Samuel Olson Email & Phone Number

Canton, Mi, Us

Global technical expert for glass making raw materials, batch formulation, and glass properties.Provide both remote and onsite technical support to float glass plants conducting glass transitions, batch optimizations, raw material changes, and troubleshooting batching upsets.Provide technical support to leadership on raw material topics.Audit raw material suppliers’ beneficiation processes and quality control practices.Develop raw material specifications.Write proven practice guidelines on raw materials, batch formulation, and glass properties.

Global technical expert for X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis of glass and raw materials. Developed and implemented XRF calibrations at 9 Guardian facilities around the world.Contributed to numerous glass research projects related to glass composition, glass melting, and raw materials. Helped design experiments. Organized and conducted analytical testing.Trained lab technicians in glass melting and analytical techniques for glass and raw materials.Provided technical support to float glass plants. Completed analytical testing, generated reports, and recommended actions based on test results.Managed labs dedicated to glass melting and analytical testing of glass and raw materials. Evaluated analytical instruments and completed capital expenditure documentation to purchase both new and replacement instruments.

Conducted analytical testing of glass and raw material samples for R&D and float plant support.Wrote analytical test procedures.Used LIMS to prioritize and track on-time completion of analytical testing submissions.

Tested optical and mechanical properties of sputtered coatings for Energy and Electronics applications.

Tested physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of automotive windshield urethane.