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Rubber Division announces training opportunities available for March and April

Akron, OH – The Rubber Division, ACS has the following learning opportunities available in March and April.

The Rubber Division makes it easy for you to learn from anywhere, as all of their courses are conducted online.

Webinars are a free benefit to members, and all Rubber Division, ACS courses are free for undergraduate student members. CEUs are available on most of these courses. Here is the list of the next couple months of training:

March 24 – Course: Rubber Explained – Recently added due to high demand!
March 28 – Course: Thermoplastic & Functional Elastomers
March 29 – Communications Webinar: What Is My Value & How Do I Talk About It?
April 4, 11, 18 & 21 – Course: Rubber Science & Fabrication
April 7 – Webinar: Basics of Polymer Testing & Processing
April 12 – Webinar: US Regulatory Compliance in the Rubber Industry
April 19 – Course: Essentials of Rubber Technology
April 20 – Course: Essentials of Silicone Rubber
April 22 – Course: Elastomers for Selective Gas Separation, including Carbon Capture
April 25 – In-person Course: Rubber Explained
April 26 – In-person Course: Processing & Testing of Rubber

Individual and company training passes available.
Email hmaimone@rubber.org for more information or to sign up your employees.

FEATURED COURSES

March 24 – Rubber Explained
This course was designed for sales and executives working in the rubber industry. Centered around practical explanations and basic fundamentals, this is the perfect course for the non-technical individual. The course will cover the following topics:

• Key raw materials used in rubber compounding
• What a rubber formulation looks like
• Costing a rubber formulation
• Types of mixing processes
• Types of fabrication processes
• Interpreting a test specification
• Interpreting test results
• Basic testing methods

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET
CEUs: 0.66

March 28 – Thermoplastic & Functional Elastomers
This course will introduce participants to different types and contemporary uses of TPEs, in addition to the molecular design, synthesis and characteristics of TPEs derived from block copolymers. Thermodynamic considerations regarding network formation and bridging metrics in TPEs will be addressed by experimental observations, theoretical predictions and computer simulations. Blends of TPEs and their uses in conventional and emerging applications will be described, as will the chemical functionalization of TPEs for specialized technologies (e.g., designer additives, organic photovoltaics, soft actuators, separation membranes and antimicrobial materials).

Time: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET
CEUs: 0.76

Visit Rubber.org for more details.