A persistent driver is the demand for lightweight materials that retain mechanical integrity under thermal and chemical stress. High-performance polymers, exemplified by polyether ether ketone (PEEK), ...

It has been polymer engineering dogma for a couple of hundred years that the stiffer the material the less it can be stretched. Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and ...

Polymers are used in many engineering applications because they are lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and easy to process. On their own, however, they often cannot provide enough resistance to ...

iglide wear-resistant polymers open new doors for additive manufacturing, including producing bearings and other wear parts in low to high volumes. Historically, the choice between injection molding ...

Researchers' new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn't sacrifice stretchability for stiffness. Researchers at the University of Virginia ...

A team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), led by Yuhang Hu, PhD, has developed a new class of synthetic polymers that can grow, shrink, heal, and regenerate after their ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

A new study led by FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers investigating precision polymer blends revealed critical insights that could accelerate the development of advanced materials for ...

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 ...