Brian Banaszak

2013-present: Employed by INEOS Styrolution GmbH- 2013-present: Senior Technology Manager for Styrenic Copolymers (ABS, ASA, SAN). Responsible for global day to day production optimization and new process development for ABS, ASA, AMSAN and SAN. Working with sites in Asia, North America, and Europe. Process Modeling expert within the company. Subject matter expert for projects for new production sites in the US and China, responsible for Engineering support during conceptual design, basic engineering, and detailed engineering as well as support for commissioning and start-up and training future operation team. Responsible for developing process safety directive for the company. - 2004-2009: R&D laboratory leader for polymer reaction engineering group2004-2012: Employed by BASF SE- 2009-present: Technology Manager for Styrenic Copolymers (ABS, ASA, SAN). Responsible for global day to day production optimization and new process development for ABS, ASA, and SAN.- 2004-2009: R&D laboratory leader for polymer reaction engineering group1998-2004: PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Madison- PhD thesis in molecular simulations for polyolefins under reaction conditions1993-1998: B.S. and M.S. at M.I.T. during which I held various internships in the following fields: - Material design for containing nuclear fusion reactions- Chemical Vapor Deposition for thin depositing thin metal films- Formulation chemistry for fireproofing foams- Programmer for Aspen Plus- Economic evaluation for new process concept for hydrocarbon plant- Optimization of catalyst recovery processesSpecialties: ABS, ASA, SAN, polymer reaction engineering, emulsion polymerization, styrenic polymers, polyolefins, polyacrylates, polyamides, thermodynamics, calorimetry, molecular simulations, manufacturing