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Polymer Academia

The MIT College and University Home Pages Index: This link is not limited to chemistry or polymers, but is provided as a tool for those searching for specific colleges or universities. It is an alphabetical listing.
Except for this one link, we only include organizations with a "strong" plastics or polymer program and that this list is, as such, more specific than a chemistry based list

International Sites University of Bristol - UK Polymer Physics Laboratory University of Bayreuth - Germany Biopolymers WWW Home Page in Germany Univ. of Groningen - Neatherlands Polymer Science Delft University of Technology - Neatherlands The Department of Polymer Technology is part of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Hannover - Germany Department of Macromolecular Chemistry Specific links on conducting polymers and photoreactive polymers, partially in German University of Tübingen - Germany Institute of Physical Chemistry, Follow the "Research Activities" link to polymer info University of Reading - UK Chemistry Department, Organic Synthesis Research Group State University of Campinas - Brazil Institute of Chemistry Material Science with research on conducting and organometallic polymers Technical University of Budapest - Hungary Chemical Engineeringt has a "Plastics and Rubber Industries" under WWW construction National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana - Slovenia The National Institute of Chemistry (formerly the Boris Kidric Institute of Chemistry) is a public non-profit organization for basic and applied research in the field of chemistry and related scientific and technical disciplines. Moscow State University - Russia Go to the Polymer Science Division founded in 1955, full member of the Russian Academy of sciences; Professor VICTOR A. KABANOV is head of chair. British Crystallographic Association - UK Many of these people are active in polymers, but I haven't found the relevent pages yet University of Toronto - Canada Polymers & Materials Chemistry at the University of Toronto Department of Chemistry University of Manchester - The Manchester Materials Science Centre - UK The Manchester Materials Science Centre was formed in 1988 by the merger of the University and UMIST Departments of Metallurgy and Materials Science with the UMIST Department of Polymer Science and Technology The Polymer Science and Technology group in the Centre is the longest-established university activity in the UK dealing with polymers. Eindhoven University of Technology - Neatherlands Chemical Engineering and Chemistry has a Department of Polymer Chemistry and Technology BUCT - Beijing University of Chemical Technology - China (Server is heavily graphical & slow) Founded in 1958 and is a subsidiary of the Ministry of Chemical Industry. The Institute, one of China's key institutions of higher learning, primarily oriented toward chemical industry. Polymer Material is designated as the national key discipline The Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry (TMC) - Germany The Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry (TMC) is a branch of the University of Hamburg (Uni HH), not of the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) nor of the University of the Army (in Hamburg-Wandsbek). TMC is part of the Chemistry Department of Hamburg University and is dedicated to Technical Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Polymer Physics. Yonsei University, Department of Chemistry - Korea Very strong in chemistry including a Polymer Lab, many links McMaster University - Canada Materials Science and Engineering Department. The Department counts among its Emeritus and Full-Time Faculty : ONE Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and SIX Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Plastics/Polymer Engineering Degrees University of Massachusetts - Lowell Their world class Plastics Engineering Dept not yet on-line Penn State-Behrend Plastics Engineering Technology Center The Penn State-Behrend Plastics Engineering Technology Center home page University of Tennessee College of Engineering Polymer Engineering Dept not yet on-line The University of Akron The College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron, the oldest and largest program in the United States.
Polymer Chemistry/Science Programs University of Mass - Amherst Polymer Science & Engineering Dept (PS&E) not yet on-line, but Dr. Bruce Novak's research group is, as well as the Center For Advanced Materials --- UMass Chemistry UnderGrad Pages The undergrad chem dept This is a different link from the main WWW and not reachable from the other University of Southern Mississippi Department of Polymer Science. A model of polymer academia on line! New Address University of Missouri - Rolla Chemistry Dept Direct link to Polymer Chem Dept and more Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dept of Chemistry, strong in Polymers Keene NH State College Technology Dept WWW under construction, Polymer characterization and tool design, tool making, polymer aspects not yet on-line MIT Department of Chemistry Still under construction The University of Texas at Austin The Webber Group in the Dept of Chemistry This research area primarily involves excited state processes such as energy transfer or excited state electron transfer reactions in polymers. The objective of this work is to exploit polymers as