MANOJKUMAR CHELLAMUTHU
Newburgh,IN
Summary
An innovative R&D scientist/leader with 14+ years of experience at Sabic (ex-GE Plastics) in the areas of polymers and materials science
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Scientist, Senior Scientist, Lead scientist, Staff Scientist
01.2011
Staff Scientist
Sabic Americas
05.2011 - Current
- Lead and Managed Material Characterization Team (Rheology, DSC, DMA TMA, TGA; etc) to
- Troubleshoot Customer issues (>$100MM)
- Created the idea Generation and executed collaborative research plans with University to develop a capability to understand FR-structure property polymers in Engineering Thermoplastics
- Designed a solution for optimum processing temperature to enhance flow properties to mold thin-wall, high-precision, miniaturized connectors ($20MM)
- Designed a solution/ formulations using viscoelastic first principles to Process chemical resistive thin wall parts for health care applications (40 MM)
- Developed solutions (formulations) for Display applications using Polymer Physics Fundamentals to achieve melt processability and impact resistance ($61MM)
- Delivered/Formulated a range of loading levels to achieve enhancement in processability for r-PEI toughened Epoxy
- Collaborated with a Process Engineers to Diagnose the Effect of Long Chain Branching for Applications in printing, Film extrusion, Blow molding, Injection molding and Thermo-forming ($35MM)
- Successfully Performed Quality Check on the Commercial ABS Material using In-depth Physical Property
- Analyses to Release the Material to Customers (20 MT)
- Established a Competency Program After Testing the Competition to Address the gap for impact strength in consumer electronics industry for clear -thin wall parts ($20MM)
- Co-inventor/ Lead Inventor of 10 Pending Patent Applications and Inventor of 14 Granted US Patents
PostDoctoral Scientist
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
10.2009 - 05.2011
- Soft Body Armor Research- Structure- Property relationships- Optimized the efficiency of shear thickening fluid impregnation in the body armor using viscoelastic parameters
Education
Ph.D - Polymer Rheology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
M.Sc. - Material Science
College of Engineering
Skills
- Structure- property relationships
- Processing
- Research Methods
- Team Building
- Design of Experiments
- Research and Publication
Accomplishments
- REPRESENTATIVE PATENTS
- Composition and articles made from Branched Polyetherimide (Granted)
- Methods for Measuring Properties in Cross-linked Polycarbonate (Granted)
- High Ductility Blends of PMMA and Polycarbonate-Siloxane Copolymer (Granted)
- Linear and branched polyimide compositions (Granted)
- Modified End capped Poly(alkylene-terepthalate) by employing an in-situ titanium- containing catalyst andcompositions derived therefrom (Granted)
- Polycarbonate with improved flame retardance (Granted)
- Polyetherimides with improved melt stability (Granted)
- Polycarbonate compositions with improved flame retardance (Granted)
- Thermoplastic Polyimides, Methods For Manufacture Thereof, and Articles Prepared Therefrom (Grant)
- Quantum dot compositions including polycarbonate and acrylic blends and methods of manufacture
- Anti-Drip Compositions including PMMA and PC siloxane Copolymer blends (Granted)
- High Strength Additive Manufactured Articles (Granted)
- REPRESENTATIVE CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONSo M.Chellamuthu “Exploiting structure Structure-Process-Property relationships of Branched Polycarbonates for
- Industrial Appplications” SPE ANTEC, 2023o M.Chellamuthu “Evaluation of High Flow ULTEMTM
- Resins Using Structure-Process-Property relationships”
- SPE ANTEC, 2021o M.Chellamuthu “A novel capability to understand flame retardancy in polymers” International Congress of
- Rheology Meeting” 2020
Affiliations
Society of Plastics Engineers
Society of Rheology
Elected in 2023 Director/ Technical Program Chair- Applied Rheology Division, Society of Plastics Engineers
AWARDS
Best Paper Award, Society of Plastic Engineers, Applied Rheology
Richard Chang, for Characterization and Innovation, Technology and Innovation, SABIC
Global Management, Technology, and Innovation, SABIC
Timeline
Staff Scientist
Sabic Americas
05.2011 - Current
Scientist, Senior Scientist, Lead scientist, Staff Scientist
01.2011
PostDoctoral Scientist
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
10.2009 - 05.2011
Ph.D - Polymer Rheology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
M.Sc. - Material Science
College of Engineering
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