The University of Akron, Akron, OH, has licensed a Japanese company to do applied research to develop new products made of a polymer material patented by Dr. Joseph Kennedy and his research team at the university's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering. (Contracts, Licenses).
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 , Akron, OH, has licensed a Japanese company to do applied research to develop new products made of a polymer material patented by Dr. Joseph Kennedy and his research team at the university's College of Polymer Science Polymer science or macromolecular science is the subfield of materials science concerned with polymers, primarily synthetic polymers such as plastics. The field of polymer science includes researchers in multiple disciplines including chemistry, physics, and engineering. and Polymer Engineering. Kaneka of Osaka, Japan, will investigate the material as an adhesive adhesive, substance capable of sticking to surfaces of other substances and bonding them to one another. The term adhesive cement is sometimes used in place of adhesive, especially when referring to a synthetic adhesive. , in coatings, as seals and weatherstripping, and in sound, moisture barrier and vibration dampening applications lot use in cars, trucks and other commercial applications. The University of Akron has also licensed a producer of flat panel displays A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time to use surface plate technology developed by researchers at the university. Nitto Denko Nitto Denko Corporation (日東電工株式会社, of Japan plans to incorporate C-plate technology into its large monitors. C-plate technology was invented and patented by Dr. Frank Harris, director of the Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science, and Dr. Stephen Cheng, the R.C. Musson Professor of Polymer Science and chairman of the Department of Polymer Science at the University of Akron.
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| | Comment: | The University of Akron, Akron, OH, has licensed a Japanese company to do applied research to develop new products made of a polymer material patented by Dr. Joseph Kennedy and his research team at the university's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering. (Contracts, Licenses). |
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| Publication: | Rubber World |
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| Article Type: | Brief Article |
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| Geographic Code: | 1USA |
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| Date: | Jul 1, 2002 |
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| Words: | 159 |
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