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Polymers are more alive than you may realize. There are molecules within them that wiggle, others that move from here to there, and some that permeate all the way through. Polymer properties change as all this motion is occurring. When this is not understood or anticipated during product development stages, products fail. The good news...

We are proud to announce the 2024 winners of the EWI Technical Excellence Awards!The recipients have demonstrated exceptional expertise and leadership in their skill areas and project work. Joshua James, Engineer of the Year Senior Technology Leader Joshua James directs the corrosion and environmental testing group at EWI. Over the past few years, he has...

Polymers undergo creep and stress relaxation over long periods, which can be detrimental to the function of products in a multitude of industries. When designing devices or components that contain polymers, it is important to understand how to analyze stress relaxation vs. creep in plastic materials and develop mitigation strategies for the two phenomena. Polymer...