Ohio University’s Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquium Series presents Dr. Patrick H. Young on “A Chemist’s Guide to Successful Product Development in an Industrial Environment” on Monday, April 10, at 4:10 p.m. in Clippinger Laboratories 194.
Patrick H. Young
Young earned his terminal degree in Analytical Chemistry from Ohio University and is currently a Senior Research and Development Leader in the DuPont Building Envelope business unit.
Abstract: A continuously renewed supply of new and improved products is the life’s blood of a thriving growth oriented business. Two foundational axioms for a successful product development pipeline are: 1. Establish an environment of creativity that will encourage cutting edge idea generation. 2. Possess a simplified approval process with minimal hierarchy that will allow for efficient translation of ideas to new products. Successful product development protocols should always have triggers which result in hard decisions on moving forward with commercialization. These would include financials, proof of concept, complexity, intellectual property, product stewardship, freedom to operate, risk analysis, process scaleup, etc. The purpose of this talk is to present a detailed roadmap of an actual product development from cradle to commercialization. Details will be given on the initial chemistry related discoveries associated solubility parameters of polymers to the final approval for sales of a specific product development.
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