Jay M.

Manufacturer and supplier of sustainable lightweight construction materials. (a) Thermal insulation products and solutions (b) Acoustic insulation products and solutions (c) Structural materials

Sustainable oilfield chemicals. Water based performance drilling fluids Sustainable production chemicals

Business: Performance polymers, composites and additives processing Materials: PET, ABS, PC, Nylon, PAN, PP, HDPE, Synthetic and Natural rubber, Natural Graphite, Expandable graphite, Synthetic Carbon, Carbon Fiber, TiO2, SiO2. Si, SiC, ZrC, ZrO, Alumina, TiO2 etc. Target market: Aerospace, automobile, performance composites, thermal management, chemical industry, construction industry, EMI shielding and fire retardant, packaging industry etc. Responsibility: ➢ Technical business development, technical sales and marketing for processed performance polymers, composites and additive materials. ➢ Working with commercial/industrial product and application developers, material suppliers from various industry sectors to solve materials performance challenges. ➢ Working alongside commercial/industrial product and application developers to improve product and application performance. Exploring options to provide them best suitable custom processed materials to improve performances. ➢ Assisting industrial research, development and innovation team with materials and additives integration, solving critical product performance challenges, helping with product performance testing from certified testing centers and laboratories. ➢ Working alongside company materials processing team on quality control, process and productivity optimization. Working alongside company research, development, materials analysis team on testing, analysis, project management. ➢ Representing company at industrial trade shows, expos, conferences. Assisting on project report, product technical presentation preparation. Product prototyping and sampling.

Business: Professional consultancy service to various polymers, chemicals and materials industry sectors Responsibility: ➢ Polymers and Composite Materials: Scientific, technical, business, research and development consultancy service polymers and polymer composites processing companies. Assisting company reps and decision makers regarding various decision making and development processes. Helping on testing, analysis, standardization and certification of various polymers and polymer composite materials. Setting up pilot plants, production lines and team assembly. ➢ Energy Storage Materials: Scientific and technology consultancy service to battery materials, battery minerals, and additives processing companies. Companies were processing graphite (micronized, spherical coated and uncoated), graphite-silicon, graphene, lithium carbonate, nickel and cobalt oxide, titanium dioxide, alumina, manganese dioxide etc. Assisting them on scientific, research, business development and innovation activities. Helping on materials testing, analysis and integration, standardization and certification, technical document preparation, and technical advisory. ➢ Performance Coatings: Technical and scientific assistance to anti-corrosion and performance coatings and adhesive processing companies. Companies were processing and producing epoxy, polyurethane and silicone based paints and coatings with various performance additives such as carbon, titanium dioxide, alumina, silica and various pigments. Helping them on additives integration into resin matrices, lab testing newly developed paints and coatings. ➢ Ceramic and Metallic Alloys: Technical and research and development, business development assistance to metallic and ceramic alloy processing companies. Companies were processing performance alloys and ceramic composites. Assisting on various ceramics and metal alloys processing, testing, analysis and certification.

Business: Performance additives, advanced polymer composites and polymers processing. Target market: Rechargeable battery, thermal management, aerospace and automobile, performance composites, performance coatings, performance oil and lubricants, EMI shielding, fire retardant composite, packaging industry etc. Responsibility: ➢ Downstream processing of additives and materials such as graphite, graphene, carbon fiber, advanced carbon, polymers, polymer composites. ➢ Integration of additives into polymer and resin matrices. Composite materials produced: graphene-nylon 6, carbon fiber-nylon 6, graphene and carbon fiber-PC, graphene and carbon fiber-ABS, graphene and carbon fiber-epoxy, graphene and carbon fiber-PEEK , graphene and carbon fiber-PEI. Integration of advanced additives into anti-corrosion and performance coatings. ➢ Integration of additives such as TiO2, SiO2, CaC, ZrC/ZrO, alumina, silica fume, fumes silica, ceramic powders into polymer matrices. ➢ Materials testing, analysis, characterization and certification from certified laboratories. Testing and analysis such as microstructure, surface morphology, tensile strength, Young’s modulus, compressive strength, thermal and electrical conductivity, specific capacitance, EMI analysis, environmental testing, corrosion resistance, high temperature stability, storage test, chemical stability etc. product prototyping and materials sampling. ➢ Setting up large scale materials processing and production plant and production lines. Process optimization and quality control. ➢ Technical business development, marketing and sales. Solving customer technical issues, company representation at various events, trade shows and expos. Working closely with universities and R&D centers on a variety of development projects, grant and project proposal writing and submission for development funds. Technical presentation preparation.

PhD work: ➢ Downstream processing of polymers, natural and synthetic graphite, graphene and graphene derivatives, inorganic metal oxide additives. ➢ Integration of performance additives into polymer materials, metallic alloys to develop performance composites and advanced materials. Product prototyping, performance testing and presentation. ➢ Polymers, performance additives and composite materials analysis, testing and characterization. ➢ Teaching and mentoring undergrad and grad students, attaining conferences and expos, technical writing, research presentation. Complete list of published articles and PhD Thesis are available on my Google Scholar and Research Gate profiles.