Project Manager Development

Kevin C. Wu

**** ****** **** *****, ********, MN 55447 *****.**.**@*****.*** 339-***-****

Research, Product Development, and Project Management

Experienced polymer researcher specializing in product and process development and project

management. Expert hand-on ability with synthesis, characterization, scale-up,

manufacture, and process of thermal plastic and thermoset polymers and coatings,

including polyurethanes, epoxies, UV curable, acrylic, waterborne, polyester, and

polyamide. Experienced in DOE and DFSS practice. Experienced team leader and project

manager for product development and commercialization with proven record of developing

commercial polymers, coatings, adhesives, and functional specialties

Professional Experiences

Draths Corporation, Plymouth, MN 2009

Research Scientist

Led the development of renewable bio-based epoxy, urethane, and polyamide resin

Key Achievements:

• Developed thermoset coating and adhesive materials for commercialization

SEGETIS, INC., Golden Valley, MN 2007-2009

Senior Scientist and Group Leader

Led the development of renewable bio-based thermoplastic additives, created a novel bio-based thermoset

materials, polyurethane coating and adhesive, and coordinated with commercial partners for specific

developments.

Key Achievements:

• Established product and IP portfolio of thermoplastic additives

• Invented the company’s first product commercialization candidate

• Developed thermoset coating and adhesive materials for commercialization

FOSTER-MILLER, INC., Waltham, MA 2005-2007

Senior Scientist and Project Manager

Led the development of novel environmentally benign UV curable polyurethane, epoxy, acrylate materials for

aerospace and defense applications, managed aerospace UV coating and adhesive program, developed products

for commercial customers, and prepared proposals for government funding and commercial opportunities.

Key Achievements:

• Designed and synthesized polyurethane oligomers to fulfill aerospace coating and adhesive

requirements with significant reduction of initial application time and aircraft down time for repair

• Developed coatings for aerospace applications, including anticorrosion primer, pigmented top

coating, repairing patch, RAM coating

• Created epoxy coating for aircraft fabrication

• Developed underwater epoxy coating for marine application

• Synthesized novel UV cured and water-borne polyurethane peelable protection coating for military

application

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, Hattiesburg, MS 2003-2005

Postdoctoral Fellow of Dr. Douglas Wicks

Developed High Throughput Screening techniques for polymer and coatings, investigated the extraction of keratin from

hair and fabrication into polymeric films and coatings for biomedical applications

Key Achievements:

• Created screening protocols for PVC thermal and photo stabilization, latex, polyurethane dispersion,

nanocomposites and plastics

• Fabricated keratin and derivatives from human hair into hydratable polymeric film and coating for

implants

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES/OFS, Norcross, GA 2001-2002

Member of Technical Staff

Led the implementation of new UV curable materials for optical fiber, coordinated research activities across multiple

divisions, improved quality and productivity of optical fiber in fiber drawing process

Key Achievements:

• Implemented two generations of UV curable polyurethane and acrylate coatings for optical fiber to

reduce production steps, improve productivity, and significantly reduce cost.

Education

Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 2001

Research subject: Coatings Formed by Spontaneous Polymerization on Aluminum

M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University, Peking, China 1996

B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University, Peking, China 1992

Technical Skills

• Polymer Synthesis, Compounding, and Formulation

• Coating Development, Troubleshooting and Testing

• Polymer Characterization: DSC, TGA, TMA, DMA, GC/MS, NMR, FT/IR, UV, GPC, Tensile

• Surface Analysis: Contact Angle, Glazing Angle FT/IR, ATR, Raman, XPS, and SEM

• DOE and Data Analysis

Membership

• American Chemical Society

• Federation of Coating Science and Technology

Patents and Selected Publications

• PCT/US2006/016779 HYDRATABLE KERATIN COMPOSITIONS

• PCT/US08/79337 POLYKETAL COMPOUNDS, SYNTHESIS, AND APPLICATIONS

• “Preparation and characterization of keratin coatings for orthopedic implant titanium rods”, ACS symposium

series 2007

• “Use of fluorescence for the high-throughput evaluation of synergistic thermal and photo stabilizer

interactions in poly (vinyl chloride)”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2005

• “DRYING AND PROPERTY STUDIES ON PROTECTIVE COATINGS FORMED BY SPONTANEOUS SURFACE

POLYMERIZATION”, The Journal of Adhesion, 2003

• “Enhancement of corrosion resistance of protective coatings formed by spontaneous surface polymerization”,

International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 2003

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