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Polymer Science and Engineering Lehigh has a diverse group of faculty members with strong, primary interest in polymer science and engineering. In order to provide better opportunities for courses and research in this interdisciplinary field, activities are coordinated through the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering (CPSE), and its academic polymer education committee. Polymer faculty from traditional departments of chemical engineering, chemistry, and materials science and engineering, physics, and mechanical engineering and mechanics, are participants of the CPSE. There are two ways in which qualified graduate students, with degrees in the above or related fields, may participate. They may pursue graduate studies within an appropriate department. Departmental procedures must be followed for the degree sought. The student's adviser may be in that department, or in another department, or research center. In this case, the student receives a normal departmental degree, with emphasis in polymer courses and research. Alternatively, students may elect to pursue studies toward an interdisciplinary M.S. or Ph.D. degree in polymer science and engineering. The procedures for this latter case are summarized as follows. M.S. in polymer science and engineering. For the M.S., the student's program must include: not less than thirty credits of graduate work; not less than eighteen credits of 400 level course work, and not less than eighteen credits of course work in the major, of which fifteen must be at the 400 level. The program must include six course credits in the student's admitting department, six research credits, and a research report or thesis to the satisfaction of the faculty advisor, to be filed with the polymer education committee. Required courses: ChE (Chm/Mat) 388 Synthesis and Characterization Lab (3) ChE (Chm, Mat) 393 Physical Polymer Science (3) ChE (Chm) 394 Organic Polymer Science (3) Research (6) Three 400 level polymer courses to be selected from the following list (list may vary slightly from year to year): ChE 428 Rheology (3) Phy 472 Polymer Physics (3) ChE (Chm) 483 Emulsion Polymers (3) ChE (Chm/Mat) 482 Engineering Behavior of Polymers (3) ChE (Chm/Mat) 485 Polymer Blends and Composites (3) ChE 486 Polymer Processing (3) Chm 489 Organic Polymer Science II (3) Chm 491 Physical Chemistry of Organic Polymer Coatings (3) ChE (Chm) 492 Topics in Polymer Science (3) Chm 493 Organic Chemistry of Organic Polymer Coatings (3) ChE (Chm) 487 Polymer Interfaces (3) Courses in the admitting department must include one of the following: ChE (Chm) 400 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) Chm (ChE) 445 Elements of Physical Chemistry (4) Mat 401 Thermodynamics and Kinetics I (3) ME 420 Advanced Thermodynamics Phy 442 Statistical Mechanics plus one other 300 or 400 level non-polymer related course from their admitting department. Ph.D. in polymer science and engineering. For the Ph.D., the student must satisfactorily complete a qualifying examination administered by the polymer education committee, satisfactorily complete graduate course work determined in consultation with the doctoral committee, pass a general examination administered by the polymer education committee, and defend to the satisfaction of the doctoral committee, a dissertation in the field of polymer science and engineering. Students deficient in polymer science or related topics may be required by their committee to take remedial course work. The doctoral committee consists of the research adviser, at least two other members of the center for polymer science and engineering, and at least one outside person. The committee's composition is subject to approval by the polymer education committee and the graduate and research committee of the university. For more information, write to Dr. R. Pearson, director, Center for Polymer Science and Engineering, Iacocca Hall, Mountaintop Campus, Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, Dr. L.H. Sperling co-chairman, Polymer Education Committee, Whitaker Laboratory, Lehigh University, 5 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, or Dr. J. Roberts, co-chairman, Polymer Education Committee, 6 E. Packer Avenue, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015. |
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