Phua Jin Luen (Daniel)

Professional technical manager driving regional success through effective team leadership, project management, and technology implementation. Emphasis on collaboration and flexibility for reliability and adaptability in dynamic environments. Skilled in strategic planning, systems optimization, and troubleshooting with a results-driven mindset. Highly skilled polymeric material scientist contributing invaluable expertise to research and development projects for a competitive edge. Extensive experience in application development for adhesives, collaborating with researchers to make significant contributions. Expert in resolving complex issues related to adhesives chemistries, structure-property relationships, rheology, and curing behaviors through collaboration with engineering teams.

• As the adhesive specialist for a high-volume opto-electronic component manufacturing plant, I confidently mix, test, and qualify various adhesives, including UV-cure, thermal-cure, and pressure-sensitive adhesives. This has greatly improved manufacturing efficiency and productivity.
• I was able to set up a comprehensive adhesive database for the Ipoh, Malaysia factory, consolidating information on manufacturers, uncured and cured properties, and processing parameters.
• I worked collaboratively with multiple adhesive suppliers to source and qualify new adhesives that could replace the existing one with better stability and guaranteed performance. Successfully qualified a new epoxy with a working life of 24 hours to replace the existing epoxy, which only lasted for 15 minutes.
• Work together with team members confidently enhance the manufacturing process by developing a new dispensing pattern and optimizing dispensing and curing parameters. This will effectively eliminate the need for a backfill process.
• Perform experiment to validate the thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between new epoxy candidates and gold wires.
• Determine the curing percentage of Anisotropic Conductive Film (ACF) using an introduced analytic method via FTIR, as the DSC method has limitations in sample preparation.
• Additionally, validate our in-house epoxy mixing process to improve quality control and reduce costs compared to premixed epoxy.
• Provide support and liaise with R&D teams based in the United States, Singapore, and China. Having the opportunity to actively participate in the development process of our newly launched products. My expertise and input will be highly valued which contribute to the success of the optoelectronic products.

• Comparison study on both carbon black and graphene nanoplatelets in epoxy system, respectively. Focus on the electrical, mechanical and thermal properties of the composites.
• Investigate the effect of immiscible polymer blend system (prepared via different processing condition) towards the electrical percolation on both carbon black and graphene nanoplatelets.
• Analyze the immiscible polymer blend morphology behavior towards the selective localization of both carbon black and graphene nanoplatelets.
• Evaluate the effect of surface modification on both carbon black and graphene nanoplatelets towards the interaction with the polymer matrix.

• Age: 37
• Gender: Male

• Functionalized carbon black in epoxy composites: effect of single- and dual-matrix systems, Polymer Bulletin/ Springer Nature, 06/01/21
• Influence of thermoplastic spacer on the mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of carbon black filler epoxy adhesives, Polymer for Advanced Technologies/ Wiley, 08/01/16
• Effect of heat assisted bath sonication on the mechanical and thermal deformation behaviors of graphene nanoplatelets filled epoxy polymer composites, International Journal of Polymer Science/ Hindawi, 03/01/16
• The influence of blending methods in epoxy/PMMA polymer blend, Material Science Forum, 01/01/16
• Comparison study of carbon black (CB) used as conductive filler in epoxy and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), Journal of Polymer Engineering/ De Gruyter, 09/01/15
• The effect of thermal aging on the properties of recycled copper filled epoxy/unsaturated polyester composites, IJIMM, 12/01/13
• The effect of extraction mediums on the properties of porous epoxy using natural rubber latex as void template, Advanced Material Research, 09/01/13
• The properties of recycled copper filled epoxy/unsaturated polyester composites, Advanced Materials Research, 09/01/13