Dr. Thibaut GERARD

- Betreuung von Erstmusterprüfungen/Erprobungen von Bauteilen im Automotiv- und Medizinbereich - Kundenbetreuung, Planung und Koordination aller Prüfungen im Labor und bei Unterlieferanten und die Erstellung von Prüfberichten und Gutachten. - Vertrieb im Kunststoffbereich

Betreuung vom Kunststoffbereich und Projekmanagement : - Materialbestimmungen mittels FT-IR, DSC und TGA - Härteprüfungen - Mikroskopische Untersuchungen mittels Stereo-, Plan- und REM-Mikroskope - Mithilfe bei Aktivitäten zur Erreichung der Akkreditierung der k-labor GmbH nach DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025

Research engineer responsible for the development of new products for new markets. - New development of polymer blends suitable for extrusion and powder processing, - Planning and coordination of trials on the lab scale and in the production, - Evaluation and analysis from new developments, - Quality control in the framework of the quality management system, - Teamwork in a staff from German technicians and laboratory assistants.

PhD in the Center for Material Forming (CEMEF) in the framework of the Industrial Chair in Bioplastics, established by MINES ParisTech and 5 compagnies: Arkema, L’Oréal, Nestlé, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Schneider Electric. Research subject : Elaboration and characterization of polylactide (PLA) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) multiphasic blends. Defense on 29th August 2013.

Work at CERDATO research center in Serquigny (France). Subject : Development of new materials based on polyamide 11 for off-shore applications.

Work at the polymer research center in Ludwigshafen (Germany) in two German-speaking teams. Two different research subjects : - Study of a method to obtain de polymer composites by precipitation in various solvents ; - Participation in the development of a new formulation of expandable particles.

Work at Lafarge research center (LCR) in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (France). Subject : Formulation and characterization of cement tablets containing natural polymers (polysaccharides).

Work in the quality control laboratory for the PVC production in Tavaux (France). Study of different PVC plasticizers.