Charles Brumlik, J.D., Ph.D.

Nanobiz, LLC, Managing Partner

(973) 400-0081

Charles Brumlik advises multinational corporations, investors, startups, and governments on technology assessment and commercialization.

Dr. Brumlik is focused on commercialization, due diligence, and technology sourcing in alternate energy, materials, cleantech and nanotechnology. Application areas include membranes, separations, chemical functionalization, ultrafine particles, high surface area materials, cermets, displays, solid state lighting, sensors, and electronics.

As a business attorney, he advises international technology companies, startups, and venture capital groups. At ExxonMobil, Honeywell, and a Princeton law firm, he specialized in transactional and patent issues in chemistry and materials science commercialization for corporations, academia, and governments.

Commencing with his Ph.D. dissertation entitled “Nanochemistry and Nanomaterials” at Texas A&M, Dr. Brumlik has over 20 years of experience working with nanotechnology. As a postdoc at Colorado State University, he published widely on creating and testing materials, devices and systems in the nano and meso scale. He also collaborated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and international academic, government, and corporate research groups.

Dr. Brumlik has over 20 nanotechnology publications and patents on materials and materials modifications including nanoparticle hydrogen storage, electrochemical energy storage, and related processes. He has extensive research experience in membrane materials. He made nano and mesoporous inorganic, organic, and mixed membranes by nuclear track-etch, anodic alumina, and particulate processes; and nonporous separation membranes by chemical, electrochemical, plasma polymerization and solution casting processes. He made anisotropic high flux membranes with insitu surface modification.

From early in his career, Brumlik assisted in the creation and operation of startup companies for molecular models, energy, business methods, electrically conducting composites, food chemistry. His hands on consulting also includes providing prototype materials and advanced patent/competitive intelligence/market research. He earned a law degree at New York Law. His legal career started as a registered patent attorney and developed to include technology transfer, sponsored research, joint ventures, international business transactions, due diligence and related business law. Brumlik has dual U.S.-E.U. citizenship and is fluent in French.

Dana Durham, Ph.D.

(908) 752-2976

Dana Durham is an R&D executive with experience leading global R&D and business organizations at Fortune 500 companies -- Hoechst Celanese, Clariant, Ashland and most recently Air Products where he served as Director of Technology for the Electronics Division and conductive polymers program.

Dr. Durham has been involved in the design, development, scale-up and technical service of performance products for the semiconductor, flat panel display and emerging electronics markets for more than 25 years. He has extensive knowledge of photoresists, antireflective coatings, wafer cleaning chemicals, CVD/ALD, reactive ion etching, conductive polymers. He has expertise with the lithographic process and associated metrology. Further, his recent experience in conductive polymers has provided an expertise in the design, synthesis and manufacture of materials for OLED, OPV and SSL as well as these industries.

Dr. Durham has extensive experience in Product Life Cycle management with a particular focus on the rapid commercialization and introduction of new products. His entire career has dealt with performance products; hence, he as an expertise in translating technology needs into product requirements.

As the ranking technology officer in a number of businesses, he has also served on the business teams of embryonic and mature businesses. He has full understanding of the importance of technology to the development, vitality and re-invention of businesses.
Dr. Durham has nearly 40 patents covering small molecules, polymers, and formulations in the areas of photoresist, antireflective coatings, and wafer cleaning chemicals. He holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry.

Areas of expertise include:

• R&D executive at multiple Fortune 500 Companies
• More than 25 years experience in the design, development, scale-up and technical service of performance products for the semiconductor, flat panel display and emerging electronics industries
• Extensive experience in Product Life Cycle management with a particular focus on the rapid commercialization and introduction of new products
• Served on the business teams of embryonic and mature businesses
• Extensive experience in strategy development
  

Samuel Brauer, Ph.D.

(203) 968-8899

Samuel Brauer focuses on the business of nanotechnology offering analysis and operational assistance in this burgeoning field to major corporations, small materials companies, venture and angel investors, and other financial institutions.

