• Gender: Male
• Age: 47
• Designation: Senior Executive
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Preferred Country: India
• Preferred Location: Anywhere
• Work Experience: 25.6 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D. Thesis title: Transport Properties of Polymer Films Containing Nanoparticulate Fillers. 2007.
Polymer Science and Engineering Group, Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division
M. E. (Chemical Engineering) passed with First Class from Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engineering and Technology (T. K. I. E. T.), Warananagar under Shivaji University, Kolhapur, (M.S.), India in 2002.
B. Tech. (Polymers (Plastics)) passed with First Class from College of Engineering and Technology, Akola under Amaravati University, Amaravati (M.S.), India in 1999.
Diploma (Polymer and Plastics Engineering) passed with First Class (Distinction) from Institute of Petrochemical Engineering under Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, Raigad (M.S.), India in 1996.
Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.) passed with First Class (Distinction) from Pune Board (M.S), India in 1993.

Skill Sets

COMPUTER LITERACY: C, C++, Basic, MS Office 95/97/98/2000/XP

Work Experience

Research Engineer
Since April 2007 to till date
Presently working with a leading polymer company.

Research Engineer
Since May 2004 to March 2007
Worked with SRF (Senior Research Fellowship awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India) at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticles/Nanocomposites:
Studied in detail the Structure-Property-Processing Relationships for the development of Thermoplastic based Polymer Composites/Nanocomposites/Blends for various Applications.
Masterbatch Preparation for the Uniform Dispersion of Nanoparticulate Fillers into Polymer Matrix/Polymer Blend.
Manufacturing, Analysis and Optimization of Thermoplastic based composites / nanocomposites and Blends.
Investigated effect of an addition of commercial as well as nanoparticulate fillers on structure development, Crystallization behavior and morphology of Thermoplastic based Nanocomposites/Blends.
Investigated effect of an addition of commercial as well as nanoparticulate fillers on Transport, Mechanical, Optical and Thermal Properties of Polymer based nanocomposites.
Investigated effect of an addition of commercial as well as nanoparticulate fillers on nanocomposites coatings.

Project Assistant
Since July 2002 to April 2004
Worked on Industry sponsored project by SJS Plastiblends at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
Job Profile:
Impact Modification of Polypropylene Molding grade composites for Automotive applications:
Achieved very high Impact strength, flexural strength and modulus without any loss of tensile strength and flexibility (% elongation at break) (US Patent: 20050127558).
Manufacturing and Development of Polymer Composites for Automotive Applications with very high Impact and Flexural Modulus.
Flame Retardancy and Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene based Nanocomposites filled with Mg(OH)2 nanoparticles.
Corrosion resistance nanocomposite coatings (ZnO nanoparticles).

Project Trainee
Since July 2001 to June 2002
Worked on Crystallization Behavior, Morphology and Properties of Polypropylene containing commercial as well as nanoparticulate Fillers, at NCL, Pune (M.S.), India. (Thesis advisor: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan).

Visiting Lecturer in Plastic Engineering Department
Since July 2000 to December 2000-
Worked with Government Polytechnic, Miraj, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.

Production Engineer
Since July 1999 to June 2000
Worked with Sunflex Pipes Pvt. Ltd., Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur.
Job Profile:
Developed a Novel Synthetic Paradigm towards Nanoparticulate fillers and investigated the effect of an addition of nanoparticulate fillers on Structure development, Morphology, Crystallization behavior, Transport (Permeability), Mechanical, Thermal and Optical properties of its Thermoplastic based Composites/Nanocomposites.
Polymer Processing: Haake Rheocord, DSM Micro 5 Microcompounder & Microinjection Molding unit, Techno Search Compression Molding unit, Haake Polylab Single Screw and Twin Screw Extruder coupled with Sheet, Tape and Ribbon die, KOLSITE make Blown film extrusion plant, etc.
Polymer Testing: Tensile Testing, Impact Testing, Hardness, Tear Resistance, Dielectric constant, MFE, Vicat softening Temperature, Heat Distortion Temperature, Four Probe Conductivity, Color, Haze and Gloss.
Characterization Techniques:
Spectroscopy: Phillips PW 1730 X-Ray Diffractometer, NMR, Ocean Optics UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, Light Scattering techniques (Static and Dynamic).
Thermal Analysis: Perkin Elmer DSC 7, TGA
Microscopy: Optical with Image Analyzer System, Analyzing Morphological and Microstructural Features by SEM, TEM and Familiarity with advanced Imaging systems like AFM.
Permeability: Permeability Tester, Moisture Analyzer (METLER TOLEDO), etc.
Turbidity: Turbidity meter (TURBIQUANT-1500T).
Optical: Glossmeter, ColorEye XTS Spectrophotometer (GretagMacbeth).