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Background
Dr. Ibrahim Sendijarevic holds a
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign and a B.S.E. degree in Chemical Engineering
from The University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor. He has
co-authored 17 papers in the field of polymers and 3 US
patents.
His research interest includes
structure-property relationships of highly branched dendritic
polymers and the effects of the degree of branching and
end-groups functionality on the inter-molecular and
intra-molecular interactions of dendritic molecules. He
also has experience in determining the properties of dendritic
molecules in blends with linear polymers and in developing
applications for dendritic materials as processing additives
and surface modifiers. As an associate engineer at Merck &
Co. he worked on the scale-up of organic chemistry processes
for production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. In this
effort he worked on the scale-up efforts of dozens of chemical
compounds and amongst other achievements was responsible for
the development of a novel impurity rejection method and the
development of a novel crystallization process. At Troy
Polymers Inc., he works on the commercialization of the
in-house technologies and on the development of TPI’s scale-up
and processing capabilities. He is a frequent reviewer for
Journal of American Chemical Science.
Research
areas and activities
Author of 17 technical
papers and 3 US patents. He holds a
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign and a B.S.E. degree in Chemical Engineering
from The University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor. His Ph.D. thesis
work focused on the study of structure-property relationships
of highly branched dendritic polymers determining the effects
of the degree of branching and
end-groups functionality on the inter-molecular and
intra-molecular interactions of dendritic molecules. He
explored the properties of dendritic molecules in blends with
linear polymers and in application of dendritic polymers as
processing additives and surface modifiers. As an associate
engineer at Merck & Co he worked on the scale-up of organic
chemistry processes for production of Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredients. In this effort he worked on the scale-up efforts
of dozens of chemical steps and amongst other achievements was
responsible for the development of a novel impurity rejection
method and the development of a novel crystallization
process.
At Troy Polymers Inc., he works on the commercialization of
the in-house technologies and on the business development of
the company. He is also contributing to the development of
TPI’s scale-up and processing laboratories. He is a frequent
reviewer for Journal of American Chemical Science.
Honors and Awards
Tau Beta Pi, Honors Engineering Society,
1994, University of Michigan.
Member of Phi Kappa Phi, Honors Society,
1998, University of Illinois.
Ranked in top 5% of Teaching Assistants at
University of Illinois in 1998.
Ranked in top 10% of Teaching Assistants at
University of Illinois in 1999.
Elected President of the Chemical
Engineering Graduate Student Association, 1999-2000.
Best paper award, The API Polyurethane
Conference 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2004.
Best paper award, The API Polyurethanes
Conference 2005, Houston, Texas, 2005.
Selected
Publications
Sendijarevic, V.,
Sendijarevic, I., Mayne,
K., Winslow, R.W., Duranceau, C.M., Simon, N.L., and Wheeler,
C.S., “Recycling of Polyurethane Foams Recovered from Shredder
Residue via Glycolysis Process into Polyurethanes,”
Proceedings of SAE 2006 World Congress, April 3-6,
2006, Detroit, Michigan, Paper No. 2006-01-1579.
Sendijarevic, I.,
and Sendijarevic, V., “Shape Memory Foams: Applications
in Packaging.” October 17-19, 2005. Proceedings of the
Polyurethanes Conference 2005, Sponsored by the
Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry, Houston, Texas, p.p.
502-508
Sendijarevic, I.,
Sendijarevic, V., Sendijarevic, A., Reimann, K.A., and Bailey,
R.E., “Effect of pH and Buffers on Hydrolysis Rate of TDI and
PMDI Based Polyureas”. October 18-20, 2004.
Proceedings of the Polyurethanes Conference 2004,
Sponsored by the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry, Las
Vegas, Nevada, p.p. 274-281.
Vahid Sendijarevic, Aisa Sendijarevic,
Ibrahim Sendijarevic,
Robert E. Bailey, Denis Pemberton, and Kurt A. Reimann.,
“Hydrolytic Stability of Toluene Diisocyanate and Polymeric
Methylenediphenyl Diisocyanate Based Polyureas under
Environmental Conditions.” 2004. Environ. Sci. Technol.,
38, 1066-1072.
Josh A. Orlicki, Jeffrey
S. Moore, Ibrahim Sendijarevic,
Anthony J. McHugh, “The Role of End-Group Functionality on the
Surface Segregation Properties of HBPs in Blends with
Polystyrene: Application of HBPs as Dewetting Inhibitors”,
Langmuir;
2002;
18(25);
9985-9989.
Josh A. Orlicki, Jeffrey S. Moore, Neil O. L
Viernes, Ibrahim Sendijarevic, Anthony J. McHugh, “Roles of
Molecular Architecture and End-Group Functionality on the
Surface Properties of Branched Polymers”,
Langmuir;
2002;
18(25);
9990-9995.
Ibrahim Sendijarevic,
Anthony J. McHugh, Josh A. Orlick, Jeffrey S. Moore, “The Role
of Alkyl End Groups on the Miscibility of Hyperbranched
Polymers with Polyolefins”, Polym. Eng. Sci; 2002.
Ibrahim Sendijarevic,
Anthony J. McHugh, Larry J. Markoski, and Jeffrey S. Moore,
“Eliminating Variations in Elemental Composition in Studies on
the Physical Properties of Linear to Hyperbranched Etherimide
Copolymers”,
Macromolecules;
2001;
34(25);
8811-8813..
Ibrahim Sendijarevic,
Matthew W. Liberatore,
Anthony J. McHugh, Larry J. Markoski, and Jeffrey S. Moore,
“The Effect of Branching on the Rheological Properties of
Concentrated Solutions of Aromatic Etherimide Copolymers”,
Journal of Rheology.; 2001; 45(5); 1245.
Larry J. Markoski, Jeffrey S. Moore,
Ibrahim Sendijarevic and
Anthony J. McHugh, “Effect of Linear Sequence Length on the
Properties of Branched Aromatic Etherimide Copolymers”,
Macromolecules; 2001; 34(8); 2695-2701.
Scott D. Thompson, Larry
J. Markoski, Jeffrey S. Moore,
Ibrahim Sendijarevic, Anand Lee, and Anthony J.
McHugh, “Synthesis and Characterization of Hyperbranched
Aromatic Poly(ether imide)s with Varying Degrees of
Branching”, Macromolecules; 2000; 33(17);
6412-6415.
Ibrahim Sendijarevic
and Anthony J. McHugh, “Effects of Molecular Variables and
Architecture on the Rheological Behavior of Dendritic
Polymers”, Macromolecules; 2000; 33(2);
590-596.
List of Patents
Sendijarevic, V., Sendijarevic,
A., and Sendijarevic, I.,
“ Foam articles,” U.S. Patent No. 7,303,536; December 4, 2007
(to Troy Polymers, Inc.).
Sendijarevic, V., Sendijarevic,
A., and Sendijarevic, I.,
“ Foam articles,” U.S. Patent No. 7,276,036; October 2, 2007
(to Troy Polymers, Inc.).
Sendijarevic, I.,
Sendijarevic, V., “Process for preparing polyols,” U.S. Patent
Application No. 20070197668
A1; August 23, 2007 (to Troy Polymers, Inc.).
Sendijarevic, V., Sendijarevic, A., and
Sendijarevic, I.,
“Orthopedic casting articles,” U.S. Patent No. 6,984,216;
January 10, 2006 (to Troy Polymers, Inc.). |