photoactive materials or to use photophysics to help understand polymer behavior and configurations University of Pittsburg Chemistry Dept Polymer Science Option The Polymer Physical Chemistry Group at Virginia Tech This research group is engaged in a wide variety of projects related to the physical chemistry of polymeric materials. These interdisciplinary projects involve close work with the Center for Adhesive and Sealant Science and the NSF Science and Technology Center: High Performance Polymeric Adhesives and Composites, both located at Virginia Tech. Carnegie Mellon University Chemistry Department Also, info can be found via The Matyjaszweski group in the areas of; Polymer synthetic chemistry, Kinetics and thermodynamics of ionic reactions, Cationic polymerization, Ring-opening polymerization, Living polymers, Organometallic polymers, Inorganic polymers, Polysilanes, and Polyphosphazenes. Clemson University - College of Engineering and Science The Textile, Fiber and Polymer Science is not yet on-line but they do have info on a Polymers and Polymer Processing Workshop The College of William & Mary, Department of Applied Science The department is organized into seven specializations including Polymer Science. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia The University of Akron The College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron, the oldest and largest program in the United States. University of Michigan - Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center The purpose of this center is to foster research in the field of polymers by supporting graduate and post-graduate work, by coordinating interdisciplinary research projects, and by maintaining a cooperative relationship with industries that could benefit by such research. Degree granted include both Master's and Doctorate degrees. Case Western Reserve University They have an active Polymer Liquid Crystals pilot program produced by a cooperative effort between the Department of Physics and the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in conjunction with the Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials ( ALCOM ) at Kent State University.
Material, Industrial and Fiber Degrees in Polymers Materials Engineering in Academia A very complete Materials Engineering Index by Drexel Penn State University - Polymer Science BS Materials Science - Polymer Science Option California State University, Chico BS Industrial Science specializes in Plastics Technology Virginia Tech Materials Science and Engineering U of Michigan and David C. Martin, one of the polymer oriented professors Materials Science and Engineering Drexel University Dept of Material Engineering MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering Home Page The "Research" link lists ongoin projects University of Stony Brook, NY In the Dept of Material Science & Engineering there is a Polymer Structure Lab, a laboratory specializing in the study of polymer surfaces and interfaces University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Materials Science and Engineering Check out the Materials Research Laboratory and their Polymer Characterization Facility The University of Maryland at College Park The Materials Engineering Program (ENMA) has a strong polymers program Michigan State University - Department of Materials Science and Mechanics They have an area for Polymers and Polymer Composites Georgia Tech School of Textile & Fiber Engineering Auburn University Textile Engineering North Carolina State University College of Textiles
Chem Engineering Departments Georgia Tech School of Chemical Engineering Follow the Research in Chemical Engineering and the Center for Molecular & Process Engineering threads University of Oklahoma - College of Engineering School of Chemical Engineering and Material Science. With a stron program in polymer science and engineering Caltech Chemical Engineering Dept Follow the link Polymeric and Supramolecular Liquids: Physics and Rheology North Carolina State University - Chemical Engineering Research Programs The polymers program has a long tradition as a world-class center for the study of sorption and diffusion of small molecules into polymers. Carnegie Mellon University - Chem Engineering The program in Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces (CPS) is an interdisciplinary effort to fill an educational gap. More than fifty percent of all chemical products produced in the United States call for application of principles of colloid, polymer or surface science in their production and/or utilization. Annette M. Jacobson is the director. Cornell University Polymer-related research at Cornell spans the entire spectrum from biochemistry to textiles. In the past fifteen years, there has been considerable growth in both supported research and specialty courses in the polymer area. Also, a large number of interdisciplinary research programs with other departments have flourished. UCSB-University of California at Santa Barbara College of Engineering Chem Engineering Dept has an active Polymers site, a Materials Department, a Materials Research Laboratory, and a High-Performance Composites Center
