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Helene Demont, Program Manager
Office of Engineering Outreach
129 Kurt F. Wendt Library
215 North Randall Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608/262-5516 (toll-free: 888/661-9551)
Fax: 608/265-2833 (toll-free: 877/267-6172)
Email: demont@engr.wisc.edu
Web: oeo.engr.wisc.edu

 

 

ME 717 Advanced Polymer Processing

3 graduate credits

Instructor: Professor A. Jeffrey Giacomin
Phone: 608/262-7473
E-mail: giacomin@wisc.edu

Course objective:
To provide a more advanced understanding of polymer processing.

Course description:
Advanced analysis and modeling of plastics extrusion, injection molding, and other processes; emphasis on processes governed by viscoelasticity and nonlinear phenomena.

Prerequisite:
Basic course in polymer processing (ME 417) or consent of instructor.

Homework:
Periodic homework problems.

Exams:
Three take-home exams.

Laboratory:
None.

Computer language:
None.

Computer facilities:
None.

Required textbook:
Polymer Processing Principles and Design, D.G. Baird and D.I. Collias, Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 1995, ISBN 0-471-25453-3.

Course notes:
Sent upon receipt of enrollment.

Associated web site:
http://rrc.engr.wisc.edu/

 



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