Integrated Undergraduate Polymer Technology Laboratory

该项目的目标是通过购买一台高剪切混合机/挤出机来支持综合聚合物技术实验室课程的继续发展。该仪器为学生提供聚合物加工(如挤出、混合和复合)、聚合物流变学和聚合物加工性方面的实践经验。除了亲身体验之外，学生还将获得独特的综合实验室体验，并在辅助课程中增加聚合物教育。高剪切混合机/挤出机是完成实验室综合实验室概念的关键。高剪切混合机使学生能够从他们自己的纯树脂和填充物中制备样品，在这个过程中，可以详细研究加工对聚合物性能的影响。在综合聚合物实验室中，学生直接确定加工参数与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。实验室经验包括一个设计元素，要求学生应用课堂经验中的知识，以制定和测试特定的配方，以增强特定的机械性能。该项目预计将在两年内影响240名本科生、9名大学教职员工、10名预科学生和4名预科教师。预计在接下来的几年里，也会出现类似的影响。*

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. *