The Centre for Reinforced Plastic was inaugurated by Prof. (Dr.) Eby Thomas Thachil, Head, Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, CUSAT on 30.03.2011. The centre is expected to promote linkages between the department and industry/research institutes outside the campus. The centre can augment polymer research and polymer related projects taken up by the faculty [...]

A universal testing machine is used to test the tensile stress and compressive strength of materials. It is named after the fact that it can perform many standard tensile and compression tests on FRPs, Plastics, rubbers etc