UW-Madison online graduate engineering ranked among nation’s best
In 2024, U.S. News and World Report ranked online graduate engineering programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison #11 overall and in the top 6 in multiple categories.
Category: Polymer Science
MEPE Minute: How Processing Additives Can Help Enable the Circular Economy
We all know that polyolefins are incredibly versatile materials that have application in many kinds of packaging and other products. However, they are hydrophobic and it can be difficult to compatibilize their surfaces with other materials or interfaces. This is one reason that additives for polyolefins are used. For example, British company Polymer Interfaces’ series …
MEPE Minute: Plasticosis is officially a “thing”
For some years now, it has been known that plastic pollution is increasingly collecting in bodies of water (salt and fresh) and elsewhere in our environment. In most locations where they look, scientists find plastic; from car tires wearing down, from agriculture, from our laundry, and just from trash being dumped in bodies of water. …
Flexibility and Accessibility are Key Factors in International Student’s Success
Completing an online master’s degree while halfway around the globe from your teachers and classmates is no easy feat. Chih-Jung “Rong” Lin completed the online Manufacturing Systems Engineering degree without leaving his home and career as a Senior Electrical Engineer at Amazon.com in Taiwan. The Master of Engineering degree is a professional program for working …
MEPE Minute: Ohio train derailment and plastics related pollution
Earlier this month, a train derailment in Ohio caused a number of chemicals to be released into the environment. Those chemicals included 3 monomers; vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, and ethyl hexyl acrylate that are used to make materials ranging from pipes to adhesives. These monomers (like most vinyl monomers and acrylates) do pose health risks, …
Interactive, Online Graduate Engineering at UW–Madison Ranks Highly
After twelve consecutive years of high rankings, UW-Madison’s College of Engineering has ranked #8 for online graduate engineering and #5 for veterans for 2023. “As a leader in online graduate engineering education for over 25 years, we’re grateful and proud to be recognized for fostering an outstanding experience and building relationships with each individual learner,” …
MEPE Minute: Faculty Spotlight on Dr. Bob Weiss
We are excited to spotlight the instructor for EPD 640, Introduction to Polymer Rheology, Dr. Bob Weiss. Dr. Weiss has had a long career as a polymer physicist and rheologist and as an educator. After starting professional life as a chemical engineer working at ExxonMobil, Dr. Weiss decided to move back to academia. He has …
MEPE Minute: How concerned should we be about the omnipresence of microplastic?
Many of us have become accustomed to seeing newspaper headlines about the alarming presence of microplastics – small particles of plastic with a dimension less than 100 microns – in our environment. First microplastics were being reported in the water, fresh and salt, then soil, then even in the rain and snow. Microplastics (or more …