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Kurt Swogger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Olefin polymer technologies—History and recent progress at The Dow Chemical Company
    Progress in Polymer Science, 2008
    Co-Authors: P. Steve Chum, Kurt Swogger
    Abstract:

    Abstract The last 20 years have brought a series of breakthroughs in polyolefins catalysis technology. From Ziegler–Natta catalysis technology, to metallocene technology in the 1990s, to post-metallocene technology today, each new development has increased the producer's freedom in more precisely controlling polymer structure and properties. In the early 1990s, metallocene technology allowed control of polymer composition distributions and long chain branching. Today, post-metallocene technology allows control of stereo-/regio-defects on the polymer backbone for unique propylene-based elastomers and allows control of comonomer ‘blockiness’ for olefin block copolymers. Better control of polymer structure enables a molecular architecture approach in product design to rapidly capture market development needs. This article overviews these technology breakthroughs and describes ongoing research at The Dow Chemical Company in developing new olefins products based on metallocene and post-metallocene technologies. While Dow is highlighted (as the authors are most familiar with the work at Dow), there has been tremendous progress and activity from Exxon Chemical Company and more recently Mitsui PetroChemical and Nova Corporation along with others.

  • olefin polymer technologies history and recent progress at the Dow Chemical Company
    Progress in Polymer Science, 2008
    Co-Authors: Steve P Chum, Kurt Swogger
    Abstract:

    Abstract The last 20 years have brought a series of breakthroughs in polyolefins catalysis technology. From Ziegler–Natta catalysis technology, to metallocene technology in the 1990s, to post-metallocene technology today, each new development has increased the producer's freedom in more precisely controlling polymer structure and properties. In the early 1990s, metallocene technology allowed control of polymer composition distributions and long chain branching. Today, post-metallocene technology allows control of stereo-/regio-defects on the polymer backbone for unique propylene-based elastomers and allows control of comonomer ‘blockiness’ for olefin block copolymers. Better control of polymer structure enables a molecular architecture approach in product design to rapidly capture market development needs. This article overviews these technology breakthroughs and describes ongoing research at The Dow Chemical Company in developing new olefins products based on metallocene and post-metallocene technologies. While Dow is highlighted (as the authors are most familiar with the work at Dow), there has been tremendous progress and activity from Exxon Chemical Company and more recently Mitsui PetroChemical and Nova Corporation along with others.

Arthur K. Kordon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Applications of AI-Based Data Science in Manufacturing
    Applying Data Science, 2020
    Co-Authors: Arthur K. Kordon
    Abstract:

    If we follow the proverb that “the proof is in the pudding,” the industrial applications of AI-based Data Science presented in this and next chapter are the “pudding” of this book. Most of the examples described reflect the personal experience of the author in applying AI-based Data Science in large corporations, such as The Dow Chemical Company. However, they are typical of the Chemical industry in particular, and of manufacturing and business problems in general.

  • Industrial Applications of Computational Intelligence
    Applying Computational Intelligence, 2009
    Co-Authors: Arthur K. Kordon
    Abstract:

    If we follow the proverb that “the proof is in the pudding”, the presented computational intelligence industrial applications in this chapter are the “pudding” of this book. The described examples reflect the personal experience of the author in applying computational intelligence in The Dow Chemical Company. However, they are typical of the Chemical industry in particular, and for manufacturing and new product development in general.

  • Hybrid intelligent systems for industrial data analysis
    International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2004
    Co-Authors: Arthur K. Kordon
    Abstract:

    A novel approach for industrial data analysis based on integration of three key computational intelligence approaches—genetic programming (GP), analytical neural networks, and support vector machines (SVMs)—is proposed. The developed empirical models have good generalization capabilities, explicit input/output relationships, self-assessment capabilities, and low implementation and maintenance cost. The proposed approach has been implemented in several industrial applications in The Dow Chemical Company. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  • Hybrid intelligent systems for industrial data analysis
    Information Systems, 2002
    Co-Authors: Arthur K. Kordon
    Abstract:

    A novel approach for industrial data analysis based on integration of three key computational intelligence approaches (genetic programming, analytical neural networks, and support vector machines) is proposed. The developed empirical models have good generalization capabilities, explicit input/output relationships,. self-assessment capabilities, and low implementation and maintenance cost. The proposed approach has been implemented in several industrial applications in The Dow Chemical Company.

