Science and technology of polyolefins, most specifically polyolefins based on C2 to C5 olefins obtained from steam cracking. The course will cover olefin polymerization methods (radical, ionic, and metal-coordinated insertion) and kinetics (activation, initiation, propagation, termination, transfer, and mathematic approaches), homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst technology (activator, initiator, support, electron donor, Ziegler-Natta, metallocene, and organometallic), polymerization reactor dynamics (CSTR and tubular, slurry, solution, gas-phase, and hybrid, reactor granule technology, heat and mass transfer), structural characterization (molecular weights, composition, rheology, and morphology), structure and property relationships (plastics, rubbers, tackifiers, crystallization, crosslinking, self-association, mechanisms and mechanics of plasticity, elasticity, and adhesion), and polyolefin blends and compounds (thermodynamics and dynamics of blends and compounds).