• Adhesives
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Chemical
• Construction
• Electronics
• Environmental
• Optics
• Pharmaceutical
• Plastics
• Textile

This expert has a Ph.D., Physics (emphasis on Chemical Physics) from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.

This expert received a B.A., M.Sc. in Chemistry from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

This expert specializes in industrial polymers, semicrystalline, solid and molten, and unmodified. Further expertise includes matrix materials composites, foams, gels, coatings, thin films, thick specimens, and suspensions.

This associate offers specific expertise relative to structure-property correlations,volumetric and thermodynamic properties, cohesive energy and solubility parameters, and transition and relaxation temperatures. Other related fields of expertise include surface tension and interfacial tension, dilute solutions, shear viscosity, and thermal conductivity and diffusivity. Further fields include transport of small penetrant molecules and thermal stability. Extensive knowledge includes solutions and structure processing morphology property performance relationships, amorphous polymers, copolymers, and thermoplastics. Other knowledge includes thermosets, rubbers, elastomers, and blends. This expert is also skilled with foams, films, coatings and composites, product development and improvements, manufacturing processes, material testing and characterization.

This associate is an expert in areas including composites, conventional and nanocomposites, multiscale modeling, and materials modeling and simulation. Other specialties include polymer and composites, multidisciplinary industrial research, technology assessment, and strategic and tactical recommendations. Further specialization includes impact modification of polymeric materials and systems, polymers, blends, and composites and laminates. Additional experience and specialization includes carbon nanotubes, nanocomposites, dendrimers, biopolymers, and polyhydroxyalkanoates. Other related fields are oleochemicals, smart materials, technical project management, multidepartmental projects coordination, and commercial-quality materials modeling software. Furthermore this expert has experience with technical writing, amorphous materials, computational modeling of polymers, and software development.

This associate is also knowledgeable in areas including thermoplastics [polycarbonates, bisphenol-A polyesters, PET, polyethylenes, polypropylene, polyvinyls, polyvinylidenes, polyacrylates, poly(alkyl acrylates, polyacrylamides, ABS, polyureas, polyurethanes], thermosets, polyureas, polyurethanes, epoxies, elastomers, thermoplastic and crosslinked, amorphous and semicrystalline, polyurethane and polyolefin.

Other areas of interest include rigid rodlike liquid crystalline polymers, biopolymers, cellulosics, fillers, conventional and nanoscale, adhesives, anti-corrosives, selective membranes, controlled release pharmaceuticals, automotive body panels, gas and liquid barriers, biomaterials, polyhdroxyalkanoates, oleochemicals, and polylactic acid.

This expert has conducted numerous studies in areas including reinforced polyurethanes, seed oil industrial utilization, dispersed crystalline polyester polyurethanes, and polymer properties prediction. Other studies include multiphase materials morphologies and properties, quantitative structure-property relationships, topological and geometrical variables, and SYNTHIA. Further studies include interactive computer program, amorphous inorganic materials, photovoltaic, electrical and optical switching, and hydrogen storage applications.

Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.

Corporate Research and Development Consultant, Polymers and Composite Materials Consultant, Amorphous Inorganic Materials Consultant

Adjunct Faculty, College of Technology of major University

Corporate R&D (CR&D) Scientist, Dow Chemical Company, in Midland, Michigan

Senior Research Scientist, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Troy, MI

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley

Reserve Officer, Turkish Air Force

Authored commercial software program that implements new predictive techniques

This consultant has patent applications filed for polyurethanes containing reinforcing polymers, and integrated chemical processes for industrial utilization of seed oils. patent awarded for polyurethanes containing dispersed crystalline polyesters. Authored numerous publications and scientific papers on polymer properties and composite modeling, their applications and related technical issues, including topics such as Prediction of Polymer Properties, Theory of the Structures of Non-Crystalline Solids, Computational Modeling of Polymers, Basis Set and Electron Correlation Effects on Total Electron Density, Molecular Orbital Studies, Variationally Deorthogonalized Localized Molecular Orbitals, Stereochemical Rigidity and Isomerization, Structure and Tunneling Dynamics of Malonaldehyde, Electronic States of Silylenes, Structures and Vibrational Frequencies, Chemical Bond Approach to Glass Structure, Infrared Spectrum of Silaethylene, Theoretical Studies of Hydrogen Storage, Theory of the Structures of Non-Crystalline Solids, Electric Field Gradients in Model Clusters of Chalcogenide Glasses, Intrachain Rotations in Polyester carbonates, Force Field Calculations on Model Molecules Simulating Isolated Chain Segments of Poly(vinylidene halide) and Vinylidene Halide/Vinyl Halide Copolymers, Semiempirical Calculations Simulating Interacting Pairs of Chain Segments of Poly(vinylidene halide) and Vinylidene Halide/Vinyl Halide Copolymers, Utilization of a Synergistic Combination of Techniques, Transport of Penetrant Molecules Through Copolymers of Vinylidene Chloride and Vinyl Chloride, Model for Dynamic Relaxations in Amorphous Polymers, Utilization of a Synergistic Combination of Computational Techniques to Study the Transport of Penetrant Molecules Through Plastics, Dynamic Relaxations in Poly(ester carbonates), Statistical-Thermodynamic Modeling of the Transport of Penetrants Through Polymers, Sorption of Carbon Dioxide, Method to Predict the Properties of Polymers, Effect of Lamellar Injection Molding on Properties of PC/ABS Composites, Modeling of the Transport of Carbon Dioxide Through Polymers, Predicting Key Polymer Properties to Reduce Erosion in Irrigated Soil, Control of Morphology in Urea Terminated Poly(1,6-Hexamethyleneurea) Particles, Micromechanical Design of Elastomers, Reinforcement of Polyurethane Elastomers with Microfibres Having Varying Aspect Ratios, Synthesis and Characterization of Urea-Based Polyureas, Molecular Origins of Toughness in Polymers, Prediction of the Properties of Polymers from Their Structures, Semicrystalline Polymer Modeling, Atomistic Modeling of the Interaction of CO2 with Bisphenol-A Polycarbonate, Correlation Between Glass Transition Temperature and Chain Structure for Randomly-Crosslinked High Polymers, Atomistic Simulation of the Enthalpy of Solution of Small Gas Molecules in Polymers and Liquids, Microstructural Model for Prediction of Stress-Strain Curves of Amorphous and Semicrystalline Elastomers, Chain Stiffness of Liquid Crystalline Polyesters, Characteristic Ratio and Persistence Length, Chain Stiffness of Liquid Crystalline Polyesters, Radius of Gyration and Intrinsic Viscosity, Crystallization of Polypropylene and Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate), Barrier Properties of Oriented Disk Composites, Model for the Viscosity of Particle Dispersions, Polymeric Nanocomposites for Automotive Applications, Glass Transition, Micromechanics of Nanocomposites, Modeling Stress-Strain Up to Yield of Glassy Polymers, Empirical Modeling of Tablets Containing Hypromellose, Polymer Modeling at The Dow Chemical Company, Flexible Polyurethane Foams, Rigid Polyurethane Foams, Lifetime Prediction of Glass Fiber, Implementation of the Sequential Layer Controlled-Release Model, Application of the Sequential Layer Model to Drug-Release Profiles, Five Key Factors That Every Polymer Blend and Blend Compatibilization Additive Developer Must Consider, Practical Guide to Polymeric Compatibilizers for Polymer Blends, Composites and Laminates, Pre-yield Behavior and Excitation Energies in Glasses, and more.