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Plastics Engineering Department
Dr. Stephen McCarthy, 978-934-3417
stephen_mccarthy@uml.edu
The certificate program is designed for students who have attained a bachelor’s degree and need more plastics materials background. The Plastics Engineering Department makes every attempt to offer many of these courses during the evening to accommodate the schedules of working professionals. Graduates who have already completed these course requirements can receive a retroactive certificate.
Required Courses:
26.544 Advanced Plastics Materials
26.506 Polymer Structure, Properties, and Applications
Elective Courses (choose two):
26.505 Polymer Structure II ( Continuation of 26.506)
26.511 Polymer Blends and Multiphase Systems
26.512 Plastics Foams
26.513 New Plastics Materials
26.540 Commercial Development of Polymeric Systems
26.553 Polymers in Medicine I
26.559 Elements of Packaging
26.565 Engineering Thermosetting Resins
26.566 Polymeric Material Systems Selection
26.580 Polymer Science I