Dawud Tan

About Dawud Tan

I have:1) 14-year experience with 3M & Solventum covering R&D and scale-up of melt blowing process & nonwoven-based products, and 2) 4-year experience with University of Minnesota (Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Material Science) covering R&D of polymer processing, rheology, and thermodynamics, specifically to investigate the fiber diameter distribution and surface properties of melt blown fibers.

Experience

1. Staff Engineer, Product Development - with Filtration & Separation Division of Bioproduction Group

   Thermo Fisher Scientific

   Sep 2025 — Present · St Paul, MN, US

   Main Responsibilities:Provide nonwovens expertise in development efforts for new products & technologies in Bioprocessing Filtration PortfolioCumulative Impacts (2011-now): Performing R&D that impact various 3M divisions & Solventum-P & FBScaled up one technology with manufacturing & design engineering for PSD\'s pandemic response in 2020Co-developed a new, nonwoven-based, product for CHIMD that was launched in 2019Led industrial-academic collaboration (with UMN) in June \'17 -\'20Represented 3M for Nonwovens Institute (NWI) interaction at NCSU in \'20 -\'21Authored/Co-authored 48 invention submissions (13 filed, 17 trade secrets)Gave >30 high-visibility presentations (for C-level and/or V-level audience)Traveled >50 times (for manufacturing trials & external technology scouting)Published/Co-published 57 internal technical reportsTaught 3 internal classes (at 3M) & 2 external classes (at UW Stout) on melt blowingCumulative Recognitions (2011-now):CRPL - CTE & I Team award nominee in \'12,\'14,\'16,\'18,\'20CRPL - CTE & I Individual award nominee in \'13,\'18CRPL - CTE & I Individual awardee in \'14 (division, business, and corporate level)CHIMD - CTE & I Team awardee in \'19 (division and business level)PSD - CTE & I Team awardee in \'20 (division level)AIChE - 35 under 35 award in \'17 Cumulative Outreach (2011-now):3M Tech. Forum - various involvements as chair/committee member3M New Employee Opportunity Network (NEON)(steer. com. in \'12, co-chair in \'13)3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award Sponsor/Co-Sponsor (\'13 for Prof. Ewoldt @ UIUC,\'16 for Prof. Qin @ Stanford,\'19 for Prof. Jia @ VT,\'19 for Prof. Sharma @ UIC,\'20 for Prof. Evans @ UIUC)3M University Recruiting Team for U of MN PhD levelVarious mentoring (1:1 or panel) & volunteering activities

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  B.S., Chemical Engineering

  2003 — 2006

• Diablo Valley College

  Junior Transfer, Chemical Engineering

  2001 — 2003

• University of Minnesota

  Ph.D., Chemical Engineering

  2006 — 2011