Senior Compounding Consultant
Daudi Abe
Daudi Abe
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Daudi has worked in compounding and extrusion processing areas for 35 years. His background consists of working with thermoplastic and thermoset polymer resins such as polycarbonate (PC), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), solid epoxy resin (SER), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), polystyrene (PS), Ionomers, chlorinated PE and composites (glass fiber, carbon black, wood and talc) and blend (PC/ABS) products. The processing equipment employed mainly are twin screw co-rotating extruders and counter-rotating mixers (25 mm to 460 mm screw and rotor sizes) with feeders and melt pump systems.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
April 2015 - May 2019
UNIVATION Technologies, LLC,
Process Scientist & Consultant - Subject Matter Expert
April 2008 - March 2015 UNIVATION Technologies, LLC, Process Scientist
October 1984 - April 2008 The Dow Chemical Company
February 2003 - April 2008
Senior R&D Process Specialist
Process Development and Commercial Scale-up of PP Products
Senior R&D Process Specialist
June 1996 - August 2000
Senior R&D Specialist
Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) - Reactive Extrusion Process
Engineer, Senior Engineer to Project Leader Position
EDUCATION
PATENTS
April 2015 - May 2019
UNIVATION Technologies, LLC,
Process Scientist & Consultant - Subject Matter Expert
- UNIPOL PE Post-Reactor Process Design and Analysis - Consultation and Optimization design of post reactor equipment (feeders, mixers/extruders, melt pumps, screen changers and dies) for new Plants
- UNIPOL PE Gas Phase Commercial Plant Finishing Technology
- Pilot Plant Process Development and Scale-up to Commercial Client Plants
- Design and Setup of Extrusion Development Pilot Plants
April 2008 - March 2015 UNIVATION Technologies, LLC, Process Scientist
- UNIPOL PE Post-Reactor Process Design and Analysis - Consultation and Optimization of design for new Plants (feeders, mixers/extruders, melt pumps, screen changers, dies)
- UNIPOL PE Gas Phase Commercial Plant Finishing Technology
- Pilot Plant Process Development and Scale-up to Commercial Client Plants
October 1984 - April 2008 The Dow Chemical Company
February 2003 - April 2008
Senior R&D Process Specialist
Process Development and Commercial Scale-up of PP Products
- Lonomer and Graft Polymer Reactive Process Development, Scale-up and Optimization to Production Plants
- Development and Optimization of Process to Manufacture Wood and Talc Plastic Composite for Decking, Siding, Railing, Roofing and Fencing
- Designed reactive extrusion process for modifying PP rheology (vis-breaking)
Senior R&D Process Specialist
- Solid Epoxy Resin (SER) Continuous Process - Developed technology to convert commercial production of SER from a batch process to continuous process.
June 1996 - August 2000
Senior R&D Specialist
Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) - Reactive Extrusion Process
- Developed technology, optimized the reactive process, and increased production by 50% with minimum investment in equipment
- Primary contact between Commercial Sales Team and Production Plant
- Fabrication scale-up to client manufacturing plants for footwear and toothbrush
application
Engineer, Senior Engineer to Project Leader Position
- Polycarbonate and Blends R&D Product and Process Development
- Primary Contact for External Compound of PC, SARAN, ABS and Blends Products
- External Compounding Process and Product Development
- Blends Product & Process Development
- Extrusion Compounding, Injection Molding and Blow Molding Process Development.
- Part of the team that developed and commercialized PULSE engineering resin.
- Process development for reactive processing of chlorinated PE
EDUCATION
- Seattle Pacific College, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
- Michigan Technological University, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering
PATENTS
- Methods for gel reduction in polyolefins - United States Patent number 10682797 Issued June 16, 2020 2.
- Methods for controlling polymer chain scission - United States Patent number 10471641 Issued November 12, 2019
- Methods for controlling polymer chain scission - Patent number GC0010615 (non-US) Issued August 22, 2019
- Forming different plastic products from a single melt - United States Patent Number 9908276 Issued March 6, 2018
- Forming different plastic products from a single melt - Patent number GC0010613 (non-US) Issued August 22, 2019
