

Introduction to all important aspects of polymer processing and engineering including polymeric materials, material properties, design and manufacturing considerations, processing methods, part performance, post-consumer recycling and upcycling, societal responsibilities and ethics, and various techniques for modeling in materials processing like dimensional analysis, design of experiments, analytical solutions, and computer simulation.

Prerequisites

(M E 306 or EMA 303 ) and ME 231

Satisfies
Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.4

-1.03% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.59% from Historical

A Rate
24.82%

-31.63% from Historical

Class Size
137

7.24% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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