Previously, Dr. Brauer was with the Business Communications Company for 7 years, leading market research on a broad range of advanced materials topics including polymer nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, advanced polymer composites, smart materials and switchable materials. Clients from academe, industry, and government organizations have purchased reports his reports. These organizations range from major corporations including DuPont, 3M, GE, Engelhard, Cytec, W.L. Gore, and Dow; government organizations such as NASA and numerous smaller companies as well as academic institutions. He was the source of quotes in Fortune, Forbes, Business 2.0, BBC, Boston Globe, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Chemical and Engineering News, Chemical Market Reporter and Small Times Magazine. Dr. Brauer has spoken widely on nanotechnology:

• Plenary Speaker on Nanotechnology at the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in New Orleans
• Invited speaker at a joint meeting of the Chemist's Club and the Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers
• Other conference presentations on specific topics include nanotubes and polymer nanocomposites.

Dr. Brauer received his doctorate in bio-inorganic chemistry from Dartmouth (Thesis advisor was Karen Wetterhahn) in 1990 and was a postdoctoral fellow with Professors Gerd LaMar and Thomas Jue at the University of California, Davis.

David M. Gange, Ph.D.

(609) 730-1800

For over twenty years David has worked in the areas of chemical information management, chemistry searching, and patent searching. An author of more than thirty patents and publications, he was awarded U.S. Patent 7,251,643 for a new method of chemical database searching in 2007. His clients include law firms, chemical companies, pharmaceutical companies, and biotech companies. David's searching specialties include pharmaceuticals, small molecules, and medical devices. Past projects include novelty searching, competitive intelligence, M & A due diligence, infringement analysis, and state-of-the-art surveys.

David received his Bachelor of Science with Honors in Chemistry from Tulane University. After graduating from Tulane, he went on to receive a Ph.D. in organic synthesis from The Ohio State University and completed postdoctoral studies at Columbia University.

David is a Registered Patent Agent, and a member of: American Chemical Society, Association of Independent Information Professionals, and the Patent Information Users Group.

Karin Bartels, Ph.D.

(908) 542-0251

Karin Bartels is an Intellectual Property and External Technology Management Executive.

Dr. Bartels’ industrial career spans over 23 years with the global specialty chemicals company, Degussa (now Evonik Industry) both in Germany and in the US.
Karin has broad business experience in technology transfer and commercialization, licensing, negotiations and business development. She initiated and negotiated numerous university collaborations, research agreements, and IP licenses.

She has extensive experience in pharmaceutical and biocidal intermediate synthesis and scale-up processes, heterogenous precious metal catalysis, biocatalysis, inorganic nanoparticles (fumed silica and carbon black), chemical oxidation using peroxides, and polymers.

Dr. Bartels is recognized for her ability to generate new business through her broad external networks, practical approach to open innovation, and commercial assessment of in/out-licensing opportunities.

In her most recent position at Degussa, Karin specialized in IP asset management, IP due diligence and Innovation Management, and developing IP and patent strategies for several business units in the area of inorganic materials, peroxides, polymers and silicones and siloxanes. Dr. Bartels is a registered Patent Agent and has broad and diverse experience in creating, leveraging and enforcing IP assets.

Karin holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and a M.S. in chemistry and chemical engineering from the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany. Her Ph.D. dissertation based on Vitamin A derivatives was the basis of a joint patent with BASF AG. During Karin’s post-doctoral research at University of California, Riverside she developed new synthetic pathways for pharmaceutical intermediates using intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions.

K.W. Lem, Ph.D.

Kwok Wai Lem is a bottom line driven, effective team leader. He is a results oriented seasoned professional with more than 35 years industrial and academic experience on technology, design, manufacturing, and marketing for functional materials and devices. He is an expert in chemorheology and material/hybrids processing and enhancement.

Dr. Lem is currently teaching at Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering at Konkuk University (Seoul, Korea). His lectures include display materials properties, material engineering, polymer engineering, polymer hybrids, and polymer materials. His research focus is on waste minimization in nanosilver, and nanorhelogy and nanomaterial processing in solar nanophotonic and printed electronic.

He was an adjunct professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology teaching graduate courses on material science and engineering, and advanced materials for alternate energy uses. Dr. Lem was also an adjunct professor at Polytechnic Institute of New York University teaching graduate courses on rheology in polymer processing, and engineering properties of polymers.

Dr. Lem’s industrial career spans over 25 years, with a proven record of accomplishment for various positions at Honeywell International Inc., in addition to his two years Canadian industrial experience at Schenectady Chemicals and Canadian Hanson Limited. His experience/skills can be summarized in the following four areas:

1. IP and Licensing – Improved bottom-line for business year after year. Built, trained, and coordinated global licensing teams. Executed licensing stage-gate process, conducted competitive landscape, product tear-down, IP enforcement strategies, and IP-related due diligence.

