ENGINEERING DESIGN WITH POLYMERS

ME 310

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.

ME 717

Advanced analysis and modeling of plastics extrusion, injection molding, and other processes; mold and equipment design; materials consideration. Knowledge of polymer processing [such asM E 417] strongly encouraged.

ME 419

All major aspects of injection molding with emphases on materials, design, processing, process physics, computer-aided engineering (CAE), troubleshooting, and advanced molding processes.

ME 417

Description of the physical, thermal, mechanical, and rheological properties of polymeric materials relevant to their processing behavior. Review of the basic transport phenomena equations: mass, momentum, and energy. Analysis of various processing operations for the manufacture of polymeric articles, with particular emphasis on: extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, compression molding and additive manufacturing. Discussion of plastics recycling and environmental issues.

CBE 540

Synthesis, properties, and fabrication of plastic materials of industrial importance.