Polymers at UMass, Amherst

~ FALL 2008 Polymer Event~
To be held October 14 - 16, 2008

Tuesday, October 14 - CUMIRP Cluster Meetings & the CUMIRP Lecture Series

Wednesday, October 15 - PS&E Workshop: "Opportunities and Challenges in Biofuels and Feedstocks", followed by Poster Sessions

Thursday, October 16 - MRSEC Annual Review highlighting activities on directed assemblies, ionic liquids and thin film instabilities using polymer-based materials.

Polymer Science And Engineering Department
Combining nearly 200 scientists and students with $20 million in instrumentation, the PSE department has become one of the largest and most well-known academic center for polymer research in the world. The department topped the U.S. News and World Report survey for Graduate Polymer programs across the nation. Over 350 Ph.D.'s have been awarded in the department's 30+ year history.

Center for UMass / Industry Research on Polymers
The oldest National Science Foundation established Industry / University Cooperative Research Center (NSF-I/UCRC), since 1980, has evolved into a dynamic Center program. CUMIRP's mission is to act as a crossroads where the University Research and Education meet with Industrial and Government partners in polymer science and engineering at UMass.

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
The MRSEC, established in August 1994 under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation, supports fundamental research in polymer science and engineering and related fields. This center is a continuation of the Materials Research Laboratory awarded by the NSF in 1974.

Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
The University of Massachusetts Amherst has established the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing (CHM) through a five-year, $16 million grant from the National Science Foundation, with the mission to move nanotechnology from laboratory innovation to manufacturable components and devices. The CHM's research focus is Nanoscale Manufacturing: tools and processes for fabricating engineered nanoscale materials and particles, and assembling and integrating them into larger-scale structures, devices, and systems. Research work by 24 researchers from UMass Amherst and partner institutions will concentrate on nanoelectronics, bionanotechnology, and new materials and processes.

The Amherst campus has many other Departments active in polymers. The nature of their polymer research is from the perspective of the departmental discipline. This site provides links to those Colleges and Departments as well. In addition, we have provided links for Industry programs in polymers at the University with information about various campus organizations and offices that assist them.

If you are interested in Education in the Polymer Science and Engineering field, check out the Polymer Science and Engineering program at UMass, Amherst. If you are unsure about any information or where to go at UMass regarding Polymers on the Amherst campus, contact us on the CUMIRP page. You can also send an email to cumirp@polysci.umass.edu.