The Department of Plastics Engineering has polymer characterization equipment in Ball Hall and the Mark and Elisia Saab Technology and Innovation Center (ETIC). There are two shared use laboratories ...

Megatrends in the automotive industry are posing new challenges for the materials used, yet at the same time opening up new opportunities. Electromobility and autonomous driving are set to ...

Researchers have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes through directed evolution. Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have ...

Now in its Third Edition, Plastics is the key text for senior students studying the science and engineering of plastic materials. Starting from microstructure and physical properties, the book covers ...

Drifting at sea, isolated on a space station, or stuck in a war zone, engineers trying to build new things or patch together a repair are often constrained by the materials they have at hand. But what ...

UMass Lowell offers a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Plastics Engineering. Plastics are widely used in the manufacture of products that we use in our daily lives. The companies that ...

At CES 2026, WES-Tec Global showcased a construction technology aimed at tackling plastic pollution ...

Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes through directed evolution. To illustrate the ...