Western的塑料和复合材料工程（PCE）计划的学生研究分子结构，材料特性和性能以及聚合物，复合材料和产品的制造之间的关系。换句话说，他们要么制造您使用的产品，要么制造变成那些产品的材料，要么制造帮助制造那些产品的机器。PCE学生将获得使用商用塑料和复合材料加工设备的真实经验，使用先进的材料表征仪器，进行应用和跨学科的工程研究，对技术过程进行建模，应用设计的实验原理，并学习和实践高级技术和专业沟通技巧。
Students in Western's Plastics and Composites Engineering (PCE) program study the relationship between molecular structure, material properties and performance, and the manufacturing of polymers, composites materials, and products. In other words, they either make the products you use, make the materials that are turned into those products, or make the machines that help build those products. PCE students gain authentic experiences using commercial plastics and composites processing equipment, use advanced materials characterization instrumentation, conduct applied and interdisciplinary engineering research, model technical processes, apply principles of designed experimentation, and learn and practice high-level technical and professional communication skills.