WHAT DO PLASTIC ENGINEER DO ?

->A PLASTIC ENGINEER IS AN EXPERT ON PLASTICS, THE SEMI-LIQUID CHEMICAL POLYMERS WHICH IS USED EVERY-DAY.

-> THIS JOB REQUIRES A FIRM GRASP ON CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE VARIOUS DUTIES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.

-> IN VARIOUS TASKS SUCH AS DEVELOPING, RESEARCHING, TESTING AND PROBLEM SOLVING, PLASTIC ENGINEERING IS NECESSARY FOR ORGANIZATIONS AS DIVERSE AS AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURES, TOY MAKERS AND FOOD STORAGE.

->NEW TECHNIQUES AND NEW CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS CONSTANTLY ARE BEING CREATED IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE THE PLASTICS MARKET , AND ENGINEERS LEAD THE WAY BY INVENTING THESE NEW PLASTIC PRODUCTS.

-> THESE PLASTIC ENGINEERS FREQUENTLY WORK IN LABS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP PLASTICS.

-> A PLASTIC ENGINEER MUST READ ACADEMIC RESEARCH ON THE LATEST TECHNIQUES AND POLYMERS WHICH BEING CREATED BY OTHER LABS ,SO THAT HE OR SHE WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT BREAKTHROUGHS.

->IT IS IMPORTANT FOR A PLASTIC ENGINEER TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AT THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN WITH THE FORMATION OF CERTAIN PLASTICS TO DETERMINE HOW THEY WERE OVERCOME.

-> AN ENGINEER WITH SUPERB PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A MANAGERIAL ROLE BECAUSE HE OR SHE FREQUENTLY IS CALLED UPON WHEN ANSWERS CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY OTHERS.

WHAT DO POLYMER ENGINEER DO ?

-> POLYMERS ARE THE MOST RAPIDLY GROWING SECTOR OF THE MATERIALS INDUSTRY. NO WONDER ,POLYMERS ARE FOUND IN  EVERYTHING FROM COMPACT DISCS TO HIGH TECH AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS.

-> AS POLYMER PRODUCTION HAS GROWN ,SO HAS THE NUMBER  OF PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD.

-> IT's ESTIMATED THAT 50 PERCENT OF THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERS AND THE CHEMISTS IN  THE UNITED STATES WORK IN THE POLYMER INDUSTRY.

-> POLYMER ENGINEERS NEED TO APPLY THE TRADITIONAL SKILLS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS ,SUCH AS PLANT DESIGN, PROCESS DESIGN ,THERMODYNAMICS AND TRANSPORT PHENOMENA , TO VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF POLYMERS.

-> ENGINEERS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THERMOSETS ARE CAPABLE FOR THE CREATION OF BUILDING MATERIALS ,SUCH AS FIBER-GLASS AND ARAMIDS. THESE MATERIALS ARE GENERALLY USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES AND MUST BE CERTIFIED DUE TO SAFETY REGULATIONS .

-> SINCE THE THERMOPLASTICS ARE  A TYPE OF TRANSPARENT ,LOW DENSITY POLYMER ,THEREFORE THEY ARE OFTEN USED IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS SUCH AS FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS .

-> A POLYMER ENGINEER MUST BE PROFICIENT IN ALL THE FACETS OF POLYMER TECHNOLOGY ,INCLUDING THE CHEMISTRY, PROCESSING AND SYNTHESIS NEEDED TO CREATE THE POLYMER MATERIALS.

-> THE EXTREME COMPLEXITY OF POLYMER TECHNOLOGY REQUIRES A BACKGROUND IN CHEMISTRY ENGINEERING WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN POLYMER SCIENCE.

POLYMER ENGINEERING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

->AS A GRADUATE OF THE POLYMER ENGINEERING OPTION, YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF POLYMERS CAN GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE WHEN COMPETING FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOBS INCLUDING:

1) PROCESS ENGINEERING IN POLYMER-PRODUCING CHEMICAL COMPANIES.

2) PROCESS ENGINEERING IN POLYMER PROCESSING  OR FABRICATION

3) SCALE-UP OF NEW SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY FROM LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT TO PILOT  PLANT AND LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION

 4)RESEARCH AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT  IN POLYMER SYNTHESIS

5) RESEARCH AND PROCESS DEVELOPMENT IN POLYMER PROCESSING.

COLLEGES OFFERING PLASTIC ENGINEERING

->FOR TAKING ADMISSION IN BACHELOR'S DEGREE, THE CANDIDATE MUST HAVE PASSED THE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION WITH SCIENCE SUBJECTS SUCH AS BIOLOGY ,MATHS AND CHEMISTRY.

