Experience

InnoSense

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Director of Research and Development

  • Jun 2012 - Present

  Torrance, CA • Write competitive and innovative research proposals in a variety of fields for the small business. Proposals were for NASA, DoD, DOE, and NIH. • Was able to secure $3 million dollars of funding from the SBIR Program to develop cryogenic insulation, low temperature lubricants, and solar catalyzed carbon dioxide reduction. Experience with ITAR. • Directed a team of 3 to 4 engineers to develop projects. • Write standard operating procedures (SOPs). • Interface with external companies… Show more • Write competitive and innovative research proposals in a variety of fields for the small business. Proposals were for NASA, DoD, DOE, and NIH. • Was able to secure $3 million dollars of funding from the SBIR Program to develop cryogenic insulation, low temperature lubricants, and solar catalyzed carbon dioxide reduction. Experience with ITAR. • Directed a team of 3 to 4 engineers to develop projects. • Write standard operating procedures (SOPs). • Interface with external companies for commercialization potential, testing, and processing collaborations. • Collaborated with national laboratories, universities, and a Fortune 500 company to work on research projects. • Formulated polyurethane foam composite coatings. Blurb in Tech Briefs trade journal. Relationship between additives, raw materials and coating properties. • Fabricated aerogel structures of various polymer and metal oxide composite materials. • Manipulated the phase behavior of ionic liquid blends to generate lubricants. • Authored over 20 progress reports and final reports on technical research projects. • Co-authored 3 refereed papers and 4 conference proceedings. • Part of team developing wicking time-temperature tag for Army munitions.

• Team Leader/Principal Investigator

  • Aug 2009 - Present

  Author SBIR/STTR proposals on materials/polymer science. Perform basic science experiments in the laboratory. Interface with collaborators, clients, and industry for project support.