2. New Business Development/Marketing – Ability to extract useful information from complex data to solve high value problems. Conducted strategic technology planning and alignment, project portfolio management.

3. Manufacturing/Productivity Improvement –Scaled up from lab bench to roll-to-roll production, Integrated and implemented Lean Six Sigma, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), and TRIZ tools into stage and gate process for manufacturing & new product design. Solved numerous production problems using Six Sigma.

4. Technology/New Product Development - Executed integrated stage-gate new product development process. Products/process developed included commercialization of bipolar membranes, ballistic composites, carbon and carbon-carbon composites, and microwave curing of friction materials, nanomaterials, display materials, and materials for alternate energy systems.

Dr. Lem has 10 UP patents and several pending applications covering polymers, microwave processing, nanomaterials, and display materials. He has published and presented over 40 technical papers.

Dr. Lem received his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science (Chemical Engineering) from University of Toronto, earned a M.S. and Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University, and earned a M.S. in technology management from Stevens Institute of Technology.

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Peter G. Balbus

Pragmaxis LLC, Managing Director

Peter G. Balbus is the Managing Director of Pragmaxis LLC. Peter is an innovative business growth strategist and technology commercialization expert with over 25 years of “hands on” experience in helping clients establish profitable new business lines and significantly enhance existing products and services to gain sustainable competitive advantage.

Prior to founding Pragmaxis, Peter held regional practice management and senior client services delivery positions with leading global consulting firms including Booz Allen & Hamilton, CSC Index and KPMG Strategic Services. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from M.I.T. and has completed the executive program in corporate strategy and finance at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Peter serves clients across a broad and diverse range of sizes and industries including polymers and plastics, specialty chemicals, semiconductors, manufacturing, electronic components, consumer electronics, energy, clean tech, alternative energy, energy storage, aerospace and nanotech materials.

Peter is the past chairman & president of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Chicago and was a featured guest on the “America’s Top Innovators” in-flight audio program offered on domestic and international American, Northwest and Delta Airlines routes.

Pragmaxis LLC
www.pragmaxis.com

Virtually every business today faces the perils of commoditization: executives must find a way for their firms to be truly distinctive in their markets or they will inevitably suffer shrinking margins and declining market share. Technology alone is not the answer -- it's a short-term patch at best and more likely it quickly becomes table stakes for your industry. For most companies, the answer to commodization requires bringing a strong dose of innovation to your strategic thinking, business models, intellectual property stategy, product & services mix, go-to-market approach and governance processes.

Pragmaxis is an independent management consulting group that excels at helping clients overcome the forces of commoditization to achieve and sustain ownable distinction in both existing and emerging markets. We offer a broad range of strategic consulting services that enable clients to determine their best course of action for profitable growth and then follow through with innovation management, technology commercialization, product development, channel strategy, alliance development, infrastructure acquisition and other execution support services to help clients achieve corporate business goals faster, at lower risk and with greater confidence.

Chemistry Patent Search

www.ChemistryPatentSearch.com

Chemistry Patent Search specializes in searching and analyzing chemical information:

• Chemical Technology
• Pharmaceutical Technology
• Nanochemical Technology

They search the issued patents and patent application publications of all major issuing authorities:

• United States Patent Office
• European Patent Office
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• Japanese Patent Office

They specialize in Chemical Structure Searching using:

• Chemical Abstracts CAPlus database
• Chemical Abstracts MarPat Markush database
• Questel Merged Markush Service
• Derwent World Patents Index

They perform Chemical Structure Searches to ensure that key chemical information is retrieved despite chemical name variations or patent classification quirks.
But they don’t stop there. At Chemistry Patent Search we use a combination of keyword searching, patent classification searching, citation searching, and chemical structure searching. By using a combination of techniques, we ensure a thorough search, and relevant results. Results that provide the information you need to make the right decision when the stakes are high.

James M. Weatherall

Principal and Founder of the Weatherall Group LLC
www.weatherallgroup.com

Weatherall Group LLC is a management consulting firm focused on the specialty chemicals and materials industry, including such sectors as personal care, packaging, energy, and related specialty segments.  Founded in 2010, Weatherall Group supports clients with their innovation support, business intelligence, global project management, and market research design needs.

James M. Weatherall is the Principal and Founder of the Weatherall Group LLC, a management consulting firm based in the greater New York City area. 

