Department of Polymer Engineering
The Department of Polymer Engineering is part of the world-renowned College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at UA, which has about 40 full-time faculty and 350 graduate students and postdoctoral research associates studying the chemistry, physics and engineering of polymeric materials and systems.
The Center for Polymer Engineering was created in 1983 and the Department of Polymer Engineering in 1984. In 1988 the Center was renamed the Institute of Polymer Engineering. The Department is currently comprised of 15 full-time faculty and approximately 140 graduate students. DPE is housed in three buildings -- the 32,000 sq. ft. Polymer Engineering Academic Center (PEAC); the 70,000 sq. ft. Sidney L. Olson Research Center (OLRC); and the 43,000 sq. ft. National Polymer Innovation Center (NPIC).
The Department of Polymer Engineering is strictly a graduate department, offering both the M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Polymer Engineering. The Department awards about 50 Ph.D. and M.S degrees each year. We are pleased that our graduates have gone on to successful careers in industry, government service, and academia throughout the world. Additionally, there are undergraduate students in the College of Engineering and the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences who often work on either independent projects with DPE faculty or who take some of our courses that are suitable as electives for majors in engineering and the physical sciences.
Our faculty members are recognized worldwide for their contributions to polymer research and education, as well as service to the polymer field. The faculty have been recognized with numerous awards and distinctions, ranging from the International Award of the Society of Plastics Engineers and the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, to Fellowships in major polymer-related societies, such as the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science , American Chemical Society, and the Society of Plastics Engineers. In addition, our younger faculty have been recognized with Faculty Early Career Awards from the National Science Foundation. DPE faculty are actively engaged in various scientific organizations, edit several scientific journals, and have written a number of textbooks and monographs.
Submissions from 1995
Inorganic Solid State Chemistry, Xiong Gong
Apparent wall slip velocity coefficients in concentrated suspensions of non-colloidal particles, Sadhan Jana
Experimental studies of chaotic mixing, Sadhan Jana
Potentialities and limitations of mixing simulations, Sadhan Jana
Submissions from 1994
Vibrations, The Newsletter of Ultrasonic Industry Association, Avraam Isayev
Chaotic mixing of viscous fluids by periodic changes in geometry: Baffled cavity flow, Sadhan Jana
From Reynolds's stretching and folding to mixing studies using horseshoe maps, Sadhan Jana
NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN FLOWS OF VISCOELASTIC POLYMER FLUIDS, Arkadii Leonov
Submissions from 1993
On-Line Small angle and Wide angle X-ray diffraction Studies on Melt Spinning Polyvinylidene Fluoride Using Synchrotron Radiation, Mukerrem Cakmak, A. Teitge, H. G. Zachmann, and J. L. White
Business Week Magazine, Avraam Isayev
Environmental Remediation Technology, Avraam Isayev
Process for Preparing a Self-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Laminate, Avraam Isayev
Submissions from 1992
Chaos-enhanced transport in cellular flows, Sadhan Jana
Chaos, symmetry, and self-similarity: exploiting order and disorder in mixing processes, Sadhan Jana
Submissions from 1991
Characterization of Structural Gradients in an Injection Molded Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer, C. M. Hsiung and Mukerrem Cakmak
Modeling of polymer processing: recent developments, Avraam Isayev
Characteristics and Processing of Tin-Thermoplastic Compounds, B. Kalvani, J. L. White, and Mukerrem Cakmak
Spin Welding of Polypropylene: Characterization of Heat Affected Zone by Micro Beam WAXS Technique, K. Keuchel and Mukerrem Cakmak
Significance of Curie Transition Temperature on the Uniaxial Deformation Behavior of VF2/VF3 Copolymers, J. S. Lee and Mukerrem Cakmak
A Comparison of Linear with Nonlinear Viscoelastic Solutions for Shear Stress Concentration in Double Lap Joints, Erol Sancaktar
Submissions from 1990
Polymer Blend Compatibilization by Complexation., Robert Weiss
Submissions from 1989
Optical Properties of Biaxially Stretched Polyethylene Terephthalate Films, Mukerrem Cakmak, James L. White, and Joseph E. Spruiell
Countercurrent gas absorption with chemical reaction in a laminar falling film, Sadhan Jana
Fabrication and characterization of orientation in skew stretched polyethylene terephthalate films, J. P. Wu, J. L. White, and Mukerrem Cakmak
Submissions from 1988
Single phase blends of Polycarbonate and Polmethyl methacrylate, Thein Kyu and Jeanne M. Saldanha
Submissions from 1987
Small Angle and Wide Angle X-Ray Pole Figure Studies on Simultaneous Biaxially Stretched Poly( Ethylene Terephthalate) (PET) Films, Mukerrem Cakmak, Joseph E. Spruiell, James L. White, and J. S. Lin
Submissions from 1982
The effects of inherent flaws on the time and rate dependent failure of adhesively bonded joints, Erol Sancaktar
Submissions from 1977
A Gasket of Rotating Shaft, Arkadii Leonov
FUNDAMENTALS IN PROCESSING OF THERMOSETTS AND RUBBERS BY INJECTION MOLDING , Arkadii Leonov
Submissions from 1973
Method of Determination of Rheological Properties of Viscoelastic Media, Avraam Isayev
Pulverizer of High Viscous Systems, Avraam Isayev
Submissions from 1972
Vibration Nozzle to Injection Molding Machine for Polymer Materials, Arkadii Leonov
Submissions from 1968
ROTATIONAL DEVICES. The MEASUREMENTS OF VISCOSITY AND PHYSICO-MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS., Arkadii Leonov