University of Akron polymer science professor, Dr. Judit E. Puskas, is leading an international research project to develop synthetic natural rubber, funded by a $390,000 National Science Foundation grant.
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 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. professor, Dr. Judit E. Puskas, is leading an international research project to develop synthetic natural rubber, funded by a $390,000 National Science Foundation grant. Collaborating in the project is Goodyear Tire & Rubber. The main objective of the project is said to be to design a natural living polymerization In polymer chemistry, living polymerization is a form of addition polymerization where the ability of a growing polymer chain to terminate has been removed [1]. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways. system that may lead to synthetic natural rubber. The study, funded by the NSF NSF - National Science Foundation grant, incorporates biochemistry, polymer chemistry and physical-organic chemistry.
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