New polymer and composite center at Auburn to advance research and economic development 

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Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has established a new interdisciplinary center to advance polymer and composite engineering.

The Center for Polymer and Advanced Composites will focus on research, graduate education and collaborative outreach opportunities to advance economic growth in Alabama and the Southeast.

Serving as a focal point on campus for polymer and composites research, the center will foster interdisciplinary collaboration among academic units across the university, including the aerospace, biosystems, chemical, industrial and systems, mechanical and materials engineering departments, as well as the School of Nursing and the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture, Human Sciences and Sciences and Mathematics.

Centrally located to numerous automotive and aerospace industries, as well as federal agencies in Huntsville, such as NASA, the center will serve as the liaison through which these external entities will interface with Auburn University’s resources and capabilities in polymer and advanced composites research.