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Michele Whited
Michele Whited supervises the Analytical Services Group at ICI Paints and brings over 21 years of experience to the Polymer and Material Sciences Department. During that time, she has focused on resolving production problems, coatings de-formulation, and compositional analysis of a variety of unknown materials. Michele has also led or contributed significantly to several methods development projects including the development of our laboratory NIR system and our LC-Transform methods. Michele specializes in FT-IR spectroscopy and is a member of the Applied Spectroscopy Society. She received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Baldwin Wallace College in 1993. |
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Monica Wilson
Monica Wilson, Manager Resin Process Technology, has fifteen years of experience in process development in both R&D and Manufacturing. During that time, she has focused on the batch scale-up of resins and chemicals from R&D to Manufacturing. Monica has led or significantly contributed to the method development of several online sensors for Manufacturing, including the NIR spectrophotometer, online viscometer and online refractometer. Monica has international experience as she acts as the process engineer and quality analyst for ICI manufacturing plants in Brazil, Taiwan and Thailand. Monica is a chemical engineer by training and has a BS and MS degree in Chemical Engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI and Marshall University, West Virginia, respectively. |
Lynn Bender
Lynn Bender graduated from the University of Dayton with a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry. Lynn has over 20 years of experience in the coatings industry, focusing on Thermal Analysis and Chromatography over the last ten. Currently Lynn is responsible for the day to day operations of the GPC Lab and our HPLC function, focusing primarily on GPC as an aid to product development and problem solving. |
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Carol Trende
Carol has an Associate Degree and has been at the Strongsville Research Center since 1981 holding various administrative positions. Currently as IT Services Coordinator, Carol plays a vital role coordinating our computer needs and acts as internal liaison with procurement, site services and site infrastructure management. She insures all configurations are consistent with our standard operating environment standards and policies and local site infrastructure standards. In addition, she plays a vital role in the monthly financial reporting, as well as the daily operation of our Technical Information Services Library. |
Candice Michalski
Candice Michalski is a Chemist managing the Thermal Analysis and Particle Size Labs. She has amassed over 25 years of experience in the coatings industry and has expertise in latex formulation, industrial coatings application, and a variety of analytical techniques. Candy is a graduate of the Akron University (AAS) and Baldwin Wallace College (BS). |
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Kimberly Hennigan
Kimberly Hennigan began working in the Rheology and Interface Science Laboratory at ICI Paints' Strongsville Research Center after receiving a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. She performs rheological analyses on a variety of materials using various instruments and techniques. Her research interests include the rheology of complex and structured fluids (paints, coatings, adhesives, sealants), polymer colloids, melts, and particle dispersions. |
Dr. Richard Eley
Dr. Richard R. Eley is a Senior Scientist, in charge of the Rheology and Interface Science Laboratory. He has over 28 years experience in materials characterization and problem solving. He holds a Ph.D. in Physical-Inorganic Chemistry from Kent State University. Following Post-Doctoral research at Georgetown University, he was Assistant Professor of Chemistry, U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. With 27 technical publications, his research interests include the rheology of complex and structured fluids (paints, coatings, adhesives, sealants, colloids, dispersions, polymer melts), chemorheology of thermosetting polymers, surface energetics of polymers, wetting of liquids on solids, and coating flows modeling and simulation. He is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Delaware. He has been Distinguished Lecturer for the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology since 1995. He has received the Mattiello Award for distinguished scientific achievement from the Federation, and three First Place Roon Awards from the Federation. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Division of Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering, the Society of Rheology, and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology. He is Director of the short course “Rheology of Coatings and Dispersions”, sponsored by the Coatings Research Institute, Eastern Michigan University. |
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Patricia Starrett
Patricia Starrett is a Senior Technical Librarian in the Data & Knowledge Management group at ICI Paints. Patricia graduated with a BA degree from the University of Toledo, and a Master in Library Science from Kent State University. She has spent nineteen years at ICI Glidden Paints in the field of information science practicing online searching and competitive intelligence work. Patricia also manages the library book and journal collection. |
Brian Rostetter
Brian Rostetter is a Senior Coatings Chemist in the Polymer and Coatings Analysis group at ICI Paints, specializing in gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). After graduating with a bachelor's degree in biology and a bachelor's degree in education from Bowling Green State University, Brian has spent 24 years honing his analytical skills in the coatings industry. Brian has played a key role in resolving production problems and in providing support to new product development. In addition to his work in the GC area, Brian is also the safety steward for the group. |
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Pamela Kuschnir
Pam has over 24 years of experience in the coatings industry. After graduating with honors in Chemistry from the College of Wooster, Pam spent 3 years studying organic reaction mechanisms at the University of Kansas. Her career in industrial science began at Sherwin-Williams as a member of the Organic and Catalyst Research Laboratory where she spent 13 years studying oxidative cure catalysis, among other subjects. After joining ICI Glidden, she spent eleven years as a scientist with ICI/Glidden, studying flow and leveling, foaming and sag control, coatings rheology and compositional mapping of waterborne coatings as an aid to formulation. Her efforts earned her two Roon Awards for best scientific paper from the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology. While she still maintains an interest in the rheology of materials, her research interests more recently include studies of the surface energetics and interfacial energetics of a wide variety of materials. |
Dr. Charles A. Daniels
Dr. Charles A. Daniels has joined ICI TechDirect as a marketing and sales consultant, having over 34 years of proven problem solving experience in the plastics and related materials industry. Chuck comes to us from Polymer Diagnostics Incorporated, a world class consulting, problem solving and testing organization, where he was the founding President. Drawing on his vast knowledge in the polymer industry, Chuck will be ICI TechDirect's source for expert witness and polymer consulting issues. He holds a Ph.D in Polymer Science and Chemistry, has numerous publications and patents, and is certified to conduct ISO Guide 17025 laboratory audits. He has also held memberships in a number of professional technical societies, and is the author of chapters in four texts on polymers and related materials. Chuck has previously held senior technical positions at BFGoodrich Company, the Geon Company and the PolyOne Company. |
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Daniel Kozub
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has recently joined the ICI TechDirect team as a Chemist II managing the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) lab. Dan graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and has several years of experience in the coatings industry. He worked for Flint Ink Company, where he was an analytical chemist responsible for HPLC, GC, GPC, ICP and FT-IR analyses of printing inks, substrates and associated materials. He also was employed by BASF Automotive Coatings, where his duties included formulation and technical service. In addition to managing the ICP lab, Dan will also be responsible for ICI TechDirect’s HPLC function. |
Mike Neag
Mike is the Technical Manager for the ICI Paints Polymer and Materials Science group and has nearly 22 years of experience in polymers, coatings and materials science. For the first 15 years of his tenure with ICI, Mike’s research interests centered on the analysis of material properties by thermal analysis. More recently, he has assumed the role of microscopist at ICI Glidden, providing product support and problem solving by Light Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microsopy, and AFM. He has published over 25 papers on thermoset cure, reaction kinetics and the physical properties of polymers, including a chapter on “Coatings Characterization by Thermal Analysis” for the latest edition of the ASTM paint testing manual. He has also given numerous invited lectures and short course presentations on thermal analysis. Mike is a recipient of the Roon Award from the Federation of Coatings Society and has also received the ICI Glidden award for Technical Excellence. He is a past President of the North American Thermal Analysis Society and holds degrees in Biology and Polymer Science from the University of Akron. |
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For further information, contact C. Michael Neag:
Voice: 440-826-5318
~ Fax: 440-826-5233
Strongsville Research Center (SRC)
16651 Sprague Road
Strongsville, Ohio 44136
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