Hammad Cheema, Phd Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

I started this job with Huntsman Textile Effects on January 2022 which was acquired by Archroma on March 2023.• R&D of waterborne formulations, coatings, functional additives, and finishes. • Focused work with Fluoro Free Durable Water Repellents, Flame Retardants, Optical Brightening Agents, Silicone Softeners, Pretreatment, Dyeing Additives and Auxiliaries• Product Development from Ideation to Actualization• Cross-functional, and Global Team Collaborations• Application, Testing, and Analysis• Technical and Financial Feasibility of New Projects• Competitor's Benchmarking• SAP Product Introduction and Transfers• Independent and Self-Driven

San Francisco Bay Area

New surface functionalities for technical textiles | Bio-inspired super-wettability surfaces | Non-fluoro chemistry for surface functionality | Soft goods surface modification

Floyd, Virginia, United States

Product Development from Ideation to Actualization | Cross-functional Team Collaboration | Filter Media Development, Testing, and Analysis | Independent and Self-Driven | Stage-Gate Process Lead | Statistical Data Analysis | Competitor's Benchmarking

Oxford, Mississippi

Multidisciplinary Chemistry | Analytical Chemistry | Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells | Electrochemistry | Project Management | Scientific Reports & Publications | Scientific Collaboration and Communication

Raleigh, North Carolina

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETG) Monomers | Eastman Monomers Weathering Studies | Photophysical Studies | Electrochemistry | Technical Presentations | Report Writing

Raleigh, North Carolina

• Designed, synthesized and characterized novel dyes by using techniques of organic synthesis, TLC, FT-IR, UV-Vis, NMR, Mass spectrometry, excited state life time and Fluorescence • Analyzed the electrochemical and photovoltaic properties by cyclic voltammetry, solar simulator and incident photon to current conversion efficiency (IPCE) measurements• Multi-media departmental presentations on research topics, and class assignments• Lead the group discussions and presentations to complete assignments• Independently directed, controlled and evaluated the lab session of two and a half hours each week for two consecutive semesters • Proficient and professionally trained in leading and coaching 15 to 25 people for hours-long sessions

Raleigh, Nc

• Designed, synthesized and evaluated three novel flame retardant monomers for cotton• Characterized the flame retardant monomers by using FT-IR, mass spectrometry, TGA, and SEM

Lahore, Pakistan

• Assistant Printing Master: supervised 12 employees for the application of pigment, reactive and vat-disperse printing techniques for textiles on the 16-color rotary printing machine• Responsible for the quality assurance of shade, washing, rubbing fastness, shrinkage, and infra-red reflectance during the coloration and finishing of textiles• Developed a new camouflage product using vat-disperse printing technique with controlled infra-red emission values at Nishat Dyeing and Finishing Mills Ltd, Lahore, Pakistan for the first time in Pakistan.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Fiber And Polymer Science/Chemistry (Minor), Cgpa= 3.67/4.00

Ms, Textile Chemistry, 3.79/4.00

Activities and Societies: (TAGS) Textile Association of Graduate Students, AATCC, American Chemical Society.

Bs, Textile Engg. (Tex. Chemistry), 3.42/4.00

Activities and Societies: Vice President Literary Society 2006, Member Society of Textile Chemists