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Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering - University of Florida Polymer Science Program


OUR VISION: The Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering promotes interdisciplinary collaboration in our polymer science and engineering program at the University of Florida and serves as a conduit between industry, government and UF. We stress a fundamental approach in our research while seeking solutions to practical problems. We pursue excellence in all our endeavors. Our conduct is characterized by ethics, integrity, and honesty.

Did You Know?

"CMSE Graduate Violeta Petkovska is now a Senior Research Chemist for DuPont"

"UF Materials Science and Engineering program ranked Top 10 in undergraduate and graduate programs"

"Dr. Brent Sumerlin was named a Kavli Fellow (Frontiers of Science, National Academies of Sciences)"

"Professor Franky So and his research group along with the Chemistry Department recently demonstrated "inverted polymer solar cells..."

"The University of Florida Department of Chemistry is ranked 34th in the world."

"UF MSE faculty help verify the First Ice Age Art in the Americas"

"UF startup is winner of $50,000 Cade Prize - Florida Sustainables has a biodegradable plastic invented at UF"

The National Science Foundation awards UF $1.5 million for nanotechnology center

Professor George Butler formed the Center in 1970. The Polymer program at UF is among the oldest in the United States.

Macromolecular Science and Polymer Program News & Highlights

UF Chemistry Welcomes
Dr. Brent Sumerlin

The Polymer Program at the Department of Chemistry, the George and Josephine Butler Polymer Research Laboratory, and the Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering are pleased to announce that Dr. Brent Sumerlin will be joining our research and teaching efforts here at the University of Florida in the summer... Read More > >


Most Recent Macrocenter Speaker:
Professor Dr. Hans Spiess

Professor Dr. Hans Spiess, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany will be lectured on Monday, April 9th at 4pm in Leigh 207... Read More > >

  
 

 

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