As the cost of carrying out large-scale investigation of a product for technological adaptability is becoming prohibitive, it has become increasingly obvious that some alternative economical method to costly initial experimental investigations must be developed.
Computers provide an ideal tool to for an alternative mode of investigation.
The purpose of the project is to enable students to carry out virtual experiments in polymer thermodynamics using computers so as to make predictions, without actually performing real but expensive experimentation. The next step will be to supplement the codes for plotting the results. The University of Akron is an Equal Education and Employment Institution.