  • GECCO - Symbolic regression in design of experiments: a case study with linearizing transformations
    2002
    Co-Authors: Flor A. Castillo, Ken A. Marshall, James L. Green, Arthur K. Kordon
    Abstract:

    The paper presents the potential of genetic programming (GP)-generated symbolic regression for linearizing the response in statistical design of experiments when significant Lack of Fit is detected and no additional experimental runs are economically or technically feasible because of extreme experimental conditions. An application of this approach is presented with a case study in an industrial setting at The Dow Chemical Company.

Catherine M Baase - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Mindfulness goes to work: impact of an online workplace intervention.
    Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2014
    Co-Authors: Kimberly A. Aikens, Catherine M Baase, John A. Astin, Kenneth R. Pelletier, Kristin Levanovich, Yeo Yung Park, Catherine M. Bodnar
    Abstract:

    Objective:The objective of this study was to determine whether a mindfulness program, created for the workplace, was both practical and efficacious in decreasing employee stress while enhancing resiliency and well-being.Methods:Participants (89) recruited from The Dow Chemical Company were selected

  • estimating the return on investment from changes in employee health risks on the Dow Chemical Company s health care costs
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005
    Co-Authors: Ron Z Goetzel, Ronald J Ozminkowski, Catherine M Baase, Gary M Billotti
    Abstract:

    Objective: We sought to estimate the impact of corporate health-management and risk-reduction programs for The Dow Chemical Company by using a prospective return-on-investment (ROI) model. Methods: The risk and expenditure estimates were derived from multiple regression analyses showing relationships between worker demographics, health risks, and medical expenditures. Results: A break-even scenario would require Dow to reduce each of 10 population health risks by 0.17% points per year over the course of 10 years. More successful efforts at reducing health risks in the population would produce a more significant ROI for the Company. Conclusions: Findings from this study were incorporated into other components of a business case for health and productivity management, and these supported continued investments in health improvement programs designed to achieve risk reduction and cost savings.

  • the assessment of chronic health conditions on work performance absence and total economic impact for employers
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005
    Co-Authors: James J Collins, Ronald J Ozminkowski, Catherine M Baase, Gary M Billotti, Claire E Sharda, Sean Nicholson, Robin S Turpin, Michael Olson, Marc L Berger
    Abstract:

    Objective:The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and estimate total costs for chronic health conditions in the U.S. workforce for the Dow Chemical Company (Dow).Methods:Using the Stanford Presenteeism Scale, information was collected from workers at five locations on work impair

  • Communication of epidemiology study results by industry: The Dow Chemical Company approach
    Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 2004
    Co-Authors: James J Collins, Catherine M Baase, Kenneth M Bodner, Carol Burns, Brenda Jammer, Louis J Bloemen
    Abstract:

    Communicating epidemiology study results to subjects, affected workers, and community members is an important part of compliance and alignment with our Company's policies, industry's Responsible Care^® Principles, and the doctrines of Good Epidemiology Practices. It is the responsibility of the investigators to interpret their research appropriately for each audience, and to assure that all who have a need or right to know get information in a form meaningful to them. We discuss study communication with examples from a recent evaluation of communication efforts within Dow and our experience with occupational and community studies on dioxin. We also discuss how we currently structure worker and community communication based on this experience. Since each Dow protocol must include a communication plan, when we agree to undertake a study, we are also agreeing to communicate study results. Depending upon the nature and type of the study, there may also be some prestudy communication. We encourage all investigators to share the results of their studies more broadly than just scientific publication and plan for the study communication before the study is initiated.

