David Clark, P.E. Email & Phone Number

• Elastomer material development for automotive sealing, diaphragms, FDA/NSF food contact seals, oil field/down hole, automotive anti-vibration/NVH, and magnetic encoders.• Support manufacturing sites with production scale-up, process development, troubleshooting and failure analysis.• Advise commercial teams with technical support and customer visits for new business opportunities and quality issues.• Localize compounds from global colleagues with domestic raw materials.

Plymouth, Michigan

• Elastomer material development for automotive sealing, diaphragms, FDA/NSF food contact seals, oil field/down hole, automotive anti-vibration/NVH, and magnetic encoders.• Manage and mentor four direct reports and provide elastomer training for new employees. • Manage work flow and project quotes for physical testing and prototype compounding labs.• Develop and manage Central lab budget and initiate appropriation requests for capital equipment.• Support manufacturing sites with production scale-up, process development, troubleshooting and failure analysis.• Advise commercial teams with technical support and customer visits for new business opportunities and quality issues.• Led preliminary technical design team to build business case for $1M Oil and Gas product and material test lab. Presented to Board of Management for approval.• Localize compounds from global colleagues with domestic raw materials.

Prototype and production development of natural and synthetic elastomer materials for automotive anti-vibration systems and bonding/anti-corrosion systems for metal inserts.

Molded samples, performed physical and analytical testing (DSC) on developmental polypropylene for roofing/siding applications and metal to polymer adhesion testing for pipe coating applications.

Utilized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) to determine carbon fiber roughness properties.Utilized Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to determine effects of UV radiation on polycarbonate and nucleation growth of dolomite.

Master’S Degree, Materials Science Engineering

While working full time, attended 2005-2008 and forced to pause during recession. Readmitted in Fall 2011 and graduated in Spring 2013

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Honors College