Because Professor Chaffey has no research funds for stipends or research expenses, he is not able to supervise graduate students in the M. A. Sc.
Rheology is the study of deformation and flow.
This science, together with thermodynamics, is important in designing methods for processing, developing structure, and recycling of materials, particularly plastics. After data on these operations are obtained from computer simulation and experimental measurement, statistical procedures to analyze them are carried out. Stiff, strong materials . Processes such as drawing or stretching can orient polymer molecules or reinforcements so as to produce materials with enhanced properties. It is important to be able to design the process in order to get the desired behavior.