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Many people take coatings for granted.
Performance of these coatings depends critically upon specially tailored chemicals which form coating films. Thus, good coatings scientists must be good polymer chemists. Other scientific disciplines also are important to the coatings scientist such as organic chemistry, rheology, surface chemistry, chemical analysis, photochemistry, mathematics and several branches of engineering. Background Information North Dakota State University started offering polymer and coatings chemistry courses in 1906. Of the few universities which offer training that focuses on special polymers used in coatings, NDSU has the longest and most extensive experience.