Nitin Borse

(1-979-***-**** adx8tr@r.postjobfree.com 2803 Afton Dr Pearland, TX 77581 (US citizen)

SUMMARY

Over 25 years of industrial and academic experience in the field of polymer testing, characterization, and manufacturing. Hands on experience in manufacturing of polyethylene, PVC, Ethylene Glycols and polyethylene Glycols. Research experience in using scientific methods of data collection and analysis, preparing technical presentations and writing patents and journal papers. Published 18 journal articles and have 14 granted patents. SKILLS

EXPERIENCE

Senior Intellectual Capital Manager, Dow Chemical Company, March 2020-June 2023 Lake Jackson, TX

• Managed patent portfolio of Dow Chemical Company in the applications such as polymers used in rigid applications and pipes as well as catalysts and polymer characterization.

• Managed oppositions to the patents and initiate oppositions to the competitor patents.

• Conducted literature surveys related to polymer compositions, properties and applications on a regular basis to have update on the latest technologies in the field of polymers. Senior Material Scientist, Dow Chemical Company/Univation Technologies, March 2015-March 2020 Lake Jackson, TX

Product R&D

• Develop structure-property relationships by studying polymer fundamentals such as microstructure and morphology development using advanced analytical tools.

• Develop models to predict product properties.

• Participates in multi-functional teams to develop new products.

• Have gained detailed fundamental

knowledge of polymers and chemicals by

working over 25 years in the chemical

industry and in academics.

• Have published 18 pear reviewed journal

papers and 14 granted patents and have

in-depth knowledge of structure property

relationship, their applications.

• Have created model to predict polymer

properties and presented at an ANTEC

conference, which helps in optimization of

polymer structures.

• Proficient in conducting thorough literature

search and review of any new applications

and design new material suitable for the

application.

• Have detailed knowledge and hands-on

experience in polymer testing and

characterization used in applications such

as pipes, molded articles and films.

• Develop test methods for different polymeric materials for the application such as rotational molding, pipes, films and injection molded products.

• Use best scientific practices to explore technology options and generate intellectual property that increase technical leadership in the marketplace.

• Document technology development in scientific reports.

• Monitor competitive products and patents, and develop strategies to oppose patents that threaten company's technical position, attend patent oral proceedings. Achievements:

• Developed differentiated products in PE-RT (Polyethylene of Raised Temperature Resistance), Caps and Closures, and films using novel catalyst platform.

• Created models to predict properties of packaging films containing different blend components.

• Filed 8 composition patents for different applications, attended 3 patent oral proceedings and successfully revoked competitor's patents.

Material Scientist, Nova Chemicals, Products, January 2007-January 2015 Calgary, Canada

• Responsible for polyethylene products and applications development

• Study polymer fundamentals such as morphology development, structure property relationships, compatibility and miscibility between polymers using advanced analytical tools.

• Deal with the issues related to product development and the customer complaints.

• Technical consultation on processing different polymeric materials

• Developing test methods for different polymeric materials for the application such as rotational molding, pipes, films and injection molded products

• Presentation of technical innovations and developments to internal and external scientific community

• Writing technical documents, inventions disclosures and journal papers Achievements:

• Developed tougher co-extruded blown film structure using low cost LLDPE resins.

• Mitigated curl issues in co-extruded films, filed patent.

• Developed high barrier PE film resin and the method to evaluate the resin performance.

• Developed accelerated ESCR performance evaluation method for the rigid PE product resins used in moldings and pipes.

• Developed polymer nanocomposite products with improved physical properties.

• Developed additive formulations to mitigate issues such as plate-out in cast film products, filed patent application.

Lecturer, Jubail Industrial College, January 2005-January 2006 Jubail, KSA

Polymer Technology - Developed and delivered the following courses.

• Industrial Polymerization: Industrial production of LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE, PP, PS, PVC, polyamides and PET using different technologies.

• Polymer Chemistry: Identification of polymers, morphology, nomenclature, classification and synthesis of polymers

• Polymer Characterization: Dealt with ASTM and ISO standards of testing plastics, statistical analysis of data, short term and long term conventional mechanical testing methods, flammability characterization, friction and wear (tribology), testing of polymer films (falling dart, tear)

• Advanced Polymer Characterization, which contained analysis of plastics using FTIR, DSC, TGA, density gradient column, solution viscometry, end group analysis, rheology (capillary and rotational) of polymer melt, MFI, chemical resistance of plastics.

• Lead the team to set up polymer processing and testing laboratories. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Ph. D

Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal Canada January 2005 Polymer Science Department, Melt Processing of Thermoplastic Clay Nanocomposites M. Eng

McGill University, Montreal Canada January 2000

Advanced Technology of Petrochemicals, Polymers and Plastics International collaborative program between Institut Francais du Petrole, Paris, France, G. Natta Research Center of Montell, Ferrara, Italy and McGill University, Montreal, Canada M. Sc. (Tech)

Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology (former UDCT), Matunga, Mumbai India May 1990

B. Sc. (Tech)

Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology (former UDCT), Matunga, Mumbai India May 1987

B. Sc.

Chemistry, Bombay University, Mumbai India, May 1984

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