EMERALD HONORS WINNERS Research Leadership
Arthur W. Martin, Ph.D. Development Associate, Biosurfaces Development Corning Incorporated
porated first in 1992 as a Corbrest Scholar summer intern. Over his 15-year broad industry experi- ence in polymer science, process engineering and materials chemistry, his innovations have led to development of polymer- ic materials and processes for the LCD display, semi-conductor and ophthalmic industries. A prolific inventor, Martin
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has been granted seven patents, filed 14 more applications, a trade secret and is author of 25 technical publications. Prior to rejoining Corning in 2006 as a senior research scientist in the life sciences development group, Martin made a significant number of commercial contributions at Allied Signal, now Honeywell (1995-1997), Bausch & Lomb (1997-2000), and IBM (2000- 2002), in areas of polymer materials for semi-conductors, micro structure in polymer thin films for wide-angle LCD screens, and hydrogels for contact lens. While at Bausch & Lomb, he led a team that developed a 30-day continuous wear contact lens (Pure Vision) based on a novel silicon acrylate chemistry with en- hanced oxygen permeability, water transport, and increased water content. He also invented and validated a photo-curing delivery process that improved the quality of OPTIMA FW contact lenses, which resulted in cost savings of $1 million annually. He was awarded three patents for his innovation at IBM. There, he led a team that solved adhesion and cosmetic effects in polymeric insulation layers of semiconductors, resulting in cost savings of $500,000 a year. As product development engineer at Allied Sig- nal, he developed technologies for processing of polymers. Mar- tin is an active member of a number of professional associations, including the National Organization for Professional Advance- ment of Black Chemist and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), American Chemical Society, the Society of Plastic Engineers and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is also an ac- tive leader in Corning’s Black Technology Network, serving as a co-chair of its university relations committee. In this role, he is a campus manager for Spelman and Morehouse Colleges initiating university-industry programs and coordinating student activ- ity. He is also a coach and mentor to early-career scientists and students. At Corning Inc. since 2006, Martin has invented and developed novel polymeric coating surfaces for stem growth that
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will contribute to an increase in sales, scale, and ease of manu- facturing. In addition, he managed the budget to build a pilot lab designed for ultraviolet curing of polymers for cell cultures. His team was awarded the Corning CEO Performance Excellence Award for a Six Sigma project on surfaces for screening stem cells. Martin was promoted a development associate in 2011. He earned a bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from City College, City University of New York in December 1993, a master’s in Polymer Science and Engineering in 1999 and his doctorate in materials chemistry in 2006 from the Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York.
Senior Technology Fellow
Mallanagouda D. Patil, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Corning Incorporated
allanagouda Patil is a scientist in catalyst de- velopment at Corning and a green technologies pioneer. He is one of the inventors of a system that reduces hydrocarbon emissions from exhaust gases, and also helped enable technolo- gies that make the air we breathe cleaner and safer. Patil’s work on the naturally occurring zeolite odor absorber led to an exhaust treatment system launched by Corning Environmental Technol- ogy in the 1990s. Patil has since led a project to develop a ceramic honeycomb substrate which is of interest to Corning to meet upcom- ing stringent automo-
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tive emissions. Over his 25-year career in the area of ceramics materials and catalysis research, Patil has focused on conversion of car exhaust, diesel exhaust, and emissions containing hydro- carbons and nitrous oxides, to harmless gases and water vapor. A prolific inventor, Patil’s research laid the foundation for new technologies that reduce noxious emission in cars and resulted in materials and processes to develop commercially success- ful industrial products at the specialty glass and ceramics giant. Examples of his work include the use of zeolites in all products related to automotive exhaust pollution reduction, catalysts for noxious reduction in diesel exhaust and honeycomb substrates for cold-start engine emission reductions. Over the course of his career he has garnered 29 patents forming a body of research that has been leveraged to yield a series of environmental technology
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