Integrated Undergraduate Polymer Technology Laboratory

本项目的目标是通过购买高剪切混合机/挤出机，支持综合聚合物技术实验室课程的持续发展。 该仪器为学生提供聚合物加工的实践经验（例如，挤出、混合和配混）、聚合物流变学和聚合物加工性。 除了实践经验外，学生还将获得独特的综合实验室体验，以及辅助课程中增加的聚合物教育。 高剪切混合机/挤出机是完成实验室集成实验室概念的关键。 高剪切混合器使学生能够从自己的纯树脂和填料制备样品，在此过程中，可以分析加工对聚合物性能的影响的详细研究。 在综合聚合物实验室，学生直接确定工艺参数和机械性能之间的相关性，并研究重要的聚合物工程和科学原理。 实验室经验包括设计元素，要求学生应用课堂经验中的知识，以制定和测试特定配方，以提高特定的机械性能。 该项目预计将影响240名本科生，9名大学教师，10名大学预科生和4名大学预科教师在其2年的生命。 预计在随后的几年中也会产生类似的效果。 *

The objective of this project is to support the continued development of the integrated polymer technology laboratory course through the purchase of a high-shear mixer/extruder. This instrument provides students with hands-on experience in polymer processing (e.g., extrusion, mixing, and compounding), polymer rheology, and polymer processability. In addition to the hands-on experience, the students are introduced to a unique integrated laboratory experience, as well as increased polymer education in ancillary courses. The high-shear mixer/extruder is key to completing the laboratory integrated laboratory concept. The high-shear mixer provides students the ability to prepare samples from their own neat resin and fillers, in the course of which detailed studies of the effects of processing on polymer properties can be analyzed. In the integrated polymer laboratory, students directly determine the correlation between processing parameters and mechanical properties and investigate important polymer engineering and science principles. The laboratory experience includes an element of design that requires students to apply knowledge from their classroom experience in order to formulate and test specific formulations to enhance a particular mechanical property. This project is projected to affect 240 undergraduate students, 9 college faculty, 10 pre-college students, and 4 pre-college teachers over its 2-year life. A similar effect is expected in the ensuing years. *