EkoDyne Functional Compound - A Case Study of Innovation in CleanTech Materials

Tom Rosenmayer, PhD, Vice President of Development 

Lehigh Technologies

Abstract:

Abstract:  The presentation is essentially as case study that will describe the development of a new class of sustainable materials:  EkoDyne® functional compound. The global tire industry consumes vast amounts of polymers, including natural rubber, butadiene rubber, butyl rubber, and increasing amounts of complex dual-functionality solution styrene-butadiene rubbers.  Disposal of end-of-life tires is challenging for a number of reasons, including the recycling of thermoset vulcanizates.  Historical efforts to devulcanize tire rubbers have produced degraded elastomers that are not capable of being sustainably recycled back into tire rubber compounds. EkoDyne® functional compound has been developed to address the unmet market of a high performance and sustainable tire rubber compound.  The market and technology development timeline will be covered along with performance and analytical tests results for this new material.energy utilization enhancement. This talk will also cover our recent efforts in the areas of electronic structure elucidation with a particular focus on bimetallic MOFs as well as testing framework modularity towards engineering actinide-based materials.

Biography:

Tom Rosenmayer is currently VP Development for Lehigh Technologies Inc., which is a Michelin Group Company, where he is responsible for new business development and intellectual property management.  Lehigh is the leading global supplier of micronized rubber powders sourced from sustainable feedstocks.  Prior to Lehigh, Tom worked at W.L. Gore, IBM, and Baker-Hughes.  Over the past 25 years, Tom has lead advanced materials development projects in a wide variety of industries, including electronic packaging, semiconductors, consumer apparel, asphalt, and tires.

Lehigh Technologies Inc.

Reception at 3:30 p.m.