michael bolmer

consultant

About

PhD in Chemical Engineering with expertise in reaction engineering, catalysis, kinetics, experimental design, experimental equipment, and modeling. Experience in process research, development, and plant support in specialty chemicals, petrochemicals, and polymers. Hold 35 patents or published applications.

Country

united states

City

harleysville

Industry

chemicals

Skill

chemical engineering, reaction engineering, reaction kinetics, catalysis, separations, heterogeneous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis, chemistry, modeling, experimental design, experimental research, data analysis, patents, process development, process improvement, process synthesis, process simulation, process engineering, competitive analysis

Experience

development engineer

tempra technology

2003-1 - 2012-1 · 9 yrs 1 mo

senior research scientist

atofina chemicals

1985-1 - 2003-1 · 18 yrs 1 mo

team leader catalysis

bioamber inc.

2013-1 - 2014-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Coordinated reactor laboratory, analytical services, catalyst supplier. Supervised remote contract research laboratory, designing experimental program and directing day-to-day operations for process development and catalyst screening. Selected new catalyst recipes to be tested. * Worked with contractors to design new pilot plant. * Analyzed kinetic data using Matlab. * Modeled potential plant designs with Aspen.