Robert Perry Email & Phone Number

Niskayuna, New York

• Second Generation Capture Solvents, 2015-present. Leading seed program to optimize solvent properties including two-fold decrease in viscosity, 27% reduction in heat of rxn, 36% increase in capture capacity, and.
• Bench-Scale Process for Low Cost CO2 Capture Using a Phase-Changing Absorbent, 2014-present. $3.8MM DOE project (DE-FE0013687). Increased scale of previous system by an order of magnitude and demonstrated efficacy of.
• Pilot-Scale Silicone Process for Low-Cost CO2 Capture, 2014 to present. $6.7MM DOE project (DE-FE0013755) to demonstrate performance of aminosilicone-based solvent in a 0.5 MW pilot test. Determined degradation.
• CO2 Thickeners to Improve the Performance of CO2 EOR and CO2 Fracturing, 2013-2016, Led GE component of $3.3MM ARPA-e project with U Pitt (DE-AR0000292) to design, synthesize and test novel small molecule thickeners in.
• Bench-Scale Silicone Process for Low-Cost CO2 Capture, 2012-2014. $3.8MM DOE funded project (DE-FE0007502) to demonstrate the performance of the GE aminosilicone-based solvent at the bench scale. Parametric testing.
• CO2 Capture Process Using Innovative Phase-Changing Absorbents, 2010-2013. $4.1MM ARPA-e funded project (DE-AR0000084) that demonstrated performance of a novel GE phase-changing solvent.

Niskayuna, New York

While aggressively leading two CO2 capture programs, acted as interim manager for ESE lab and provided guidance to team of nine technologists on other active programs including biomass slurry handling and metal removal polymers.

Niskayuna, New York

Project lead and individual contributor for variety of programs including IR transparent polymers, high temperature adhesives, fuel additives, elastomer property improvement, and holographic storage.

Waterford, New York

Directed efforts of 16 team members using silicone polymers for personal care, industrial, home care and automotive applications. New products from this team accounted for over $15MM annually.

Waterford, New York

Designed and synthesized silicone materials used as shampoo conditioners, fragrance release textile softeners, lubricating fluid for textile manufacture, secondary oil recovery fluids, and silicone-based dry cleaning compositions.

Rochester, New York

Developed new synthetic method for heterocycle formation and polymerization route to high performance polymers including polyimides, polyesters and polybenzimidazoles. Developed novel substances for electroluminescent cells, hole transport layers, NLO materials, ceramic precursors, non-silver thermal imaging and antioxidants for developing solutions.

Niskayuna, New York

Investigated new synthetic routes to produce ULTEM ™ polyetherimides polymers as well as fundamental organic transformations on model compounds.