Ref. No. : CA - 15011 - (R&D - Raw Material – with 17.8 years in Plastic Industry)

Education

Ph. D. Plastics Engineering Dept of Plastics Engineering, from University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA in May 2014

M.S. Plastics Engineering Dept of Plastics Engineering, from University of MassachusettsLowell, MA, USA in May 2010

M.S. Textile Chemistry Dept of Materials and Textiles, from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA, USA in Jan 2010

Bachelor of Engineering in Textile Processing from Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Gujarat, INDIA. in May 2002




Skill Sets

Research and Development 

Work Experience

Research and Development Manager
Since Aug 2013
Company Profile: Thermoplastics compounder and concentrate maker. 
Job Profile:
Manage three compounding lines including continuous mixers, twin screws extruder, single screw extruders with pelletizers
Responsible for new product development, and mentor two compounding professionals, and one quality control professional
Co-ordinate with sales team to provide technical support to existing product line to the customers
Analyze and evaluate customer complain, and assist in troubleshooting  

Lab Manager
May 2011 To May 2013
Company Profile: Thermal – mechanical property characterization Lab
Job Profile:
Responsible for calibration, maintenance, consulting, and training of TA instruments (Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA), Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA), Torque rheometer (ARES)), and Bose Eudoratec DMA

Co-op Experience
May 2008 To Aug 2008
Plastic Diversity Solutions Inc
Job Profile:
Member of a “Tiger team”, which was responsible for end – to – end trace ability process of material from warehouse to shipping and testing. Integration and commissioning of statistically process controlled F -80 Banbury coupled with a dual pelletized and strip compounding line

Aug 2003 To May 2006
Industrial Collaboration
Job Profile:
Titleist, Fairhaven MA – Mechanical testing of different varieties of golf balls and golf ball cores for hysteresis curve comparison
FifieldInc, Hingham MA – Quantitative analysis of unknown coating material in artificial leather samples using FTIR
Klear Vu, Fall River, MA – Developed SpillguardTM coating finish using polyurethane material coated upholstery fabric material

Research Assistant
Aug 2006 To July 2013
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Job Profile:
Working on various National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects at Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN)
Developing wet fiber spinning line for fiber spinning with various nano fillers for Raytheon
Investigating different aspect of 3D polymer printing for various applications
Investigating effect of different filler type and concentration on electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effectiveness 
Developing new technique to orient nano particles on the polymer surface using electrostatic field
Service Learning Integrated through College of Engineering (SLICE) projects providing alternative cheaper commodity product solution for Peruvian people

Research Assistant
June 2004 To Dec 2007
Company Name: National Textile Center
Job Profile:
Fracture toughness of through-thickness of composites -Improved fracture toughness by z-directional short fiber between two laminate layers using electrostatic flocking principles by 20% without losing in-plane material properties
Electrostatic web formation – Developed a design to produce well oriented short fiber web parallel to the desired direction using pneumatic and electrostatic principle
Compact fiber-based bioconversion/biofilter system – Designed lab scale water and bio filtration system to study various newly developed flocked fiber based filtration media
Coated and Laminated fabric for Fuel cell – Reviewed possible polymeric material for PEM Fuel cell membrane replacement from traditional Nafion® material

Technical Expertise
Material properties: Instron tensile testing, MaagFlockmeschinen fiber pull-out tester, Brookfield Viscometer, Torque Rheometer, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetry

Spectroscopy / Microscopy:Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), CCD high speed camera, Video Microscopy, Optical Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy

Simulation and design: ANSYS, SOLIDWORKS, COMSOL

Publications 
Y. Kim, J. Rice, K. Langley, A. Lewis, A. Seyam, S. Pawar, M. Kumbhani, A. Hassanin and T. Hamouda, “Engineered Reinforced Structures from Short Fibers”, Principal Investigator, NTC Project: F08-MD01

M. Kumbhani, J. Rice, Y. Kim, “Reinforcement Preform Architecture for Short Fiber Reinforced Composites Using Triboelectic, Electrostatic and Pneumatic Principles”, Society of Engineering Mechanics (SEM)conference proceedings, October, 2010

L.Feng, M. Kumbhani, Y. Kim, J. Rice, "Fracture Behavior of Flock Fiber Reinforced Laminar Composite", Journal of Material Science and Engineering, vol. 1, issue 1, June 2011

L. Feng, M. Kumbhani, Y. Kim, A. Lewis, J. Rice, “Micromechanics of z-directional micro-fiber reinforcement”, Journal Advanced Material, Issue 1, Jan 2010

Conference Presentations
M. Kumbhani, C. Barry, J. Mead, “Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) shielding properties of short carbon fiber/Multiwall Carbon Nanotube(MWCNT) in polyurethane matrix”, 178th Annual ACS Rubber division conference, October 2010

A. Kumar, M. Kumbhani, C. Barry, J. Mead, “Effect of recycled tire regrind as a filler in butyl rubber matrix”, 176th ACS Rubber conference, October 2009

Poster presentations at NTC annual meeting, March 2005, February 2006

Leadership Experience
Graduate Council Member
Aug 2009 To Aug 2010
Represented graduate student body from UMass Lowell at Center for High-rate Nano manufacturing, and NSF meetings
Assistant Resident Director / Resident Advisor         Jan 2007 To May 2012
Working as a team member and leader for residence life staff, and worked as a mentor for resident students
Orientation Lead

May 2007 To Aug 2007
Worked in a team of orientation leaders for incoming freshmen and provided information and guidance

Professional Affiliation 
American Association of Textile Chemist and Colorist (AATCC) (2003 – 2005)

Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) (2005 – 2006)

Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) (2007 – 2009, 2014 - Present)

Material Research Society (MRS) (2009 – 2010)

American Chemical Society (ACS) Rubber division (2009 – 2011)

Research Interest
Fiber reinforced composite material manufacturing and testing, Electrostatic orientation of particles, Fracture mechanics, Nano-composite, EMI shielding materials, Fiber spinning, Micro-tooling, Additive manufacturing

Future Goals

Goal is to lead a group of highly skilled and motivated individual to achieve research and development at the highest level of quality.

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