Adeyemi A. Adepetun

• Technical Expert for the Zetpol® HNBR product line for Central, East, and Midwest US regions.
• Generate compound formulations that meet customer specifications.
• Provide technical solutions to a variety of customer inquiries.
• Visit customers to observe their capabilities and observe plant trials.
• Provide customers and the marketplace technical information on HNBR through webinars and teaching workshops (Zeon Academy).
• Provide technical support to the production plants and R&D by screening recipes after process changes.
• Serve as ISO Audit team member (ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015, 45001:2018).

• Formulated rubber composites using novel silanes for TBR and PCR tire treads.
• Designed experiments to elucidate the structure/property relationship of critical ingredients in the rubber formulation under limited supervision.
• Used statistical tools to analyze physical and dynamic test data with the aim of recommending silane and co-agents loading for optimized compound properties.
• Prepared reports and communicate findings to technical leadership and potential global customers.
• Provided inputs for invention disclosures as part of the intellectual property development.
• Participated in brainstorming sessions for new silane ideation.
• Participated in intellectual property evaluations.
• Contributed to two patents on a novel silane for truck tire treads.
• Evaluated plant produced silane batches to support changes in raw materials, product optimization, and troubleshooting of production issues.
• Managed the thermal analysis and forensic laboratories (DSC, TGA, FTIR, TMA).
• Supervised and mentor two lab technicians.
• Served as the site ISO champion (ISO 9001:2015 standard).
• Administrative: Managed lab mixing and testing schedules, purchased raw materials, reconciled purchasing card.

• Co-created SureMix® class of process aids targeted for silica treads.
• Chemically synthesized the process aids.
• Designed experiments to elucidate the structure/property relationship of critical ingredients in the rubber formulation.
• Mixed and tested the rubber compounds.
• Used statistical tools to analyze physical and dynamic test data with the aim of recommending process aid loading for optimized compound properties.
• Prepared reports and communicate findings to technical leadership and potential customers.
• Presented findings at ACS Rubber Division and ITEC conferences.
• Routinely led and assisted in production plant trials for the process aids under development.
• Created technical brochures for sales and marketing teams for the successful market introduction.

• Worked with Industrial clients in designing and evaluating engineered rubber goods.
• Provided expertise in polymer processing, mechanical testing, and characterization.

• Served as research assistant in special projects involving polymer compounding and analysis.

• Assisted in an International elastomer training program for rubber technicians.

• Formulated and prepared compound recipe for a novel SBR- Carbon nanotube nanocomposite invented by MRD.

• Carried out tensile, fatigue, hardness, and dynamic mechanical testing on the nanocomposite vulcanizates.