INW.05570.04 - Polymer Engineering Focus (Complete module description)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Maik Feldmann

This module covers advanced topics of polymer engineering. The lectures Polymers in Industry and Elastomeric Materials connect the scientific approach to polymers with the industrial requirements and development methods. The lab course Elastomeric Materials Lab accompany the lectures and show the details of industrial processes. The research seminar deepens the view on industrial projects, which cannot be performed in a lab.
Lectures:
1. Polymers in Industry
Overview in application areas of polymers/thermoplastics and other materials in various components with respect to the industrial background. Specification and requirements for material and processing technology. Consideration of requirements and costs, overview of typical applications in various industries such as automotive, construction, packaging, electronics, recycling, and aerospace.
2. Elastomeric Materials
Structure, production, and properties of elastomeric materials; technical elastomers and their components (polymers, filler, crosslinking agents, additives), influence of additives on rheological and thermodynamic behavior, preparation of rubber mixtures, testing of elastomeric materials, damage analysis.
Lab courses and Seminars:
1. Elastomeric Materials Lab
Content items: compounding of rubber mixtures, vulcanization, vulcametry, determination of mechanical properties of elastomeric materials
2. Research Seminar
Student presentation of research results from the literature from the polymer engineering field

completed lab course protocols, written examination (Polymers in Industry), written examination (Elastomeric Materials), seminar (Research seminar) participation

oral examination (presentation)