Macromolecular Science

2541 Chemistry Building
930 N. University Ave.Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055
(734) 763-2316
Email: Macromolecular@umich.edu http://www.engin.umich.edu/prog/macro/Professor Richard E. Robertson, Director

Not a concentration program

Professors

M. David Curtis (Chemistry), Frank E. Filisko (Materials Science and Engineering), Ronald Gibala (Materials Science and Engineering), Erdogan Gulari (Chemical Engineering), Samuel Krimm (Physics), Ronald G. Larson (Chemical Engineering), Paul G. Rasmussen (Chemistry), Richard E. Robertson (Materials Science and Engineering), Alan S. Wineman (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics), Albert F. Yee (Materials Science and Engineering), Robert Zand (Biological Chemistry)

Associate Professors

Stacy G. Bike (Chemical Engineering), Richard M. Laine (Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry), David C. Martin (Materials Science and Engineering), David W. Mead (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics), Robert M. Ziff (Chemical Engineering)

Assistant Professors

Ellen M. Arruda, (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics), Peter X. Ma (Biologic and Materials Sciences), Coleen Pugh, (Chemistry), A. Ramamoorthy (Chemistry)

Adjunct Assistant Professor

T. Carter Gilmer (Chemistry, Bowling Green State University)

Macromolecular Science and Engineering is an interdisciplinary graduate program that provides the academic and research basis for studies in the science and technology of synthetic and natural macromolecules. Such large molecules exhibit unusual and specific properties as compared to small molecules and a large field has developed in unraveling the scientific foundations of this behavior, both in the synthetic and the biological areas.

The Program at UM is one of the very few where students can achieve competence in both the traditional discipline of their choice and the interdisciplinary field of Macromolecular Science and Engineering. The faculty members are drawn from various departments, thus making the Program a truly cooperative and interdisciplinary endeavor.

Courses in Macromolecular Science (Division 425)

412/ChemE 412/MSE 412. Polymeric Materials. Materials Sci. 350. (3). (Excl). (BS).

414/ChemE 414/MSE 414. Applied Polymer Processing. Materials Sci. 350. (3). (Excl). (BS).

418/Physics 418. Structural Macromolecular Physics. Math. 216 and Phys. 340. (3). (Excl). (BS).

511/ChemE 511/MSE 511. Rheology of Polymeric Materials. A course in fluid mechanics. (3). (Excl). (BS).

512/ChemE 512/MSE 512. Polymer Physics. Senior or graduate standing in engineering or physical science. (3). (Excl). (BS).

514/Materials Science 514/Manufacturing 514. Composite Materials. Materials Science 351. I. (3). (Excl). (BS).

535/Chem. 535. Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules. Chem. 463 (or 468). (3). (Excl). (BS).

536/Chem. 536. Laboratory in Macromolecular Chemistry. Chem. 535 or Phys. 418. (2). (Excl). (BS). Laboratory fee ($50) required.