Smart and Adaptive polymers are emerging class of materials that possess unique properties, including the ability to sense and respond to different stimuli, such as electrical, mechanical, chemical, and biological, in a prescribed fashion. Examples of these polymers include biopolymers, active polymers, and polymer composites. These synthetic polymers have proven themselves in challenging environments and can be used in a variety of applications including tissue engineering, light-weight materials, biologically inspired materials, materials for biomedical devices, sensors and actuators, electronics packaging, and automotive materials. Our research interests include the fabrication of high-performance functional polymers, characterization of polymer properties (mechanical, viscoelastic, thermal, electric, etc.), correlation of morphological variations with polymer properties, and analytical modeling and numerical simulation of polymer properties. The research on these materials and their properties will advance and improve the current technologies in a variety of fields that require new or more efficient multi-functional materials.