Polymer Institutes Worldwide CIMP-Cornell Injection Molding Program Cornell's graduate program and flow analysis software Slovak Academy of Science - Polymer Institute Gopher info on the Polymer Institute, no links RPI Center For Polymer Synthesis Mission is to work closely with industry to generate new knowledge and technical capabilities in the area of materials synthesis and to transfer those capabilities to the industrial marketplace to benefit New York State Boston University Center for Polymer Studies A scientific visualization research center in the Physics Department at Boston University Institute for Molecular Science - Japan Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki National Research Institutes. Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan IRC in Polymer Science and Technology (Leeds) Leeds Interdisiplinary Research Centre for Polymer Study Based at Universities of Durham (chemists), Radford (engineers) and Leeds (physicists) IRC in Polymer Science and Technology (Durham) Durham Interdisiplinary Research Centre for Polymer Study Based at Universities of Durham (chemists), Radford (engineers) and Leeds (physicists) Kent State - Liquid Crystal Polymers NSF Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials at Kent State Mississippi Polymer Institute The Mississippi Polymer Institute was created and funded by the Mississippi Legislature and has the mission of helping the polymer and polymer-related industries in the entire state of Mississippi-New Address! The Polymer Processing Institute The Polymer Processing Institute is an PPI is an independent research corporation hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology, with which it maintains close ties, and is located in New Jersey on the banks of the Hudson River directly opposite New York City Polymer Physics - University of Ulm - Germany Research on Physics of Polymers - New Address! New Info! Mechanical, dielectrical, optical, dilatometric und calorimetric measurements on polymers to investigate glass relaxation, phase transitions, molecular order and molecular dynamics , atomistic calculations on polymers Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis The Cambridge University Chemical Laboratory; an independent unit within the University in recognition of the need to provide a world class research base in innovative polymer synthesis and a focus for interdisciplinary research involving the Departments of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Science and Metallurgy, and Physics UNC-Charlotte Polymers Extension Program - PEP New address for; The North Carolina Legislature has provided funding for a cooperative venture between the Industrial Extension Service (IES) and the Cameron Applied Research Center (CARC) at UNC-Charlotte to expand the IES Polymers Extension Program (PEP). PEP was developed in response to needs expressed by industry for support in process and product development and testing, education and training, and polymer recycling. Research Triangle Institute The Research Triangle Institute is an independent research institute that serves government and industry clients in the U.S. and abroad. The Polymer Sciences Program has broad capabilities in polymer synthesis, characterization, and application. Addresses both physical and chemical aspects of problems and applications involving polymers. Composite Materials Research Group -- The Univ. of Mississippi Since its inception in 1987, the Composite Materials Research Group at The University of Mississippi has grown into a nationally recognized program in the area of Pultrusion research. The CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers The CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers is housed in specially designed buildings at the Ian Wark Laboratory, Bayview Avenue, Clayton in Victoria. The Division also has facilities located at Lower Plenty,also in Victoria, and at The University of New South Wales. Within the Division a work force of 170 scientists and technicians is focussing its expertise in chemical, polymer and waste water treatment areas on solutions to a range of industry and community problems. Water-soluble polymers: Cooperative Research Not actually an Institute, but the best fit. Based on Frans Leermakers work in the Colloid Chemistry dept at the Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands. Emulsion Polymers Institute (EPI) at Lehigh University The Emulsion Polymers Institute (EPI) was formed in 1975. Its aim is to carry out interdisciplinary research to gain fundamental information on the preparation and properties of polymer latexes and also to discover and develop industrial applications. Australian Cooperative Research Centres The research projects of the Centre for Polymer Blends are designed to develop new skills and technologies in the manufacture of plastics materials. The ERC/NSM at Ohio State The Engineering Research Center for Net Shape Manufacturing has two of their five major projects dealing with Plastics Processing and Mold Design The Industrial Materials Institute (IMI) A division of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), was created in 1978 and is located in a new facility since July 1983, in Boucherville on the south shore of Montreal. One of the working groups is Multiphase Polymers, where they study processing of multiphase polymer systems in order to optimize their performance by controlling their microstructure. © Copyright 1994,1995, SoftWeb Technologies

Contents - Polymer Academia

Polymer Academia

International Sites

Plastics/Polymer Engineering Degrees

Polymer Chemistry/Science Programs

Material, Industrial and Fiber Degrees in Polymers

Chem Engineering Departments

Polymer Institutes Worldwide