
Plastics Processing
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 processing 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:
26.578 Advanced Plastics Process Engineering
26.509 Plastics Processing Theory I
Elective Courses (choose two):
26.506 Polymer Structure, Properties, and Applications
25.510 Plastics Processing Theory II
26.518 Plastics Product Design
26.521 Lean Plastics Manufacturing
26.523 Plastics Process Analysis
26.524 Process Analysis, Instrumentation, and Control
26.550 Processing with Elastomers
26.551 Computer Aided Extrusion Die Design
26.552 Design of Polymer Processing Machinery
26.585 Computer Aided Engineering and Design I
26.588 Injection Molding

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