IREE: Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films (CAEFF)
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| Abstract | Through the IREE program, CAEFF enhanced its programs by building upon collaborations established by Clemson University with the University of Bradford (United Kingdom) and the University of Minho (Portugal). Both of these institutions have internationally recognized programs in polymer science and engineering. They have an extensive array of online experimental measurement techniques that (1) led to substantive enhancements to, and extensions beyond, the core CAEFF fiber/film research, and (2) offered the CAEFF researchers the opportunity to learn and apply novel experimental techniques to emerging areas of microscale polymer processing. The researchers included an early career faculty member, a graduate student, and an undergraduate student. At Bradford, CAEFF researchers engaged in ongoing micromolding research activities, particularly how small length scales, and the consequent high shear (strain) rates, impacted micromolding. At Minho, research focused on online rheological measurements. The interactions with international institutions fostered more productive partnerships, provided CAEFF researchers the opportunity to work with leading scientists, prepared the students for careers in a more global market, and served to make the students more aware of the opportunities in business and culture worldwide. |
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| Bio | Graham Harrison received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Stanford University in 1991. He received his Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997. He then served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne from 1997-99, after which he joined the chemical engineering faculty at Clemson University. Professor Harrison's primary research interests are in the general areas of non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, extensional flow, and renewable resource polymers. Mallory Armfield is an undergraduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Clemson University. She has conducted undergraduate research on biodegradable polymers for two years. Jason Conrad received his B.S. degress in chemical engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. While an undergraduate, he participated in Clemson’s REU program. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Clemson University. Jason’s research involves the shear and elongational rheology of biobased polymers. |
| Cite this work | Researchers should cite this work as follows: Grham Harrison, Mallory Armfield and Jason Conrad, "IREE: Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films (CAEFF)", Trip report presented at the NSF IREE 2008 Grantees Conference, May 2008, Washington, D.C. |
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