Michael Alabran

About Michael Alabran

Mike is a motivated and skilled leader with strong interpersonal and organizational skills to accomplish difficult challenges with a unique style. He has proven his abilities throughout his career while serving in a variety of roles, most notably, as a Research Engineer, Engineering Director, and now currently the President for PSN Labs, which is a Professional Firm offering Engineering, R&D and manufacturing, and extensive testing services to a variety of industries. Over the past 20 years, Mike has gained extensive industrial experience in product design, new product development, material characterization, polymer processing and customer networking. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Plastics Engineering from Penn State University and his graduate degree from the University of Massachusetts with a strong concentration in polymer processing and design. PSN\'s primary focus over the past 10 years has been in the medical device development and testing field, but he brings almost 20 years of experience in polymer materials, processing and design to help circumnavigate and optimize the product development cycle. PSN\'s unique offering of engineering services, polymer processing, and an ISO/IEC 17025 testing lab enables expeditious and iterative development for a variety of markets and topics including Liquid Silicone Rubber development, Biocompatibility testing, NSF 51 considerations, chemical compatibility, overmolding/two-shot molding, insert molding, and micro molding to name a few. Please feel free to reach out to discuss your next development needs.

Experience

1. President

   Psn Labs

   May 2015 — Present · Erie, PA, US

   Our team of dynamic polymer/plastics engineers and scientists, mechanical engineers, and chemists work to solve your most challenging problems.We service all major industries including Oil & Gas, Petroleum and Petrochemical service companies, medical devices and technologies, consumer, industrial, aerospace, and automotive. Our combination of testing, structural analysis, design, and processing all under one roof allows us to solve your problems with a competitive advantage! Our services include, but are not limited to- Testing- Forensics/Legal- Structural analysis (FEA)- Failure Analysis- API testing- ASTM Testing- Medical device design- Regulatory compliance- REACH/ROHS analysis- Fire retardancy of plastics- Other(s)Contact us today for a quote!

Education

• University of Massachusetts Lowell

  M.S., Plastics Engineering

  2004 — 2006

• Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Plastics Engineering

  2000 — 2004

• University of Massachusetts Lowell

  PhD Student, Plastics Engineering

  2006 — 2017

Skills

• Chemistry
• Injection Molding
• Materials
• Plastics
• Thermoplastics
• Rheology
• Nanotechnology
• Solidworks
• Materials Science
• Polymer Characterization
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Product Development
• R&D
• Engineering
• Polymer Chemistry
• Resin
• Polymers
• Polymer Science
• Extrusion