Mr. Weatherall offers extensive experience in serving the innovation support, business intelligence and market research needs of multinational companies in the consumer products, petroleum products, chemicals and materials, and agricultural/specialty pesticides industries. Throughout his more than 30 year career, Mr. Weatherall has advised senior management of regional and multinational organizations on strategy development, market size and segmentation analyses, business and competitive intelligence, and related services.

Prior to founding the Weatherall Group LLC, Mr. Weatherall was a senior vice president of Kline & Company, Inc.  Kline is a leading global management consulting and market research firm.  Mr. Weatherall was based at the firm’s headquarters in the greater NYC area.  As senior vice president, a role he assumed in 2001, he had P+L responsibility for the Kline Market Research (KMR) division of the company. In this capacity, he recruited, trained, and led a global staff of over 30 professionals in 9 countries. He was a member of Kline’s corporate board since 2001, and also served as Secretary of the Board. 

During his tenure at Kline & Company, Mr. Weatherall was one of the key executives responsible for leading the firm through several ownership and leadership changes.  In 1990, he was named vice president and corporate officer, with global responsibility for the Petroleum Products, Plastics and Materials, and Manufacturing Economics industry practices. He also assumed responsibility for training new staff on best practices for conducting industrial marketing research, with an emphasis on primary field research. Mr. Weatherall spent the first ten years of his career at Kline leading and managing global project teams in conducting and delivering custom consulting engagements and multiclient market research reports to middle and senior management at the firms’ multinational clients. 

Mr. Weatherall holds a Master of Management Science and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, both from the Stevens Institute of Technology.  He is a Board Member and Program Chair of the Chemical Marketing & Economics Group (CM&E) of the American Chemical Society (ACS), NY Section.  He is also a member of the American Section of the Societe de Chimie Industrielle.

Throughout his career, he has traveled extensively worldwide, and worked closely with diverse and highly-skilled colleagues in numerous global locations to meet the evolving needs of his clients.  He has authored, co-authored and presented numerous articles and speeches on the outlook for specialty lubricants, high-performance plastics, specialty packaging, advanced materials, personal care, and other markets for international and U.S. conferences and publications.

He and his wife reside in Hoboken, NJ. They have two grown children, and enjoy reading, sailing, equestrian activities, and touring on their Honda GoldWing.

Rhoda Kriesel

www.touchstonemarketing.com

Touchstone Marketing is a new business-to-business [B2B] marketing firm. We use our knowledge of the chemical, aerospace, semiconductor, and healthcare markets and our business process skills to support market development efforts through:

• Market and market factor evaluations to profile new business development opportunities
• Insightful application of the principles and tools needed for new product/product line development,
  from concept to post-commercialization
• Extensive knowledge of manufacturing processes in the specialty chemicals, aerospace,
  petrochemicals, and semiconductor industries

Rhoda has more than 30 years experience in specialty chemical, semiconductor, petrochemical, and energy industry operations functions. From working with isocyanate manufacturers to solve toxics problems, to being part of the technology transfer team negotiating a deal with China satisfying to both parties,  the hands - on task of introducing new toxics measurement technology to improve operations; protect plant, product, and people has always been daunting and groundbreaking.  Analysis of the aerospace and military needs for toxics protection as well as being part of the DOE’s Industries of the Future, downloading energy efficient methods of operation, are two other aspects of Rhoda’s experience in the toxics and operations fields.
 
Demonstrating the positive economics of using  equipment led to several years profiling various markets for new item and application potential, which in turn led to consulting within various industries on energy efficiency and new application potential for a variety of new products, mainly under the flag of Touchstone Marketing, in Montclair NJ.

Rhoda has a BA from Valparaiso University in Chemistry, and an MA [CT] and Ph. D [Ann Arbor] in French language and culture.  In 1990 she received an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

Dr Vikram M Pattarkine

PEACE USA, CEO / Principal (Partner)
www.peaceusa.net

Dr Vikram M Pattarkine, CEO of PEACE USA, has a distinguished career spanning more than 25 years as a chemical-environmental engineer with extensive international experience covering consulting, research, technology development, technology transfer, and training. He has been recognized by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services as an Alien of Extraordinary Ability.

