Facilities

The School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering is centered in the Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex I Building, a modern classroom and laboratory facility. The School also has additional laboratories in the Bunger-Henry Building. Well-equipped laboratories are also available for synthesis as well as chemical and physical characterization of polymers, fibers, and textile structures. Specialized equipment is available for, among other studies: NMR imaging, ink-jet printing, mechanics of fabric formation, polymer viscoelasticity, carbon nanotube enabled materials, advanced optical microscopy, polymer environmental stability experiments, modeling of polymer processing and polymer dynamics, electrospinning, polymer micro/nano-fabrication, hollow fiber technology, polymer blends, polymer synthesis, fiber-reinforced composite formation and testing, biodegradable polymeric materials, carbon and other high-performance fiber development, Smart Shirt technology, energy conservation, elastomer characterization, structural coloration, and water pollution studies. Instrumentation facilities are also available.