Ideal introductory text for seniors and first year graduate students in material science, industrial, mechanical, and chemical engineering tracks! Includes qualitative questions and fill-in-the-blank exercises along with quantitative problems!Helps the reader to understand and improve current manufacturing processes, as well as invent novel composite processing techniques!Process Modeling in Composites Manufacturing examinestransport equations especially geared towards polymer flowsthe basics of fluid mechanics and heat transfer principlesshort fiber suspension and advanced thermoplastic manufacturing methodsreaction and crystallization kinetics and permeability of fabricsconventional assumptions in polymer composite processingmodeling tools such as dimensionless analysis and closed forms solutionsProcess Modeling in Composites Manufacturing is essential reading for manufacturing, mechanical, industrial, material science, and chemical engineers, and will prove to be an invaluable text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.