Dr Pattarkine founded PEACE USA in 2008 to provide environmental stewardship strategies and solutions around the world. He has held several leadership positions in the past including Chief Technology Officer of OriginOil, Inc, a renewable energy technology development company; Senior Vice President of Brinjac Engineering, an engineering design and consulting firm; and Director of Process Engineering of Environmental Dynamics Inc, an equipment design and manufacturing firm. During the 1990s he led the Environment and Natural Resources Management consulting practice of Tata Consultancy Services, Asia’s largest consulting firm. Prior to this, he worked on energy-environment interface issues at TERI, India's premier think-tank.

Dr Pattarkine has been nominated on several prestigious professional committees such as the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee and the Water Environment Federation's Municipal Wastewater Treatment Design Committee. He contributes to these committees as an expert on nutrient management, energy conservation, and renewable energy. He has authored chapters in manuals, peer-reviewed papers, and made technical presentations at conferences worldwide.

Dr Pattarkine holds a PhD in environmental engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Technology in chemical engineering from Nagpur University, India. He is an adjunct professor of environmental engineering at the University of Missouri and has also taught graduate students at Pennsylvania State University.

Lorette Pruden, Ph.D.

Inventive Strategies

www.inventivestrategies.com

Lorette Pruden, Ph.D. is a chemical engineer-turned-entrepreneur, who works at the intersection of the business and people processes that yield success. After over twenty-five years in the oil business, Lorette founded Inventive Strategies in 2000.

Now: Her broad network of specialists in innovation, marketing, organizational development, business development, and sales training, combine their expertise to meet many needs. Clients such as the SII Group, Inc, the National Institutes of Science and Technology, and Pfizer have valued her strategic focus and development of technical leadership. Emerging and seasoned entrepreneurs alike come for advice on presenting themselves to investors.

President of the NJ chapter of the National Speakers Association, Lorette speaks most frequently about strategic planning (“Is your Strategic Plan Working? (or is it in a binder on the shelf?)”™, and its execution. Lorette leads peer-advisory teams of entrepreneurs and small business owners through Team Nimbus NJ.

She also manages her community farmers market on Saturday mornings, which just finished it eighth season--in the black.

Then: Lorette’s study of nano-chemisty began at Mobil with shape-selective reactions of zeolites, including Mobil’s famous ZSM-5. Later, she focused on chromium and Ziegler-Natta based catalysts for polyethylene product development. She has over twenty patents and peer-reviewed scientific publications.

Deciding to work more with people, she turned around a dysfunctional team within the R&D group. She joined a major re-organization within Mobil, bringing a more collaborative process to R&D, manufacturing, commercial development and financial teams. She also led the Balanced Scorecard™ team for R&D.

Through the Industrial Research Institute, she helped develop the innovation model that sparked the PDMA’s Front End of Innovation conference, now in its eighth year.

Lorette’s other qualifications and recognitions include:

• Board of NJ Chapter of the Institute for Management Consultants
  
• NJBiz Top 50 Management Consultants
  
• Certifications in team dynamics and leadership
  
• Advisory Board for the PDMA’s Front End of Innovation Conference
  
• Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, in American Women
  
• Mobil Incentive Fellowship

Her Ph.D. dissertation in Chemical Engineering at Princeton University was Studies in Photoassisted Heterogeneous Catalysis: (by A. L. Pruden Childs). These pioneering studies in applied solar energy informed the degradation of contaminants in drinking water and the commercial development of self-cleaning plate glass windows.

Res Partners LLC

www.res-partners.com

We are a cross functional and multi-disciplinary team that collaborates to provide integrated problem solving capability for our clients. Each person has the experience of working in multiple industries with very large organizations, in addition to small businesses and new ventures.

Our client work focuses on identifying and capitalizing on growth opportunities, improving operational effectiveness, and increasing shareholder value or equity. We have in-depth capability to develop and execute on both strategy and tactics for our clients.

TIPRA

www.tipra.com

TIPRA is a managed, invitation-only global network of world-class senior experts in selected economically-important high-tech focus areas. TIPRA network members are individually selected for their deep competence and high professionalism.

TIPRA leverages the deep technical and business expertise of its network members to deliver the following solutions to clients:

• Strategic consulting and advisory services
• Legal and regulatory expert services
• Intellectual property commercialization and brokerage
• Market entry services and new market development

Their network members typically have over 15 years of experience in their respective focus areas, having held leadership roles in both large and small businesses and academia. TIPRA network members have delivered hundreds of consulting projects in their fields in the last few years. They work with C-level managers of companies, investors, regulators, standards and industry forums, to provide answers and solutions for complex technology and business problems.

Greg Magel, Ph.D.

