Enhancement of Undergraduate Engineering and Chemistry Curricula by Incorporation of a Polymer Synthesis/ Characterization Capability

威诺纳州立大学工程系 提供复合材料工程学士学位 工程.复合材料是轻质材料， 同时具有高强度和刚度， 将增强纤维嵌入到聚合物、陶瓷或 金属基体本项目的目的是建立聚合物 合成和分子量表征能力 这是目前这个项目中所没有的。实现这一 目标，我们要求购买玻璃反应器， 一个高压金属反应器，两个粘度计， 温度凝胶渗透色谱仪（GPC）单元。这些 仪器将用于"动手"聚合物和工程 实验室教学，并为独立学院的学生 新型高分子的合成与表征研究 用作复合材料基体的聚合物材料 结构.购买这些设备对 在将综合实验室经验整合到 化学与复合材料工程课程。

The Department of Engineering at Winona State University offers a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Composite Materials Engineering. Composites are lightweight materials which exhibit both high strength and stiffness and are fabricated by embedding reinforcing fibers into a polymeric, ceramic, or metal matrix. The aim of this project is to establish polymer synthesis and molecular weight characterization capabilities which are currently absent in this program. To achieve this objective, we are requesting the purchase of a glass reactor, a high pressure metal reactor, two viscometers, and a high temperature gel permeation chromatograph (GPC) unit. These instruments will be used in "hands on" polymer and engineering laboratory instruction, and for independent faculty-student research on synthesis and characterization of advanced polymeric materials for use as matrices in composite structures. The acquisition of this equipment plays a critical role in the integration of synthesis laboratory experience into the chemistry and composite materials engineering curricula.