Margaret C. Levenstein - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Information Systems and Internal Organization: A Study of the Dow Chemical Company, 1890–1914
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993
    Co-Authors: Margaret C. Levenstein
    Abstract:

    My dissertation examines the relationship between innovation in information processing and innovation in management organization and strategy. Economists and historians have for years credited new information systems and new accounting techniques with providing necessary support for the growth of the large firm. More recently some have taken to blaming these same innovations for the decline in competitiveness and short term vision of American manufacturers. Frequently, however, little reference is made to the actual content of these changes and their implications for management decision-making. My dissertation attempts to evaluate these claims by examining the managerial demands placed upon the information system of one manufacturing firm during a period of organizational, technological, and strategic change. This case study draws on the Herbert Dow papers, which include Company correspondence, financial statements, factory reports, lab books, etc. These records were formerly kept in boxes in the Company vault, protected by the secretary to Herbert Dow's successors (his son and then his son-in-law) whose diligence prevented their destruction. They are now housed in the Company's archives: a one room schoolhouse where Mrs. Grace Dow taught before she married Herbert Dow. Before submerging myself in these voluminous records, I surveyed the literature on accounting systems in manufacturing firms during the late nineteenth century. Based on studies of the paper, nail, ice, textile, boat, auto, and machine tool industries, I propose a new periodization of changes in information systems. This periodization focuses less on changes in accounting technique than on changes in the function of information systems over this period. The first formal information systems were introduced to monitor people and processes. In firms where there had been increases in labor input

  • information systems and internal organization a study of the Dow Chemical Company 1890 1914
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993
    Co-Authors: Margaret C. Levenstein
    Abstract:

    My dissertation examines the relationship between innovation in information processing and innovation in management organization and strategy. Economists and historians have for years credited new information systems and new accounting techniques with providing necessary support for the growth of the large firm. More recently some have taken to blaming these same innovations for the decline in competitiveness and short term vision of American manufacturers. Frequently, however, little reference is made to the actual content of these changes and their implications for management decision-making. My dissertation attempts to evaluate these claims by examining the managerial demands placed upon the information system of one manufacturing firm during a period of organizational, technological, and strategic change. This case study draws on the Herbert Dow papers, which include Company correspondence, financial statements, factory reports, lab books, etc. These records were formerly kept in boxes in the Company vault, protected by the secretary to Herbert Dow's successors (his son and then his son-in-law) whose diligence prevented their destruction. They are now housed in the Company's archives: a one room schoolhouse where Mrs. Grace Dow taught before she married Herbert Dow. Before submerging myself in these voluminous records, I surveyed the literature on accounting systems in manufacturing firms during the late nineteenth century. Based on studies of the paper, nail, ice, textile, boat, auto, and machine tool industries, I propose a new periodization of changes in information systems. This periodization focuses less on changes in accounting technique than on changes in the function of information systems over this period. The first formal information systems were introduced to monitor people and processes. In firms where there had been increases in labor input

P. Steve Chum - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Olefin polymer technologies—History and recent progress at The Dow Chemical Company
    Progress in Polymer Science, 2008
    Co-Authors: P. Steve Chum, Kurt Swogger
    Abstract:

    Abstract The last 20 years have brought a series of breakthroughs in polyolefins catalysis technology. From Ziegler–Natta catalysis technology, to metallocene technology in the 1990s, to post-metallocene technology today, each new development has increased the producer's freedom in more precisely controlling polymer structure and properties. In the early 1990s, metallocene technology allowed control of polymer composition distributions and long chain branching. Today, post-metallocene technology allows control of stereo-/regio-defects on the polymer backbone for unique propylene-based elastomers and allows control of comonomer ‘blockiness’ for olefin block copolymers. Better control of polymer structure enables a molecular architecture approach in product design to rapidly capture market development needs. This article overviews these technology breakthroughs and describes ongoing research at The Dow Chemical Company in developing new olefins products based on metallocene and post-metallocene technologies. While Dow is highlighted (as the authors are most familiar with the work at Dow), there has been tremendous progress and activity from Exxon Chemical Company and more recently Mitsui PetroChemical and Nova Corporation along with others.