Nanoscale fibers have the potential to be used in a wide variety of military applications for protection, sensing, medication, and electronics. During the process called electrospinning, high voltages invoke elongational forces in polymeric solutions to draw nanoscale fibers. The wide variety of electrospinning applications is due to the ability to incorporate additives such as chemical agents, biomaterials, and conductive particles into electrospun polymers. The large number of variables affecting electrospun fiber formation makes the process difficult to control, which is necessary for mass production. In this study, polyethylene oxide (PEO) solutions at various polymer concentrations were electrospun, and the resulting fibers were analyzed. It was found that an increase in PEO concentration from 4 to 7% (w/v) resulted in an increase in fiber diameter and uniformity. To study the effects various additives may have on the electrospinning of PEO fibers, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was added to the polymer solutions. The addition of SDS at 0.3 to 4 % (w/v) changed the viscosity, conductivity, and surface tension of PEO solutions. Fiber diameter and uniformity improved with increasing SDS; the solution conductivity increased, and the viscosity initially increased with the addition of SDS, but decreased as more SDS was added.