Practical Viscoelasticity

Robert H. Seiple (The University of Akron) has been the Manager of the Applied Polymer Research Center at the University of Akron from 1990-current. He has a BA in Chemistry from Youngstown State University and a Masters in Polymer Science from the University of Akron. Robert has been a Research Assistant for Dr. Frank Kelley at The University of Akron on such projects as: Space Shuttle O-Ring Project, Zero Gravity Experiments on Epoxy Systems At NASA-Lewis Research Center, Fracture Energies of Epoxy and Brittle Polymer Materials, Tear Energies of Elastomers. Additional projects Robert has worked on since managing the Applied Research Center are: Rubber Compounding and Evaluation, Thermal Measurements and Characterization, among many others.

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