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Dear sir I would like to know more about polymer technology and career prospects and also the institutes offering B.Tech polymer technology and also research areas available incase I would like to do post graduation?- 6-Mar-2008
Polymers have been extensively used by the New Age Community. Polymers may be tailored to suit our requirements and have found extensive applications in all walks of life. Polymer Technology has carved a niche in the fields of electronics and electrical materials, textiles, aerospace industry, automobile industry, etc. Polymer Technology is entering to the aerospace's specifications of high strength combined with light weight.
The recent developments of Polymer Technology has revolutionized the field of material science. Due to the advances of development of synthetic Polymers from Natural Polymers they are being used in various fields right from building materials to Packing materials, Fancy decoration articles, Electrical engineering, Communications, Automobile, Aircrafts, etc. Due to their high strength, light weight, good flexibility, special electrical properties, resistance to chemicals, amenability for quick and mass production and for fabrication into complex shapes in a wide variety of colors, polymers can be converted into strong solid articles, flexible rubber like masses. Soft and resilient foams, smooth and fine fibers and clean and clear glass like sheets. They can be used to bond objects, Seal joints, bear loads and in anything from clothing to powering a space vechile. A Polymer can be used for replacing a human organ itself.
Polymer Technologists have placement opportunities in multinational and national companies like Du Pont, Reliance Industries, MRF, Apollo Tyres, Dunlop and a host of other companies with global market reach. The future of Polymer and Rubber industries is bright and job market is highly remunerative for qualified technologists. There is ample scope for higher education leading to Masters and Ph.D. levels in India and Abroad.
In Following areas you can do Research
1) Viscoelastic damping / characterisation ; Modelling rheological behaviour
2) Rapid Prototype and Rapid Tooling Technology
3 ) Polymer Nan composites ; Biomedical applications of polymers
4 ) Waste Management ; Polymer Synthesis
5 ) Auxetic polymeric materials ; Rheology and processing
6 ) Polyblends and IPNs ; Mold design
7 ) Polymer degradation; Conducting Polymers
The following institutes in Tamilnadu offers B.Tech programme in polymer technology
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B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College Chennai
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Hindustan Engineering college Chennai
- Kamaraj College Of Engineering and Technology Virudhunagar