Nanobiz-TIPRA Liaison

Dr. Magel is a seasoned technology development leader and inventor. His areas of technical expertise encompass optical and photonic devices and systems including fiber optic switches, electronics and microtechnology (integrated circuits and MEMS), electronic and photonic packaging, and nanotechnology, and the interfaces between these disciplines.

He has served as Chairman of the Photonics Division of the Optical Society of America, and is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is an inventor on 19 issued and several pending U.S. patents, beginning at Stanford University, continuing through a career in corporate research and development at Texas Instruments (TI) and Corning, and more recently as an advisor to several small technology companies.

Dr. Magel has served on patent committees at TI and Corning, performing technical and IP due diligence in M&A transactions, licensing of patent portfolios, formulating patent strategy, acting as a liaison between C-level officers and patent counsel, writing patent applications, and performing prior art searches. As vice president of technology for an optical networking equipment start-up, he guided corporate intellectual property strategy, strengthened the existing portfolio with further filings, orchestrated foreign filings, established an invention disclosure and patent award process, and set research priorities and led proof-of-concept development. Dr. Magel is registered to practice before the USPTO as a Patent Agent.

Greg received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Rice University and earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Innovative Research and Products, Inc

www.innoresearch.net

Dr. Abraham is president of Innovative Research and Products, Inc. (www.innoresearch.net), an industry and market analysis company based in Stamford, CT. Dr. Abraham is experienced both as a materials scientist and technical economic analyst in the field of advanced and nano materials and nanotechnology. Dr. Abraham has completed over 50 multi-client market research studies in advanced materials and systems, advanced ceramics, nanomaterials and nanotechnology. Dr. Abraham has organized twelve international conferences in Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology and Nano-bio Convergence. A graduate of Columbia University, Dr. Abraham had worked earlier for Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of Denver and Business Communications Company.

One of the most important studies Dr. Abraham undertook was for the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress on the "Strategies for Advanced Ceramic Materials in the U.S." Dr. Abraham was a member of the US delegation to Australia in February 2008 at the US-Australia Cooperative Workshop on Sustainable Nanomanufacturing held in Brisbane and Melbourne where he delivered the keynote address on the state of the nanomaterials and nanotechnology industry.

Innovative Research and Products provides market research and industry analysis in the following subjects:

Nanotechnology - nanomaterial, nanoparticle, nanostructured, nanophase material, nanotube, nanoimprint, nanomedicine, nanomagnetics, nanosensor, nanophotonic, nanocatalyst, nanofabrication, nano-enabled food packaging

Metals and alloys - copper, aluminum, steel, superalloys, stainless steel, powder metallurgy, armors, metal matrix composite

Materials – engineered materials, plastics, polymer, carbon, graphite, silicon, advanced material, high performance fiber, carbon, graphite, Kevlar, Spectra, advanced composite, advanced ceramics, alumina, zirconia, carbide, nitride, zeolite, industrial diamond, abrasive, aerogel, specialty glasses, Cermet, polycrystalline diamond, PCD, cubic boron nitride, CBN, wear resistant, corrosion resistant, abrasion resistant, reinforced material, imaging material, laser materials, photovoltaic material, lightweight material, armor material, soft magnetic material, aircraft engine material, aerospace material

Chemical – catalyst, filter, filtration, membrane, inert ingredient, inorganic material,

Coating – protective coating, adhesive, paint, conductive coating, thermal spray coating, thermal barrier coating, diamond coating, diamond-like carbon, deposition technologies, CVD, PVD,

Energy related – battery, fuel cell, micro fuel cell, hydrogen energy, thin film battery, lithium ion batteries, ultracapacitor, supercapacitor,

Electrical and electronic material - semiconductor, dielectric, thin film, think film, Piezoelectric material, piezoceramic, piezocyrstal, ferroelectric materials, electroceramics, superconductor, magnet, chemical mechanical polishing, CMP, auto electricals, sputtering target,

Electronic and optical devices – memory and storage devices, IC chips, microelectronic, microsensor, piezoelectric actuator and motor, electoactive polymer, MEMS, NEMS, storage device, wireless device, optoelectronic device

Food - organic food, branded baby food, antioxidant

Biotechnology related - biomaterials, biocatalyst, biochemical, bioceramic, biocompatible, biomedical product, biodegradable product, nano-bio convergence, biocompatible material, prosthetic devices, implant

Others - environmental impact assessment, semiconductor equipment, medical electronics.