Postgraduate - UnitMTE6882 - Advanced polymeric materials

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0 points, SCA Band 2, 0.000 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Organisational Unit	Department of Materials Engineering
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Chris McNeill

Notes

This unit is available only to Engineering PhD students.

Synopsis

Polymers are a ubiquitous part of our everyday life. Advances in polymer synthesis, processing and engineering have led to new applications exploiting the unique properties of polymers to realise advanced technologies far removed from their initial application.

Building on a review of the fundamentals of polymer science, this unit will explore the use of polymers in a range of novel applications from biomedical applications to optoelectronic devices. Different classes of polymers will be discussed including conjugated polymers, block co-polymers and biopolymers with a view to linking the physical properties of the polymer chain to the functionality of the technological application.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

illustrate how the properties of polymer-based materials are derived from the macro-molecular nature of polymer chains
assess new polymer-based technologies and critique the advantages and disadvantages relevant to other non-polymer based technologies
design experiments to evaluate the performance of polymer based devices
evaluate the current state-of-the-art of emerging polymer technologies

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

3 hours of lectures/tutorials, 2 three hours laboratory sessions and 9 hours of private study per week.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Nick Birbilis