AKRON—The University of Akron is giving its students the opportunity to build a strong foundation in the polymer industry as it becomes the first public university in Ohio to offer an undergraduate ...

In your undergraduate program, you’ll master the foundations of polymers through 90 credit hours and specialize in one of two tracks: traditional polymer engineering or biomaterials. You’ll then build ...

Despite a proposal to cut 10 positions from the University of Akron’s polymer science and polymer engineering program, the school's president in a December statement said the university will not do ...

The University of Akron has named Dr. Craig Menzemer as dean of the College of Engineering and Polymer Science. The appointment was effective April 1 and still needs to be approved by the university's ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Akron $660,421 to fund a program that examines semicrystalline polymers, a type of plastic used in everything from ...

Biohybrid Solutions is pioneering a new approach to bioconjugate production using polymer-based protein engineering. This innovation allows more control, expands the available polymer library, and ...

John Rabolt, the Karl. W. and Renate Böer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and D. Bruce Chase, a research professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, both at the ...

Angle-independent colored materials based on Christiansen effect was successfully prepared using phase-separated polymer membrane and thermotropic liquid crystal. Because this system displays ...

Wind turbine blades are being buried at their end of life (EOL), a practice soon to be prohibited by landfill bans taking effect across Europe in 2025. With a forecast of 43 million tons to be ...

Materials giant Borealis has launched Stelora, a new class of sustainable engineering polymer based on renewable feedstock that offers increased strength and durability in addition to a step change in ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist ...

Researchers at Empa have succeeded in making aluminum-coated polymer film material even more resistant by implementing an ultra-thin intermediate layer.