Contact: mecheverri@zips.uakron.edu
Hometown: Medellin, Colombia
Education: B.S in Chemistry, Universidad de Antioquia
Work Experience:
01/2015 – 08/2016: Laboratory Coordinator, Empaquetaduras & Empaques S.A, Medellin, Colombia
- Develop, formulation and standardization of a variety of rubbers (Natural, Nitrile, Neoprene, CSPE, EPDM, Silicones, fluoropolymer and PU elastomers, etc.)
- Design of specific recipes of rubber for particular applications
- Improvement of recipes for a better performance in extrusion of rubber, compression molding of massive pieces, high speed injection molding
- Staff management
- Inventory of formulations
- Metrology of instruments
Research Interests:
Self-assembly of nanostructures to produce a macroscopy response in order to understand the phenomenon occurred.
Composites of silica-melanin for improving optical reflection and mechanical integrity of the final material.