CAPCE Sponsors
CAPCE, the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Polymer and Composite Engineering, was established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote collaboration and the transfer of knowledge between academia and the polymer and composites industry.
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About CAPCE
The Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Polymer and Composite Engineering (CAPCE), was established by the National Science Foundation. CAPCE has three research sites: the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State University, and Florida State University/Florida A&M University. CAPCE is a university-industry-government collaborative initiative to create, integrate, transfer, and apply knowledge of polymer engineering and processing. It is aimed at enhancing the competitiveness and effectiveness of companies involved in the design and manufacturing of plastic components or production of manufacturing and sensing equipment related to the plastics industry. This consortium provides a formal means for the Polymer Engineering Center at UW-Madison and its industrial collaborators to jointly set up a research agenda, share expertise and resources, validate research outcome, educate a preeminent workforce, and facilitate a two-way transfer of technology.
Multidisciplinary research activities covering important aspects of polymer engineering, such as materials processing, sensing and process control, rheology and material characterization, process modeling and simulation, as well as the development of innovative processes and materials will be conducted with direct input from the consortium members. The industrial consortium members will benefit from leveraging its membership funding, receiving objective, first-hand research results and training for application and implementation, harnessing the collective wisdom of UW and industrial participants, as well as accessing a group of career-ready students with relevant experiences.
Membership Levels
Industrial members participating in this consortium contribute monetarily to support the research and consortium activities. The contribution structure for the consortium members for 2019 is listed below. Companies contributing the Full and Thrust membership will be invited to join the Advisory Board that supervises the PEC research.
Annual contributions for consortium members
| MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES | CONTRIBUTION |
|---|---|
| FULL MEMBERS | $ 45,000 OR MORE |
| THRUST MEMBER | $ 30,000 OR MORE |
| AFFILIATE MEMBERS | $ 10,000 OR IN-KIND |
Full Members
- CoreTech Systems Co., Ltd.
- Teel Plastics, Inc.
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Former Members
- Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen GmbH (Germany)
- Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
- M-Base Engineering + Software GmbH, (Aachen, Germany)
- Bremen University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
- Hanover University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
- Lehrstuhl für Kunststofftechnik (LKT), (Erlangen, Germany)
- Niedersachsen University of Technology
Governmental & Industry Sponsors
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National Science Foundation
Title
Predicting Fiber Attrition during Processing of Long-Fiber Reinforced Composites using a Mechanistic Model Approach
Duration
September 2016 through August 2019
Principle Investigator
Tim A. Osswald
Co-PI
Sebastian Goris
Department of Energy
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Netzsch Instruments NA
Leistritz Extruders
Formech, Inc.
