Injection Mold Design Engineering Book Published

This book provides a vision for engineering mold design. The topics are presented in a top down manner, starting with the “big picture” before proceeding to layout and detailed design of molds. The book provides pragmatic analyses with worked examples that can be readily adapted to “real world” mold design applications. Students and practitioners will better understand the inner workings of injection molds and think “outside the box” in developing innovative and highly functional mold designs. MORE

SPE Process Monitoring & Control Special Interest Group

Abstract submissions are due October 15th for the Society of Plastics Engineers' Annual Technical Conference, May 4-8, 2008 in Milwukee, Wisconsin. The goal of the Process Monitoring & Control Special Interest Group is to understand the process behavior and the development of process models, monitors and sensors; and provide a forum for the discussion of measurement science used by polymer processors to overcome challenges faced in the pursuit of improved product quality and productivity. MORE

UML Plastics Engineering Department Offering On-Line Graduate Courses

UML now has a new “Graduate Certificate in Plastics Engineering Fundamentals”. This program is available on-line and on-campus. This is a stand alone, 4-course (12 credit) program on Plastics Materials, Processing, Mold Design and Part Design. All courses also transfer into MS Program. As part of this program, Kazmer is offering the graduate course "Mold Engineering" through UML continuing education.

Kazmer Elected Fellow of ASME

Plastics Engineering Prof. David Kazmer has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the first professor at UMass Lowell to be so honored.

Election to Fellow of ASME recognizes exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. Newly elected Fellows will be honored in the November issue of Mechanical Engineering Magazine.

Kazmer is well known in the design for manufacturing and plastics manufacturing areas. He is the author of several book chapters, including the article on injection molding in the “Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing,” and of more than 50 reviewed journal articles and 100 conference papers; he holds 18 patents. He invented a molding process named Dynamic Feed, which has been used to produce hundreds of millions of dollars worth of plastics products economically, and has received many awards for outstanding teaching, research and service.