Polymer structure, classification of polymerization reactions, theory and practice of step growth polymerization, radical polymerization, ionic polymerization, ring-opening polymerization, polymerization by transition metal catalysts.

Physical and mathematical principles required to understand and solve engineering problems encountered with polymeric materials. Vectors and tensor operations, stress-strain analysis in solids, fluid mechanics, transport equations for mass and energy, nonlinear physical properties, overview of polymer processing.

Preparation and characterization of the most important types of polymer types. Radical, cationic, anionic polymerization, copolymerization, Ziegler-Natta polymerization, step growth polymerization; suspension and emulsion polymerization; group transfer polymerization; metathesis polymerization.

Characterization of polymers by up to fifteen methods, including spectroscopic (nuclear magnetic resonance, Raman, infrared), mechanical (tensile, dynamic mechanical, rheological), microscopic (electron microscopy), physiochemical (intrinsic viscosity, differential scanning, calorimetry, gel permeation chromatography) and scattering (light, x-rays). Molecular simulation techniques introduced. Lectures provide state-of-the-art description of these and additional polymer characterization methods.

Characterization of polymers by up to fifteen methods, including spectroscopic (nuclear magnetic resonance, Raman, infrared), mechanical (tensile, dynamic mechanical, rheological), microscopic (electron microscopy), physiochemical (intrinsic viscosity, differential scanning, calorimetry, gel permeation chromatography) and scattering (light, x-rays). Molecular simulation techniques introduced. Lectures provide state-of-the-art description of these and additional polymer characterization methods.

Increases basic fluency in speaking, reading, and writing. Prerequisite: POLISH 120 or equivalent.

First semester of four-skill language course. Develops basic fluency in speaking, reading, and writing.

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This course introduces graduate students to major theoretical approaches and areas of empirical research in the study of American politics.

In this course, we will examine some foundational works in first, second, and third generation Critical Theory (working within, influenced by or influential to the Frankfurt School) including Horkheimer & Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Juergen Habermas Seyla Benhabib. We will begin with the question of "What is Critical Theory?" and engage with some of its central themes and projects, including reason under modernity/postmodernity, history and progress, crisis and capitalism, mastery of nature, authority and the authoritarian personality.