Expert In Polystyrene Foamed Products, Blowing Agents and Thermoplastic Foams

Expertise

• Technology and manufacture of polystyrene foamed products, "Styrofoamm," as marketed by Dow Chemical.
• Technical liaison in the field of polymer engineering, science and cellular plastics.
• Blowing agent technology.
• Thermoplastic foam technology.
• Leader in the field of polymer engineering, science and cellular foamed plastics, eliminating bottlenecks, allowing improvement efficiency in process, creating new values through product and technology development and application opportunities.
• Develop a high rate static extruded polystyrene "Styrofoam" process for the residential sheathing market.
• Design computer simulation model, finding production trends, adjusting parameters and identifying and eliminating bottlenecks in the process, thereby increasing output.
• Develop blowing agent alternatives to CFC12 for extruded polystyrene "Styrofoam" allowing 94% reduction in ODP.
• Rheology of foaming.

Experience

Independent Consultant, 2002 - Present

The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, 1965 - 2002

• Fabricated Products, Senior Research Scientist
• Responsible for developing new products and technologies for new applications for fabricated products.
• Expert for cellular plastics, thermoplastic foams and polystyrene foams. such as "Styrofoam."
• Supported other businesses within Dow in relation to plastic foams.

Research Manager, "Styrofoam" Research

• Responsible for maintaining and growing the "Styrofoam" business, exploring new technologies, and managing a pilot plant.
• Responsible for fifty professional personnel.

Group Leader, Exploratory Research

• Responsible for exploring new products, technologies and research, managing eight direct reports.

Plastics Fundamental Research Laboratory

• Senior Research Engineer: Responsible for development of computer model simulation for plastics businesses, high impact polystyrene process, polystyrene foam sheet process, and process to manufacture "Styrofoam."
• Research Engineer: Responsible for developing computer model for different businesses covering many manufacturing processes.
• Chemical Engineer: Fundamental research and study of the solubility and thermodynamics of Dow materials and polymers.

Honors & Publications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering and Material Science Department
• Advisory Board Member - The Journal of Thermal Insulation
• Advisory Board Member - Center of Excellence in Polymer
• Science and Engineering
• Advisory Board Member - Chemical Engineering Department
• Advisory Board Member - Technical Committee of Edison Polymer Innovation

Honors

• Dow Inventor of the Year Award
• Dow Technology Center Awards (three)
• Research and Development 100 Award

Credentials

• SPE, ACS and Polymer Division, AIChE, and Sigma Xi
• Languages: Korean - Fluent; German - Text; Japanese - Text

Publications

• Author of text books and publications.
• Presentations Subjects: Floating Permeable Blankets, Structural Analysis, Thermoplastic Foam Processing with Supercritical Blowing Agents, and Critical Issues in Thermoplastic Foams.
• 57 U.S. Patents
• 2 U.K. Patents
• 2 Canadian Patents
• 2 European Patents

Education

• Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
• M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
• B.S. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA