Naveen Bunekar (Phd) Email and Phone Number

Results and product oriented, Senior Engineer with Excellent skills in management strong Research & Development experience in Silicone resin, PLA,PETG, PET, recycle PET, TPU polymers for various products development Technically astute at developing, improving and executing engineering projects.Specialties: polymer synthesis, Formulation, Blending, micro compounding, injection molding, spinning, coating, insitu growth of nanoparticles, nanomaterials, Applications, R&D, and Product Testing in… Show more Results and product oriented, Senior Engineer with Excellent skills in management strong Research & Development experience in Silicone resin, PLA,PETG, PET, recycle PET, TPU polymers for various products development Technically astute at developing, improving and executing engineering projects.Specialties: polymer synthesis, Formulation, Blending, micro compounding, injection molding, spinning, coating, insitu growth of nanoparticles, nanomaterials, Applications, R&D, and Product Testing in the following Engineering projects1) Silicone resin coating make barrier film for QLED applications2) Making Polymer composites by insitu or blending method3) Durable super hydrophobic coating on various substrates (metals, polymer films, fibers and textiles) 4) Recycling PET5) DOE expertise Show less

Textilefiber- Spinning experiment and meltmixing of recycled polymer

Worked with Injection molding process to make polymer composites

-Low molecular weight PET synthesis and characterization-Write a research project and conducted comprehensive literature reviews on the research topics to ensure a practical and efficient route to the desired materials and applications.-Industries collaborative research with multi-disciplinary teams within the Center for thermoplastic nanocomposites. -Write a book chapter on green nanocomposites for environmental applications. Synthesized organic monomers and optimized their… Show more -Low molecular weight PET synthesis and characterization-Write a research project and conducted comprehensive literature reviews on the research topics to ensure a practical and efficient route to the desired materials and applications.-Industries collaborative research with multi-disciplinary teams within the Center for thermoplastic nanocomposites. -Write a book chapter on green nanocomposites for environmental applications. Synthesized organic monomers and optimized their synthetic routes to adopt the most cost-effective and green procedures. -Worked as research advisor for Climbo inc (USA based China company) start up company: Establish experimental laboratory and make collaboration work with companies to make PU polymer nanocomposites for artificial rock-climbing molds. Show less

Thesis: "Development of Polyethylene Terephthalate-Inorganic Layered Material Nanocomposites with Improved Mechanical Properties by Changing Monomer and Preparation Methods"-Insitu synthesis of PET-composites by different monomers and Insitu synthesis of PMMA -clay composite.-PMMA-clay composites technology transferred to Mitsubishi chemicals, also visited Mitsubishi-Japan.-Taiwan-South Africa project: Different Polymer nanocomposites (PP, PA6 and Graphene) for Heavy metal removal… Show more Thesis: "Development of Polyethylene Terephthalate-Inorganic Layered Material Nanocomposites with Improved Mechanical Properties by Changing Monomer and Preparation Methods"-Insitu synthesis of PET-composites by different monomers and Insitu synthesis of PMMA -clay composite.-PMMA-clay composites technology transferred to Mitsubishi chemicals, also visited Mitsubishi-Japan.-Taiwan-South Africa project: Different Polymer nanocomposites (PP, PA6 and Graphene) for Heavy metal removal. Exchange student for University of South Africa (UNISA). -Conducted collaborative research with multi-disciplinary teams.- Polymer and Polymer composites characterization (MIF, IV, rheology, DMA, DSC, TGA, GPA, WVTR, and OTR)-Nanoparticle’s synthesis and characterization (XRD, DLS, SEM, TEM, and AFM)-Guided undergraduate students to learn laboratory techniques, analyze results, trouble-shoot experiments and make experimental report. Show less

Synthesis and characterization of and SiO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles for color adsorption and waste water treatment applications.Guided undergraduate students to learn laboratory techniques, analyze results, trouble-shoot experiments and make undergraduate research report.

Preparation of mesoporous silica (MCM41 and SBA15) for drug delivery applications Synthesis of fumed silica Materials Characterization techniques (XRD, SEM, BET surface area, bulk density, and TEM etc.)

Synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for different active drugs application.