SPE Scholarship

We are now accepting applications for the SPE Scholarship. The dealine for submissions is January 31, 2012. More information can be found on our Education page.

SCRATCH Consortium April 19, 2012

The SCRATCH Consortium will be held on April 19, 2012 at Texas A&M University. The agenda for the consortium will be posted when it becomes available.

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PTIC Consortium April 19-20, 2012

The PTC will host the next PTIC Consortium on April 19-20, 2012 at Texas A&M University. The PTIC Student Poster Session will also take place during the consortium. The agenda will be posted when it becomes available.

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Student Poster Session Winners

The PTC hosted its PTIC Consortium on October 27-28. Congratulations to Kevin White, Philip Imbesi, and Melissa Leanne Giese-Hawkins for winning 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the Student Poster Session!

SPE Scholarship Recipients for 2011-2012

The PTC would like to congratulate the following students who were awarded scholarships: Jacqueline Pope, Min Shuai, Spencer Hawkins, Andres Mejia, Hsiu-Chin Huang, and Philip Imbesi. To read more, please click on the link below

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And here's why: You will receive highly valuable research semiannually, reduced service fees, access to polymer expertise from our 27 different faculty members at Texas A&M plus numerous members around the world, and even the use of our 7 different facilities, which includes 50 state of the art machines. Join today and give your company an edge in the industry.

Welcome!

The Polymer Technology Center (PTC) at Texas A&M University encompasses more than twenty five faculty members from more than ten fields of science and technology whose research topics are in the area of polymers and plastics. Three industrial consortia support operations of the PTC: the Polymer Technology Industrial Consortium (PTIC), founded in 1986; the Polymer Scratch Consortium (SCRATCH), founded in 2001; and Advancing Performance Polymers in Energy AppLications (APPEAL). There are currently more than thirty companies in attendance of the consortia. Members of the consortia sponsor research projects both individually and jointly. For more information about the PTC, please browse through our website and review our brochure and faq section. If you have more specific questions, please feel free to contact us.

 

Mission Statement

The mission of the PTC is to be a source of trained engineers and scientists providing new technology and insight to the polymers industry. PTC serves to foster multi-disciplinary research within Texas A&M University. The PTC also features an educational component of graduate and undergraduate courses and seminars on polymer-related topics.