Mahesh Narkhede aco87p@r.postjobfree.com

*** ***** **** **, *** # 383, Florence, KY 978-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Seeking challenges that utilize my experience and skills in the field of plastics engineering & polymer science towards

delivering competitive products and troubleshooting existing problems; and provides an opportunity of working with a

dynamic team on diverse tasks.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Co-op experience in Compounding, Injection Molding, Film Extrusion, Thermoforming

Electrospinning, Forcespinning non-woven fibers using bio-polymers and engineering thermoplastics

Non-Halogenated Flame retardant materials.

Layer-by-layer assembly of polymeric materials using Dip Coating, Spray Coating, Spin Coating

Proficient in material characterization, mechanical, optical and thermal properties.

Excellent communication skills

EXPERIENCE

Plastics Processing & Product Development, Celanese International, Florence, KY. June 2014- March 2015

Compounding of engineering thermoplastics and bio-plastics using twin screw extrusion, Haake mixer.

Process development experience using film extruder, thermoforming and product development experience using

twin screw extrusion and injection molding.

Engineering thermoplastics for force-spinning non-woven fibers

Graduate Research Assistant, UMASS Lowell, MA September 2011- May 2014

Thesis: Functional Polymeric Multilayers and Nanostructures

Advisor: Jayant Kumar

Electrospun polymer nanofibers based sensors for explosive detection using fluorescence quenching.

Fabricated Ag nanotube from silver coated electrospun PAN nanofibers at ambient conditions.

Developed multilayered flexible polymeric Bragg gratings using spin coating for biomimetic applications.

Developed flame retardant fabrics by layer-by-layer coatings of non-halogenated polymeric materials.

UV cross-linking of polymers and photo-polymerization.

Synthesized polysiloxane functionalized cellulose as an additive for cotton.

Synthesized and characterized conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaic solar cells.

Teaching Assistant, UMASS Lowell, MA. September 2009-May 2011

Taught freshman and sophomore chemistry classes and laboratories

Summer Intern, Kalpana Industries Ltd., Daman, India. May 2008- June 2008

Compounding of PVC for wire and cable coating application

Compounding of XLPE for wire and cable coating application

Undergraduate Capstone Project, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India January 2009 - May 2009

Synthesis of core and shell impact modifier by emulsion polymerization

Fabrication of PVC composite using core and shell impact modifiers

EDUCATION

University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA September 2011- March 2015

Ph.D. in Plastics Engineering

University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA September 2009- May 2011

MS in Chemistry (Polymer Chemistry)

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India July 2005- May 2009

B. Tech in Polymer Engineering and Technology

SKILLS

Spectroscopy: FTIR, UV-Vis, Fluorescence.

Microscopy: SEM, Optical Microscopy, AFM.

Thermal Analysis: TGA, DSC, DMA, ICT.

Mechanical Analysis: Izod &,Charpy impact testing, Tensile Testing, Flexural Testing, Tear Strength, Mulitaxial

Impact Test, Spencer Impact Test.

Chromatography: TLC, Py-GC/MS, GPC.

Light Scattering: Dynamic Light Scattering, XRD.

Rheology: Capillary Rheometer, Melt Flow Index.

Processing Machinery: Single Screw Extrusion (Film), Thermoforming, Twin Screw Extrusion, Injection

Molding.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

1. Best Poster Award, CAM 2011, Canadian American Mexican Graduate Student Physics Conference, Washington

DC, USA.

2. Awarded scholarship by Institute of Chemical Technology, India (tuition fee waiver) 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08

and 2008-09

PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATIONS

1. “Fire Retardant Coatings on Cotton Fabric by Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Non-Halogenated Polymeric

Materials”, Mahesh Narkhede, Sammaiah Thota, Ravi Mosurkal, Jayant Kumar, SPE ANTEC 2014 Conference

Paper 2014, Accepted

2. “Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Halogen-free Polymeric Materials on Nylon/Cotton blend for Flame

Retardant Applications”, Mahesh Narkhede, Sammaiah Thota, Ravi Mosurkal, Wayne Muller, Jayant Kumar,

Fire and Materials, Accepted

3. “Fabrication of polymeric visual decoys for the male emerald ash borer (agrilus planipennis)” Drew P.

Pulsifer, Akhlesh Lakhtakiya, Mahesh Narkhede, Michael J. Domingue, Beverly G.Post, Jayant Kumar, Raul J.

Martin-Palma, Thomas C. Baker, Journal of Bionic Engineering, 10 (2013), 129–138.

4. “Fabrication and testing of artificial emerald ash borer visual decoys” Drew P. Pulsifer, Akhlesh Lakhtakiya,

Mahesh Narkhede, Michael Domingue, Beverly Post, Jayant Kumar, Raul Martin-Palma, Thomas Baker,

Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2013, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 8686, 86860L.

5. “Fine-scale features on bioreplicated decoys of the emerald ash borer provide necessary visual

verisimilitude”, Michael Domingue, Drew Pulsifer, Mahesh Narkhede, Leland Engel, Raúl Martín-Palma,

Jayant Kumar, Thomas Baker, and Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Submitted to SPIE

6. “A Simple Method for Fabricating Silver Nanotubes”, Kumar Abhishek, Doradla Pallavi, Narkhede Mahesh,

Li Lian, Samuelson Lynne, Giles Robert, Kumar Jayant, RSC Advances 2014, 4, 366**-*****

7. “Synthesis and characterization of polysiloxane-functionalized cellulose as novel halogen-free flame

retardant material” Robinson Anandakathir, Ravi Mosurkal, Mahesh Narkhede and Jayant Kumar, From

Abstracts of Papers, 243rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 25-March

29, 2012, PMSE-86.

8. “Polymer Nanofibers Based Sensors for Explosive Detection”, Mahesh Narkhede, Abhishek Kumar, Robinson

Anandakathir, Daniel Sandman, Jayant Kumar, Canadian-American-Mexican Graduate Student Physics

Conference, Washington DC, United States, Sept 29-Oct 01, 2011

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1. MRS-UML (Secretary) 2. Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) 3. American Chemical Society

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