University of Akron - Tel Buch Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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Hilmuirmmw' WW l f t i V li Scott Perry, graduate student, works at the vacumn rack. On the rack is a huge vacumn line that adds materials and then evacuates the pollution. Graduate student Linfang Zhu checks for leaks on the vacumn rack at the Polymer Science Insti- tute. The Institute is just one part of the Polymer Science program. M swag, naw 9 it ,. Bill Hager, graduate student, works with the glove box. This environ- mental chamber has purified air in- side as to not contaminate any of the materials. V Photos: David Shoentelt

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Polymers are the fabric of our future. The annual volume of production of synthetic polymers is more than twice of all metals, and the field is growing faster than either metals or ceramics. Between 1977 and 1983, polymer in- dustry sales more than doubled. Some S500 million in polymer-related re- search is conducted annually in north- east Ohio alone. About 900 companies in the region have a substantial stake in polymer research. The University of Akron is the center of one of the largest concentrations of polymer expertise in the world. The University's polymer centers perform contract research-in areas that range from matters of national defense to the properties of chewing gum-with more than 100 corporations and orga- nizations around the globe. The Uni- versity of Akron graduates now hold leadership positions at such prestigious institutions and companies as the Law- rence-Livermore Laboratories, the Cal- ifornia Institute of Technology, U.S. Air Force Materials Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Du Pont, Al- lied Chemical Corporation, Dow Chemical U.S.A., and Union Carbide Corporation. The University of Akron's polymer program has three facets: research, teaching and public service. The Insti- tute of Polymer Science and the Center for Polymer Engineering comprise the research function. The Department of Polymer Science and the Department of Polymer Engi- neering make up the program's aca- demic components. In the past 30 years UA has granted 700 advanced degrees in polymer science and engineering. The connection with polymer relat- ed industries and the public is fostered by the Edison Polymer Innovation Cor- poration, known as EPIC. These essential elements combine to create a polymer program unparalleled in the world. University Communications Mfg ,f t,f,5f'lli v. Z The zero gravity device is being monitored by graduate student Scott Mudry. UA, along with NASA, hope to find the answers of how molecules behave in space.

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