NSF gives research grant to University of Akron.The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a a $333,134 grant for polymer research. New materials spawned by the research will be used in a variety of civil, military, aerospace, electronic and biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. applications. The research is aimed at developing a novel, continuous ultrasonic ultrasonic /ul·tra·son·ic/ (-son´ik) beyond the upper limit of perception by the human ear; relating to sound waves having a frequency of more than 20,000 Hz. ul·tra·son·ic adj. 1. process for the fast dispersion of carbon nanotubes and nanofibers in polymers. The process would replace inefficient batch solution process technology that involves irradiation irradiation /ir·ra·di·a·tion/ (i-ra?de-a´shun) 1. radiotherapy. 2. the dispersion of nervous impulse beyond the normal path of conduction. 3. and removal of solvents. |
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