Helen Huang

Ph.D.

Chemical

Engineer with track records of successful product development from concept to production. Strong expertise in polymeric material applications in coating and adhesive/sealants fields for glass fiber surfaces and cellular glass insulation surfaces under wide temperature range temperatures. Academic and R&D background in heterogeneous catalysts and sorbents development for petrochemical reactions.

Principal Scientist at Owens Corning Science and Technology (2015-12 – 2026-08)

• Developed the next generation of Fabrication Adhesive for cryogenic pipe insulation using cellular glass
• Developed a new fiber glass reinforcement product for gypsum wall board from concept to commercialization
• Successfully led the glass fiber qualifications for the newly constructed glass mat plant, the biggest investment by Owens Corning

Senior Engineer at Owens Corning Science and Technology (2010-02 – 2015-12)

• Developed and implemented a new fiber glass product that solved the fiber dispersion problems with the old product at the customer plants; this new product was launched at the world's largest composite show (JEC) in 2014
• Led cross functional teams and commercialized the newest generation of roofing mat product for asphalt roofing shingles that brought significant productivity gains and financial contributions to the company
• Supervised senior scientist, lab technicians and summer interns for two years

Advanced Engineer at Owens Corning Science and Technology (2004-08 – 2010-01)

• Led a cross functional corporate "top seven" roofing mat innovation program; the successful implementation of it led to multimillion dollar productivity gain
• Key contributor to a cross functional roofing mat development program in 2008 that earned the highest corporate award, "Board of Directors' Cup"
• Invented the next generation composite fibrous paving mat and helped expand it to the overseas market

Research Engineer at ExxonMobil Chemical (2002-02 – 2004-07)

• Improved a resin hydrogenation process with a pre-sulfided Ni-W catalyst to replace a commercial catalyst which needed costly in-situ sulfidation activation
• Modified a catalyst sulfidation process through detailed pilot plant investigation of reaction temperature, pressure and other process conditions for resin hydrogenation

Research Assistant at The University of Michigan (1998-01 – 2002-01)

• Designed a sulfur resistant Pt-Rh/TiO2/Al2O3 catalyst for nitric oxide removal under lean-rich cycle conditions and performed mechanism studies
• Investigated the promoting role of noble metals on NOx storage catalyst and NOx storage mechanism under lean-burn conditions
• Developed amine-grafted MCM-48 and silica sorbents for CO2 capture from natural gas

Research Assistant at The State University of New York at Buffalo (1996-08 – 1997-12)

• Investigated chlorination of toluene by sulfuryl chloride on NaK-L zeolite catalyst

Research Assistant at Xiamen University (1993-08 – 1996-07)

• Investigated selective oxidation of propane to acrolein on Mo-Bi-V mixed oxides catalyst
• Developed fluoride promoted rare earth oxide catalysts for oxidative coupling of methane to ethane and ethylene

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering – The University of Michigan

Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering – State University of New York at Buffalo

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry – Xiamen University