Engineer Injection Molding

Rohan Labde

*** ****** *****, ***. *****,

Wilmington NC 28403

ot21u1@r.postjobfree.com 910-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

A highly motivated and technically skilled professional seeking a position

in the chemical/polymer industry to expand skills, knowledge and experience

with polymeric materials, product process development and pilot plant

operations which will be an asset for your organization.

Industrial experience:

From February 2010 to the present, I hold the position of R&D Engineer II

and Polymer Technology Specialist at DAK Americas LLC. In this position, I

am responsible for

. Developing in-house resin/polymer/fiber R&D facilities

. Developing new products and processes in the R&D Lab using lab scale

polymerization reactor units and successfully scale up the processes

at pilot plants to the commercialization

. Developing new products related to bio-polymers, barrier resins,

blends and specialty polymers, new and novel catalysts and additives,

post-consumer and post-industrial recycle polymers, new polymer

formulations, fiber technology

. Leading the commercialization of new products and processes as well as

provide process, product and fundamental technical support for both

internal and external interfaces

. Process development in polymer compounding, injection molding and blow

molding

. Serving as a liaison to universities and/or external contract research

facilities

. Training the technical members of the team and technicians to handle

and operate R&D Lab instruments by following standard procedure,

proper precaution with industrial safety practice

. Presenting the results in detail to the R&D team and management

members on the quarterly basis

I also had the eight weeks Industrial (In Plant) Training at Alkyl Amines

Chemicals Ltd., Pune, India.

I lead a group of three Chemical Engineer Interns to prepare reports

related to design and heat calculation of distillation column of Ethylene

Amine Reactor, to increase efficiency of Thermal Oil Heater, to increase

efficiency of Baggase Boiler.

(May-June 2006)

iNDUSTRIAL AND R&d LAB Skills:

. Expertise in high temperature and high pressure/high vacuum

polymerization processes

. Proficient in twin-screw extruder and pelletizer operations

. Experienced with single screw extruder and injection molding operations

. Skilled with characterization of polymer materials using different

techniques such as

DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimeter) FTIR (Fourier Transform

Infrared Spectroscopy)

XRD (X-ray diffraction) SSP (Solid

State Polymerization)

Rheological Analysis TGA

(Thermal Gravimetric Analysis)

TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) SEM (Scanning Electron

Microscopy)

Mechanical Property Tester (Instron-4400R) NMR (Nuclear Magnetic

Resonance)

Optical Microscopy & SA Light Scattering GC (Gas Chromatography)

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

(Research option:-Polymer Science & Engineering, GPA 3.8/4)

(2007-2009)

University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

. MS Project (Major): Passive barrier- Successfully developed method for

preparation of almost Exfoliated Polymer (Polyethylene

Terephthalate)/Pristine MMT Nanocomposite

. MS Project (Minor): Comparison between melt phase high IV and SSP PET

polyester resin

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

(2003-2007)

Institute of Chemical Technology (formally known as UDCT), Mumbai (India)

Publications, PRESENTATIONS AND SKILLS:

. Thesis and Journal Article ( J. of Applied Polymer Science -Vol. 125,

Issue S1, Pages E361-E381, July 2012): Improved method for dispersing

clay in a monomer or bis(2-hydroxy ethyl terephthalate) before in situ

polymerization of poly(ethylene terephthalate)/montmorillonite

nanocomposites

. Won Research Presentation prize at PINO-2009 (Polymer and Chemical

Engineering Innovation Northeast Ohio @ Case Western Reserve

University, Cleveland) (July-2009) : Preparation and characterization of

PET/MMT Nanocomposite by In-situ Polymerization Method

. The semester basis research presentations were done for PET Consortium

meeting during graduate study (total 8)

. The quarterly basis research presentations were done in front of R&D team

and management team

. PET Technology and Application Seminar at Polymer Technology Inc.,

Holland OH

. Computer: Microsoft office, C, C++ languages, MATLAB, ChemCAD, Polymath,

COMSOL, Minitab

. Worked as teacher assistance for undergraduate students to help them to

understand fundamentals in chemical engineering courses

. Conducted chemical engineering laboratory for undergraduate students

. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, work well as a team

member with people at organization and of various culture

. Versatile and hard working individual, creative problem solver, seek

challenges and driven to meet and exceed expectations

. Languages: Proficient in English, Hindi, Marathi, Basic knowledge of

Sanskrit

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES:

Professional references available upon request

(Available for work as soon as possible and ready to relocate anywhere in

the United States of America)

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