Polymer Science - Chemical Engineering for Patent Applications, FTO, New Product Analysis Expert

Expertise

• Materials and surface scientist, process engineer, technical lead and technology consultant.

• 14+ years of experience in resins, nanomaterials, adhesives, composites and coatings.

• 6+ years of industrial experience in applications development for new markets, process development and scale-up to pilot, new product improvements, analytical testing, etc.

• 2+ years of law firm experience in patent application drafting, prior art analysis, and technology review.

• 20+ peer-reviewed publications and 800+ citations.

• Expertise in molecular surfaces, interfaces, adhesion, polymer composites and nanocomposites, fracture, and Design of Experiment (DOE).

Experience

Undisclosed Company                      Apr 2023  - Present R&D Engineer IV (Principal Engineer)

• Managing various R&D projects and resources, defining and assigning tasks, and tracking progress.

• As a team lead, established a coating pilot platform for producing polymer film products.

• As a lead engineer, designing and developing pilot processes for production of polymer film products.

• As a lead engineer, developing applications and characterizing various carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions.

• Representing R&D in technical relationship with customers to deliver project technical objectives.

• Supporting marketing team relationship with customers in technical aspects.

• Collaborating with cross-divisional scientists, engineers, maintenance and EHS staff.

• Training scientist and technicians in various analytical and physical testing.

Huntsman Corporation, The Woodlands, TX Oct 2018 – March 2023

Sr. R&D Engineer

• Developed a process for producing novel film adhesive products and optimized the process using Design of Experiments (DOE) methodology.

• Performed extensive characterization of resins, surfactants, nanofillers, carbon nanotubes, nanocomposite dispersion, etc. utilizing a wide range of analytical instruments and techniques including surface analysis, thermal and electrical analysis, solid and liquid rheology, microscopy, mechanical and bond strength per various ASTM and MIL specs, etc.

• Designed and constructed an automated spray-coating system for precise application of primers and coatings.

• Developed computer simulations of epoxy-amine reaction kinetics using MATLAB, validated by FTIR spectroscopy.

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, Alexandria, VA Oct 2015 – Aug 2018

Patent Technical Advisor

• Drafted 80+ original U.S. patent applications in various technologies including polymer membranes, coatings, solar cells, battery, catalysts and reactor design, chemical and petrochemical plant design, chemical sensors, etc.

• Analyzed 500+ patent and non-patent literature for patentability and freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis.

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Sep 2010 – Sep 2015

Assistant Research Fellow

• Synthesized and characterized non-additive toughened epoxy coatings and composites.

• Formulated and characterized room-temperature self-healing epoxy-based coating systems.

• Developed and implemented MATLAB-based computational models to simulate epoxy-amine reaction kinetics in dilute environments; and separately to analyze water and solvent diffusion processes in polymer membrane.

Honors & Publications

SELECTED AWARDS

• Best Paper Award in Structures and Materials Technical Session, Vertical Flight Society 

• Drexel University’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award in Physical and Life Sciences.

• Peebles Award for Graduate Student Research in Adhesion Science, Adhesion Society, Savannah, GA.

SELECTED SKILLS

• Software: MATLAB, OriginPro (DOE, Statistics, ANOVA, Correlation, Image processing, Signal and peak analysis, Optimization, ODE), COMSOL,1 Schrödinger MS Maestro,1 OMNIC, TRIOS, ChemDraw.

• Instruments: FTIR, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Inverse Gas Chromatography (IGC), Goniometer, SEM, Small/Wide Angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS), Dielectric Analysis (DEA), XRD, GPC, DSC, DMA, DHR, TGA, TMA.

• Polymer surface treatment: Corona/plasma treatment, automated spray-coating.

• Polymer Processing: Hot-melt coating, Reserve roll coating, Polymer Extrusion, Roll Milling, autoclave, etc.

SELECTED TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

• Sorption Analysis using Dynamic Vapor Sorption (DVS) and IGC, Surface Measurement Systems.

• Composite Essentials for Engineers and Technical Managers, ABARIS Training Resources Inc.

• Adhesive Bonding of Composites and Metals, ABARIS Training Resources Inc. 

Languages

• English
• Farsi

Publications

• 20+ peer-reviewed publications and 800+ citations.

Education

• Ph.D. Chemical Engineer (With Distinction) Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
• B.S. Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Iran