Courses
Courses I currently teach in the Department of Plastics Engineering.
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PLAS.1070Introduction to Plastics Engineering
First-year introduction to technical drawing, design fundamentals, CAD, and dimensioning/tolerancing, with a hands-on lab focused on plastic product modeling.
Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020
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PLAS.3730Mold Engineering
Science-based mold design and engineering. Student teams design a new plastic part, analyze moldability, develop tooling, and injection mold functional prototypes over the semester.
Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
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PLAS.5850Computer Aided Engineering I
Fundamentals of computer-aided engineering for plastics processing, applied through hands-on laboratory sessions.
Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
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2024–25Scientific process development for micro injection molding — Mauricio Acosta Diaz, Jack Sullivan
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2023–24Injection molding replication of femtosecond laser textured surfaces — Laura Kerr, Ethan Goldman, Joseph Bailen, Sebastien Hazelrigg
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2022–23Recycling characterization with Greenlabs polypropylene — Juliana Licata, Olivia Widjaja, Genesis Ramirez, Joshua Preciado
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2021–22Melt sensor for injection molding — Kevin Cooke, Nicholas Blow, Robert Tibbetts
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2020–21Development of design and processing guidelines for 3D printed injection molds — Brett P. LeBlanc, Brandon B. Lim, Ryan A. Newhall, Sarah R. Perry, Lance Despres
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2019–20Injection molding with constant pressure control system — Justin Carbone, Connor Greenfield, Jessica Hogan, Kevin McDermot
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2018–19Modelling of wall-slip in thin-wall injection molding — Ryan Fontaine, Paul Leedham, Ryan Newhall
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2018–19Replication of Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) — Benjamin O'Brien, Eric Moy, Lorenzo Centonze, Zachary Ferreira
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2024Micro Injection Molding Seminar — private company, Sunnyvale, CA, August 13–14, 2024
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2019Micro Injection Molding: New Solutions for Manufacturing of Microscale and Nanoscale Plastic Products — 2019 Plastics Seminars, UMass Lowell, March 14–15, 2019
