Tim A. Osswald Kuo K. and Cindy F. Wang Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Courses Education Fields of Interest Awards & Honors Summary

Contact Information

1059 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572

Tel: 608/263-9538 Fax: 608/265-2316 E-mail: osswald@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Mechanical Engineering

• Materials Science Program
• Polymer Engineering Center
• Rheology Research Center

Courses

• ME 313: Manufacturing Processes
• ME 314: Introduction to Competitive Manufacturing
• ME 418: Engineering Design with Polymers
• ME 718: Modeling and Simulation in Polymer Processing

Education

• BS, 1981, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• MS, 1982, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• PhD, 1987, University of Illinois-Urbana

Fields of Interest

• Plastics Design
• Extrusion
• Injection Molding
• Blow Molding
• Film Blowing
• Compression Molding
• Composites
• Modeling and Simulation in Polymer Processing and Composites
• Biopolymers
• Intellectual Property
• Ethics

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
• 2001 VDI-K Dr.-Richard-Escales-Prize
• Honorary Professor of Plastics Technology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany
• Editor, Journal of Plastics Technology
• Editor for the Americas, Journal of Polymer Engineering

Summary

Professor Osswald's research in polymer engineering includes modeling and simulation in polymer processing, engineering design with plastics, sustainability and biopolymers.

He is co-Director of the Polymer Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is Honorary Professor of Plastics Technology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Osswald is the 2001 recipient of the VDI-K Dr.-Richard-Escales-Prize.

Osswald serves as the English Language Editor of The Journal of Plastics Technology, and as an Editor for the Americas of the Journal of Polymer Engineering.

Professor Osswald teaches polymer processing and designing with polymers. He serves as faculty advisor to SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) and Theta Tau.

Professor Osswald has published over 100 papers, the books Materials Science of Polymers for Engineers (Hanser, 1996, 2003), Polymer Processing Fundamentals (Hanser 1998), Injection Molding Handbook (Hanser, 2001, 2007) Compression Molding (Hanser, 2003), Polymer Processing Modeling and Simulation (Hanser 2006), International Plastics Handbook (Hanser 2006), and Kunststoff Taschenbuch (Hanser 2007). Professor Osswald is also the series editor of Plastics Pocket Power (Hanser, 2001), which currently includes 6 books.

Professor Osswald has served as a consultant to several industries, is one of the co-founders of The Madison Group, and is the Director of the Technical Advisory Board of SIMTEC Silicone Parts. Professor Osswald has also served as an expert witness in polymer engineering litigation, including product failure, as well as patents and intellectual property.

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