Chum in Plastics Hall of Fame.Pak-Wing "Steve" Chum, chief scientist and Dow fellow in the Performance Plastics & Chemicals portfolio for Dow Chemical, will be inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame, which is administered by the Plastics Academy. Chum is being recognized for is lifetime contributions in the development of polymer materials science materials science Study of the properties of solid materials and how those properties are determined by the material's composition and structure, both macroscopic and microscopic. and the use of materials science to guide and speed up the development of new plastic products and applications. Chum joined Dow in 1980 as a senior research chemist in functional R&D and has held different leadership roles in R&D for functional polymers Functional polymers are polymers with advanced optic and/or electronic properties. Advantages of functional polymers are low cost, ease of processing and a range of attractive mechanical characteristics for functional organic molecules. , foams and polyolefin products. Chum is also the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. Industry/Academia Cooperative Research Award and the U.S. National Inventor INVENTOR. One who invents or finds out something. 2. The patent laws of the United States authorize a patent to be issued to the original inventor; if the invention is suggested by another, he is not the inventor within the meaning of those laws; but in that of the Year Award. |
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