Rubber Division Online Education

Course Refund and Participation Policies

Why should you take an online class?

Online educational course delivery is the most efficient technological development in long distance learning education. Flexible and easy access means that you can enroll anytime and complete your studies in your own home and at your own pace. It also offers you the option of continuing in a full time job and attending to other life needs, while controlling the time and schedule of learning and completing assignments, pacing yourself on your own time.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available for all courses upon completion. You no longer have a time limit of 4 months to complete any of these courses. See below for the number of CEUs given for each completed course.

All courses are purchased online and may be paid with credit card, bank wire or personal check. Please register and follow the instructions carefully if you will be buying more than one course or will be paying by alternative means. We ask that you read the information about online education and print copies of the refund and participation policies, as well as your registration page. Multiple course purchases are available. After payment is received, a book will be sent to each student via UPS.

Basic Rubber Technology Online Course

1. What Is This Course Like?
   1. Once you register and purchase the course, we will mail your copy of the textbook to you.
   2. After you receive your textbook, you should then read each chapter before taking the test.
1. ALL tests are taken online and graded instantly, so you know what you understood or need to study more.
2. Recommended For:
   People with little or no prior technical rubber industry background whose daily work now is connected with the rubber industry.
3. Associated Text:
   Basic Elastomer Technology, edited by Drs. K. C. Baranwal and H. L. Stephens, 2000
4. Course Topics:
   1. Introduction to Polymer Science
   2. The Compounding and Vulcanization of Rubber
   3. Fillers: Carbon Black and Nonblack
   4. Processing and Vulcanized Tests
   5. Physical Testing of Vulcanizates
   6. Natural Rubber
   7. Styrene-Butadiene Rubbers and much more!
5. Costs:
   1. Members in USA = $345.00
   2. Members in all other countries = $425.00
   3. Non-members in USA = $445.00
   4. Non-members in all other countries = $525.00
6. CEUs Available Upon Completion: 5

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Intermediate Rubber Technology Online Course

1. What Is This Course Like?
   1. Once you register and purchase the course, we will mail your copy of the textbook to you.
   2. After you receive your textbook, you should then read each chapter before taking the test.
   3. ALL tests are taken online and graded instantly, so you know what you understood or need to study more.
2. Recommended For:
   People whose daily work involves the use of rubber and rubber-like materials. For the experienced individual, this course will serve as both a review and an update. Newer people to the field will be able to use this course as a continuation of education after completing the Basic Rubber Technology course listed above.
3. Associated Text:
   Elastomer Technology: Special Topics edited by Drs. H. L. Stephens and K. C. Baranwal
4. Course Topics:
   1. Elastomers and Their Usage
   2. Physical Properties and Their Usage
   3. Compound Analysis
   4. Engineering Design
   5. Processing Aids
   6. Plasticizers
   7. Vulcanization and much more!
5. Costs:
   1. Members in USA = $345.00
   2. Members in all other countries = $425.00
   3. Non-members in USA = $445.00
   4. Non-members in all other countries = $525.00
6. CEUs Available Upon Completion: 9

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Advanced Rubber Technology Online Course

1. What Is This Course Like?
   1. Once you register and purchase the course, we will mail your copy of the textbook to you.
   2. After you receive your textbook, you should then read each chapter before taking the test.
   3. ALL tests are taken online and graded instantly, so you know what you understood or need to study more.
2. Recommended For:
   This course is designed for highly motivated professionals. Special emphasis is placed on the theoretical as well as the practical aspects of polymerization, polymer structure, rheology and rubber elasticity concepts and behavior.
3. Associated Text:
   Science and Technology of Rubber, edited by Drs. J. E. Mark, B. Erman and E. R. Eirich
4. Course Topics:
   1. Rubber Elasticity: Basic Concepts and Behavior
   2. Polymerization
   3. Structure Characterization in the Science and Technology of Elastomers
   4. The Molecular Basis of Rubber-Like Elasticity
   5. Dynamic Mechanical Properties
   6. Rheological Behavior and Processing of Unvulcanized Rubber and much more!
5. Costs:
   1. Members in USA = $345.00
   2. Members in all other countries = $425.00
   3. Non-members in USA = $445.00
   4. Non-members in all other countries = $525.00
6. CEUs Available Upon Completion: 12

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