Experience

AXEL Plastics, Inc.

• Senior Research Scientist

  • Dec 2011 - Present

  Products development for mold releases and processing aid additives • Developed solvent-based silicone coating products - XTEND 1110EP for epoxy: best in the market (ease of release, longevity of coating) - XTEND 838(release)/AMS(sealer) for vinyl ester: Axel’s best-selling (>10 drums/month) • Developed water-based silicone coating products - XTEND W-4008 for polyolefin (rotational molding): low cost, easy releasing coating • Developed internal processing aid products: new applications / markets to expand business - epoxy pultrusion (INT-1324B) / PU pultrusion (INT-1960MCH) / clear PC (INT-33LSE) / optical PMMA (INT-AM2692B) Show less



NIST

• Education

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Nov 2009 - Nov 2011

  Model polyamide thin film RO membranes for structure-property study • Developed spin-assisted molecular layer-by-layer deposition process to fabricate polyamide thin films with tunable thickness, surface roughness and surface chemistry. • Demonstrated that surface chemistry can be controlled by the last reaction step (m-phenylene diamine or trimesoyl chloride): amine-rich (basic) or carboxylic acid-rich (acidic) Self-healing coating systems • Developed a new class of elastomers with widely tunable thermo-mechanical properties using binary mixtures of a polar polymer and a high-melting ionic liquid. • Demonstrated that small surface scratches can be healed by mild heating through thermal flow of the coating layer. Show less



University of Massachusetts Amherst

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2004 - Oct 2009

  Locally anisotropic polymer membranes • Demonstrated that mixtures of high melting crystallizable diluents and compatible polymers can develop unique anisotropic microstructures. Constructed theoretical phase diagrams for thermodynamic interpretation of the process. Self-reinforcing polymer composites • Demonstrated simultaneous enhancement in processability and toughness of novel polymer composites using organic molecular crystals as dual functionality additives. Locally anisotropic polymer membranes • Demonstrated that mixtures of high melting crystallizable diluents and compatible polymers can develop unique anisotropic microstructures. Constructed theoretical phase diagrams for thermodynamic interpretation of the process. Self-reinforcing polymer composites • Demonstrated simultaneous enhancement in processability and toughness of novel polymer composites using organic molecular crystals as dual functionality additives.



SK innovation

• South Korea
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Research Engineer

  • Jan 1992 - Aug 2004

  Polyolefin products development • Polymerization process optimization of high impact propylene copolymers (polymer synthesis) • Low-blush heterophasic propylene copolymers (polymer blend technology) • High melt strength propylene homopolymers (controlled molecular architecture for PP films) • Polymer composites (compounding technology for particle-toughened polyolefins) Customer support • Computer-aided engineering support to assist commercial mold development (MoldFlow). • Troubleshooting and process optimization for injection molding and film extrusion. Show less