CE435 - INTRODUCTION TO POLYMERS
Dept of Chemical and Biological
Engineering
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
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Registration Number |
128503 |
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Class time and location |
M W F 9:00 - 9:50 a.m. – 260 Capen |
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• Instructor |
Prof. P. Alexandridis, 508 Furnas Hall, 6452911 x2210 palexand@eng.buffalo.edu |
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Office Hours |
M W F, 10:00 - 11:00 am (or by appointment) |
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Teaching Assistant |
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TA Office Hours |
TBA |
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• Course description
CE435 encompasses the
synthesis and characterization(in terms of solution and solid-staqte
properties) of polymers(plastics,resins,rubbers), their rheology, processing
and modification to produce items of practical utility, and product lifetime
aspects ( e.g.environmental impact). The offsprings of polymer technology
"touch", often literally, the lives of all of us. The rapid pace of
advances, with only a few decades separating the first commercial development
of polymers form their present pervasive use , has been remarkable. Still,
opportunities are abundant for creating new polymeric materials and modifying
existing polymers for new applications.
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Textbook: Rodriguez, F. et
al. “Principles of Polymer Systems” 5th ed.; Taylor & Francis,
2003
• Books on reserve
- Fried,
J. R. “Polymer Science and Technology”; Prentice Hall, 1995.
- Flory,
P. J. "Principles of Polymer Chemistry"; Cornell University
Press, 1953.
- Odian,
G. "Principles of Polymerization", 4th ed.; J. Wiley & Sons,
2004.
- Sperling,
L. H. "Introduction to Physical Polymer Science", 3rd ed.; J.
Wiley & Sons, 2001.
- Sperling,
L. H. "Polymeric Multicomponent Materials"; J. Wiley & Sons,
1997.
- Hadjichristidis,
N.; Pispas, S.; Floudas, G. A. "Block Copolymers"; J. Wiley
& Sons, 2003.
- Alexandridis,
P.; Lindman, B. "Amphiphilic Block Copolymers"; Elsevier, 2000.
- Jones,
R. A. L.; Richards, R. W. "Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces";
Cambridge, 1999.
- Strong,
A. B. "Plastics Materials and Processing"; Prentice Hall, 1996.
- Gordon,
M. J. “Industrial Design of Plastic Products”; J. Wiley & Sons, 2003
- Rosato,
D. V. et al. "Designing with Plastics and Composites"; Van
Nostrand Reinhold, 1991.
- Ashby,
M.; Johnston, K. "Materials and Design"; Butterworth-Heinemann,
2000.
- Ulrich,
K. T.; Eppinger, S. D. "Product Design and Development", 2nd
ed.; McGraw-Hill, 2000.
• Review Articles
• Web-based resources
- Macrogalleria: polymer
education website.
- Polymers & liquid
crystals textbook
- Guide
to Selected Information
Resources in Polymer Science & Technology.
- Society of Plastics Engineers
- American Plastics Council: Hands on
Plastics education website
- American Plastics Council
- The Society of the Plastics Industry
- Plastics and health
- Information on Plastics & the
Environment
- United States Plastic Corp.
• Assessment
The course grade will be based on the
following:
- 2
Midterms
1/3 of the grade
each midterm.
- Term
project
1/3 of the grade.
The midterm exams will test
knowledge and comprehension of the material assigned in class, and also
application and analysis of same.
The term project will focus
on synthesis (create, predict, design, improve, propose) and evaluation
(select, decide, critique, justify, verify, debate, assess, recommend).
Students working in teams will select a topic on the different polymers used in
a certain application, prepare a written report on this topic, and present
their findings in the CE435 website and in an oral presentation.
In each project you should identify the
utility of polymers (if they are the primary material) and the attributes that
are enhanced by the use of polymers (if used in conjunction with other
materials), discuss main types of polymers used (classify in terms of what we
learned in class: state, synthesis, properties), identify what is special about
them to be used for the specific application (structure-property
relationships), processing considerations (how to bring them to the form needed
for a given application), commercial suppliers, numbers (e.g., cost), obtain
samples, product design considerations (identifying customer needs,
establishing product specs, concept generation, product architecture,
industrial design, design for manufacturing), etc.
Deliverables
- Written
report (with references/links) on CE435 web page
- Oral
presentation in class (PowerPoint-format presentation placed on CE435 web
page)
- Participation
in class: highly desirable - each class will start with a review of the
material presented in the previous class - instructor will ask questions
in order to assess student understanding of the material
• Syllabus
Click here for the course Syllabus
CE 529
(COLLOIDS) Term Projects -
Last Updated, September, 2004