Ming-Siao Hsiao

About Ming-Siao Hsiao

Profile Summary:**a. I am an industrial lead PhD Research Scientist with expertise in polymer chemistry and physics, focusing on the synthesis, crystallization, and structure characterization of polymers, and the relationship between structure, properties, and performance.b. With over 10 years in industrial product development, I specialize in automobile adhesives, polyimide films for consumer electronics and electrification, polymer/nanofiller resins, and waterborne resins.c. As a collaborative leader with over a decade of experience, I have managed rapid prototyping and pilot line trials for Kapton films, producing batches of up to kg.d. I have completed training in leadership, Design of Experiments, Six Sigma Green Belt, project management, economic evaluation, and the ISO90••••15 internal audit standard.e. I have conducted research at leading institutes in the US, UK, Japan, and Taiwan, including work in military research labs.f. I hold six patents and have published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals.g. I am a recipient of EB1A (US), the Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship (EU), Global COE Postdoctoral Fellowship (Japan), and the ITRI High Citation Patent Award (Taiwan).**Specialties:**1. Facilitate research initiatives and launch innovative product development projects, progressing from lab prototypes to pilot line trials through the stage-gate process. Support the scale-up of manufacturing processes in the following areas: adhesives for the automotive industry, polyimide films for consumer electronics, and electrification.2. Generate IP through patents, technical reports, and manufacturing technology expertise, and apply SWOT analysis to understand key competitive trends and technologies.3. Utilize methods such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray scattering and diffraction, and thermal analysis to investigate the relationship between polymer structure, properties, and performance, providing insights into phase transitions in polymers.4. Possess extensive experience in TEM for electron beam-sensitive soft materials, including specimen preparation, cryo-microtoming, Cs-corrected high-resolution imaging, electron diffraction, dark field imaging, HAADF-STEM, energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) mapping, low dose techniques, in situ analysis, liquid cell experiments, electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), and EFTEM.5. Employ the Schlenk line technique for air-free synthesis of functionalized polymers through living polymerizations for practical applications.

Experience

1. Lead Scientist

   Sunstar

   Jan 2025 — Present · Springboro, OH, US

   Responsibilities: a. Develop 1K epoxy-based structural adhesives that cure at low temperatures using UV cationic thermal dual cure or thermal cured methods. This work will result in a conference paper presenting formulations designed to meet the needs of OEMs (Japan, US, Germany).b. Develop high-damping, 1K epoxy-based adhesives to reduce noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) to meet the requirements of Japanese OEMs. Performance evaluations of these high-damping structural adhesives include DMA, lap-shear, T-peel, impact resistance, and shelf-life (25 °C and 40 °C) testing.c. Developing 1k epoxy-based structural adhesive formulations that aim to pass the VW PV1210 90-cycle corrosion test through the assistance of DOE and machine learning, resulting in two conference papersd. Enhancing 1K epoxy structural adhesives with functionalized graphene oxide nanofiller for light-weighting applicationse. Investigate the crystallization characteristics of various graded PVC resins, focusing on their K value and copolymer percentage. Assess the compatibility of mixtures of PVC resins with various plasticizers to address customer complaints regarding bleeding and blistering issues in PVC-based plastisol productsf. Completed Statistical Thinking for Industrial Problem Solving (STIPS) learning module offered by SASg. Generate more than 10 technical reports from projects: corrosion improvement, UV Cationic thermal dual cure, low temperature cure, high damping, and graphene enhancement.Technical Presentation -The effect of accelerators for DICY on the performance of low-temperature cure structural adhesives (Adhesion Society 2025 annual meeting)- Insights into structural adhesive corrosion resistance using machine learning (Car Body Engineering 2025, AB2025)

Education

• The University of Akron

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Polymer Science

  2004 — 2009

Skills

• Thermal Analysis
• Polymer Physics
• Anionic Polymerization
• Polymer Characterization
• Polymer Crystallization
• Polymers
• Tem
• Polymerization
• Diffraction
• X-Ray
• Nanotechnology
• Materials Science
• Nanocomposites
• Characterization
• Coatings
• Polymer Chemistry
• Afm
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Nanomaterials
• Tga
• Polymer Science
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry
• Powder X-Ray Diffraction
• Thin Films
• R&D
• Spectroscopy
• Chemistry
• Materials
• Research
• Mechanical Testing
• Science
• Research and Development (R&D)