Nicholas Orf Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Northborough, Ma, Usa

𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 (2022-Present) 🔷 (2023-Present) Global Coordinator, Corporate R&D Network for 3D Printing. Working with office of CIO, promote usage of 3DP and information sharing across the Company. Develop and implement technical roadmaps aligned with Company goals.🔷 Responsible for Central R&D team and lab having several 3D printer types. Guide engineers to develop additive manufacturing processes for increasing the sustainability and efficiency of manufacturing Company products.🔷 Expanded project portfolio to align with short, medium, and long-term directions of company business units by matching their needs with current additive manufacturing capabilities and trends.🔷 Actively seek out and develop collaborations with external organizations to advance program goals.𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧 (2017-2021)🔷 Coordinate and facilitate R&D center’s university research collaborations through administration, budgeting, contract negotiation, and matchmaking. 🔷 Support student outreach efforts including liaising for sponsored university materials science design contests. 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 / 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 (2015-2021)🔷 Lead fundamental and developmental technical projects in multiple areas simultaneously, including expertise topics of foam and fire performance.🔷 Understand current and future needs of internal customers and develop R&D programs that accelerate their objectives. Swiftly identify core issues and then propose and oversee execution of supporting projects.🔷 Manage junior and senior engineers, technicians, and interns to ensure their effective and timely analytical or project support.

Northborough, Ma, Usa

🔷 Developed expertise in the fire retardancy of materials to support multiple Saint-Gobain businesses. Studied and improved fire performance of polymer-coated glass fabrics, PUR and Polyiso foams, and others. 🔷 Participated in and co-led (2/2014-12/2015) a corporate-level Fire Performance Program. Looking across business units, facilitated information sharing, identified common needs, and proposed cross-center projects. Ultimately, suggestions were accepted and funded: managed 2-cross-center projects that encouraged collaboration and investigated new cross-business technologies. 🔷 Managed junior engineers, technicians, and interns. 🔷 Completed investigation on thermal degradation of a product for Corporate CTO with positive feedback.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

🔷 Based on winning student prototyping competition concept of smart color-changing roofs that save heating and cooling energy. Adapted technology to modern roofing materials and co-founded company to further develop technology. Left company due to recruitment by Saint-Gobain.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

🔷 Studied biological templates for the self-assembly of nanoscale electronic devices. Learned molecular biology for the purposes of engineering M13 bacteriophage.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

🔷 Combining materials with vastly different properties, envisioned and fabricated for the first time, smart fibers having embedded photodiode sensors. Used spectroscopic and electronic characterization methods to prove the novel microstructure. Published results in PNAS.

Langley, Va

🔷 Held TS/SCI Security Clearance. Completed various projects relating to the intelligence community. Summer internships 2001, 2002, 2003

Phd, Materials Science And Engineering

🔷 1st place, MADMEC III (MIT Materials Science Competition), color-changing roof concept, 2010 🔷 National Defense Science and Engineering.

Bachelor’S Degree, Materials Science And Engineering, Polymer Science Emphasis

🔷 UIUC Bronze Tablet Award (GPA in top 3% of College of Engineering)