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Ph.D.
Professional profile
Ph.D. materials engineer, working independently, with strong work ethic, creativity, and 23 years of R&D experience in:
* Program management for industry and government clients
* Measurement of mechanical and thermal properties of materials (polymers, composites, metals, and ceramics) and components; analysis, interpretation, reporting, and presenting test results internally, externally, to customers and sponsors. Finding structure-processing-property relationship. Qualification of new suppliers.
* Test method development and fixture design (for specific mission requirements), and validation (precision, repeatability study, gage R&R)
* Polymers (thermosets, thermoplastics, rubbers, adhesives, films, sheets, foams, fibers), composites and their processing (RTM, VARTM, compression molding, autoclave, hand lay-up)
* Laboratory supervision (keep it safe, clean, efficient; write and implement internal test procedures; oversee calibration, maintenance, repairs) and management of technical personnel (students, technicians, engineers)
Excellent written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills, developed by interacting with colleagues, customers, presenting at conferences, and training technical personnel.
Understanding of business needs, customer needs, and product requirements proved by his support of production, raw materials quality, marketing, customer technical support.
Research project management
Led programs (up to $400k, 1 yr, 1000+ tests, -40F to 250F range) in materials characterization and processing in automotive, rail and road transportation, armors and weapons, aerospace, medical implant, cell phones for:
* Industry: Rohm and Haas, Gore, DuPont, 3M, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin, Lyondell Basell, Dyneon, ILC Dover, Solectria, Webcore
* Government: Dept of Defense, Dept. of Energy, Nat. Science Foundation, US Navy Research Office.
Met budgets and deadlines.
Experimental mechanics, qualification, material and component testing and analysis (ASTM, ISO)
* Qualified new suppliers for key products worth $0.5B/yr in company's sales
* Material property–product performance relationship (led program to measure correlation between 15 material mechanical properties and 14 product performance metrics)
* Statistical analysis (t–Test, ANOVA, linear regression, multiple regression, partial least squares)
* Static, fatigue, wear, hysteresis, impact testing. Tension, compression, bending, shear, hardness, indentation. Testing in -40oF to 250oF range. Use of strain gages.
* CTE, thermal analysis (DSC, TGA, TMA), DMA, fire resistance
* Microscopy, and 3D surface texture analysis
Develop new analysis methods and procedures
* Designed rolling test for surface roughness fast screening (pass-fail) of parts: very fast, inexpensive test to replace slow, expensive test method
* Developed automated test method for compression of polishing pad: test time 10x faster than "manual" test method
* Operator-friendly compression test method used for routine QC of soft products
* Introduced: "transition point" as a surrogate of yield for rubbers lacking yield
* Written 10+ internal test procedures for mechanical and thermal characterization, and trained lab personnel in them.
Professional experience
Dow Chemical Company (formerly Rohm and Haas), Newark, DE 2003-present
Senior Scientist
Project management. Material characterization and qualification, analysis, interpretation and reporting of test data (for production, raw material quality, process and product improvement, patent attorney). Test method development and customization. Laboratory supervision and technical personnel management. Determination of structure-processing-property relationship.
Center for Composite Materials, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE 1996-2003
Research Engineer
Research program management (up to $400k, 1 yr) for government and industry in areas of materials, testing, processing, design. Writing and presenting technical proposal and estimates to win new work (successful with Sikorsky, Lyondell Basell, and ILC Dover)
Comerit (FIAT supplier), Italy 1995-1996
Process Improvement Engineer
Fiat Research Center, Italy 1994-1995
Research Engineer
IDIS Foundation, Italy 1992-1994
Design and Development Engineer
National Research Council, Italy 1990-1992
Material Researcher
Magnaghi, Italy 1986-1990
Mechanical Engineer
Computer Skills – Software
Excel, JMP (statistical software by SAS), TestWorks4 by MTS, Bluehill by Instron, Kaleidagraph (mathematical and graphical data analysis), Universal Analysis (for rheology and thermal analysis), Lotus Notes (email), Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe.
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1986, University of Naples, Italy. Graduated with honors.
Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, 1991, University of Naples, Italy.
Specialization in Polymer Science, 1992, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Publications
2 book chapters (on engineering plastics, and design), and 45 papers in areas of material characterization, design, and processing.
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