->THE DURATION THIS COURSE IS FOUR(4) YEARS.

-> ENGINEERING PLASTICS ARE A GROUP OF PLASTIC MATERIALS THAT EXHIBITS SUPERIOR MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES IN A WIDE RANGE OF CONDITIONS OVER AND ABOVE MORE COMMONLY USED COMMODITY PLASTICS.

->INSTITUTES OFFERING PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY ARE:

1) TAMIL NADU ANNA UNIVERSITY,CHENNAI

2) HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE ,KANPUR

3) NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY, JALGAON

4) RASHTRASANT TUKDOJI MAHARAJ NAGPUR UNIVERSITY

5) KERALA COCHIN UNIVERSITY, KOCHI

6) LAXMINARAYAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR

7) SSE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, AKOLA

8)LD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AHMEDABAD

ALL ABOUT PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY

->PLASTIC ENGINEERING DEALS WITH THE PROCESSING ,DESIGN ,DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURES OF USEFUL PLASTIC PRODUCTS.

->A PLASTIC IS A POLYMERIC MATERIAL THAT IS IN A SEMI-LIQUID STATE AND HAVING THE PROPERTY OF PLASTICITY.

->SOME OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE PLASTICS ARE DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY AND THE PLASTIC ENGINEER HAS TO DESIGN THE PRODUCT THAT MEETS CERTAIN SPECIFICATION WHILE THE COST TO BE MINIMUM.

-> PROPERTIES OF PLASTICS:

1) MECHANICAL PROPERTY OF PLASTICS

2) OUTDOOR WEATHER-ABILITY

3) THERMAL PROPERTIES

4) ELECTRICAL PROPERTY

5) BARRIER PROPERTY


6) RESISTANCE TO CHEMICAL ATTACK

-> SOME PLASTICS ARE MANUFACTURED FROM RE-CYCLED MATERIALS(SUCH AS POLY-BAGS) BUT IN PLASTIC ENGINEERING THE USE OF RE-CYCLED PLASTICS ARE VERY LIMITED BECAUSE THEIR CONSISTENCY AND THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES TEND TO BE LESS CONSISTENT.

->SPECIALTIES AFTER BECOMING PLASTIC ENGINEER:

 1) CONSUMER PLASTICS

2) AUTOMOBILE PLASTICS

3) MEDICAL PLASTICS

4) RECYCLED PLASTICS

5) BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS

6) ELASTOMERS

7) ULTRASONIC WELDING

8) PLASTICS PROCESSING: INJECTION MOULDING , MOLDING ,LAMINATING ,CALENDERING,ETC.

-> OVER THE LAST DECADES ,PLASTIC AND POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES HAVE ATTRACTED MULTI-CRORE INVESTMENTS FROM SOME OF THE INDUSTRIALISTS IN INDIA.

-> COMPANIES THAT HAVE SET UP THEIR PLANTS TO PRODUCE RAW MATERIALS ARE:

1) RELIANCE

2) SPIC

3) NOCIL

4) FINOLEX AND MANY MORE.

COLLEGES OFFERING POLYMER ENGINEERING

-> IN RECENT TIMES , POLYMER HAS BECOME THE MOST RAPIDLY GROWING SECTOR OF THE MATERIAL INDUSTRY.

-> CANDIDATES WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR +2 WITH SCIENCE(INCLUDING THE SUBJECTS PHYSICS,CHEMISTRY AND MATHS ) ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PURSUING B.E./B.TECH IN POLYMER ENGINEERING /PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY. 

-> THE SELECTION IS MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AT YOUR RESPECTIVE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL.

-> AFTER COMPLETING THE B.E./BTECH IN POLYMER ENGINEERING ,YOU CAN FIND JOBS AS POLYMER ENGINEER IN POLYMER MANUFACTURING UNIT AND RESEARCH LAB AS WELL.

INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES OFFERING POLYMER ENGINEERING: 

-> IIT(INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)

-> NIT(NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)

-> BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MESRA

-> HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

-> MAHARASHTRA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE

-> DELHI COLLEGE OF  ENGINEERING, DELHI

-> LAXMINARAYAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR

-> LD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AHEMDABAD 

-> SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PUNJAB

-> UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KERALA

-> SHRI SHIVAJI EDUCATION SOCIETY'S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, ANDHRA PARDESH

-> SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING , KARNATAKA

-> WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CALCUTTA