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About the Author

Dr.KalyanSehanobishisaleadingexpertin

materials science, with particular emphasis

onfracturebehavior.Hecompletedhis

undergraduate and graduate education in

ChemicalEngineeringinIndia.Hethencame

totheUnitedStatestoattendCaseWestern

Reserve University, where he graduated with a

Ph.D.inMacromolecularScience.

Dr.Sehanobishcurrentlyisaseniorscientist

with Dow Automotive Research, a market-

facingbusinessunitofTheDowChemical

Company.Hehastechnicalresponsibility

or most o the new business opportunities

or that company, with a primary ocus on materials science aspects. This

encompasses a broad range o technology solutions, such as intelligent oams

or acoustics and crash management, new heat storage materials to improve

powertrain efciency, and identiying approaches to make crack-resistant

ceramic flters.

Duringhis20-yearcareerwithTheDowChemicalCompany,Dr.Sehanobish

has been responsible or pioneering work in lietime prediction modeling or

polyolefn pipes, structureproperty relationships o thermoplastic polymer

blends, and the engineering materials science aspects o metals, ceramics, and

hybrids.

Dr.Sehanobishwasoneoftheearlypioneersofdevelopingapplicationsfor

metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resins, known as polyolefns, plastomers,

and elastomers,startingfrom1989.Hewasinstrumentalindevelopinga

broad variety o applications o metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resins.

Hiseffortsrelatedtostructurepropertiesrelationshipsincludedpioneering

work in the area o mechanical properties and tie-chain concentration over

a broad range o crystallinity and the eect o processing on molecular

orientationandlmproperties.Dr.Sehanobishwasinstrumentalin

developing applications o metallocene- and post-metallocene-catalyzed

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resins, such as impact modifers or thermoplastic olefns (TPO) that are used

today in almost all car bumper ascia applications, unique cast stretch flms,

hot water pipes, and blown flms.

Dr.Sehanobishhasauthoredaseriesofpublicationsandholdsmore

than 25 patents in the areas o polyethylene pipes, blown and cast flms,

speciality fbers and flms,andTPOs.Hisresearchisthebasisforthe

INSITETMtechnologyplatformandnewresinfamiliessuchasENGAGETM,

AFFINITYTM,NORDELTM IP,andELITETM.TheINSITEtechnology

received the R&D 100 Award in 1994 rom R&D Magazine,andtheELITE

enhanced polyethylenes received the R&D 100 Award in 1999. These eorts

also resulted in currently more than one billion pounds per year o sales ometallocene-catalyzedpolyethyleneresinsbyTheDowChemicalCompany.

Sincejoiningtheautomotiveindustryin20042005aspartofDow

Automotive Research,Dr.Sehanobishhasworkedonthedevelopmentof

plastics and composites or automotive applications, including several new

products in saety, bonding, acoustics, and heat storage applications. Two o

these products received the R&D100Awardin2005and2007.Dr.Sehanobish

also has presented papers at numerous technical and industrial conerences,

oten as an invited speaker.