Factory-assembled cooling towers formed of engineered molded plastics continue to gain favor over galvanized sheet metal models that once dominated the industry. Just as plastics have overtaken metal ...

By converting plastic waste into a microbe-friendly food source, scientists have built an upcycling pipeline that turns the waste into a variety of useful products. The findings are detailed in the ...

Polymer materials offer cost-effective solutions in engineering, yet their limitations prompt research into nano-reinforced composites for improved performance.

The Engineering Center is the first building on the CU Boulder campus to become 100% plastic-free for single-use beverage containers. The College of Engineering and Applied Science strives to lead the ...

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

New Chemphy, a young and relatively unknown midsized company based in Dalian, in northeast China, is planning to launch a new class of high-end engineering plastics. It’s an unusual move for a firm ...

MEXICALI, Mexico, Sept. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innova Engineered Plastics, a trusted leader in heavy gauge plastic enclosures and single use components for medical device and other critical ...

International researchers have genetically engineered two synthetic bacteria they say can help turn plastic waste into more useful chemicals. The two bacteria strains come from the soil bacterium ...

Requirement 2: Both thesis and non-thesis students will pick from one of the following Certificate programs and fulfill their required courses as an area of specialization (some of the certificate ...

Therefore, this project will develop a transformative one-pot process to recycle mixed plastic wastes into high-value chemicals. This will be realised by reactive oxygen species (ROS)-assisted ...

The faculty and students of the Plastics Engineering Department at UMass Lowell are active in the community and provide service to groups in need of technical assistance whenever possible. For example ...