NWE NWE WIN

2022 – present
Lead Construction Chemist
Singapore Polytechnic
500 Dover Road Singapore 139651
Formulation, and production of Construction chemicals including resinous Epoxy, Polyurethane etc. for SME construction companies.
Plan and develop products to achieve cost-performance optimization for both existing and new products, Provide technical oversight and expertise.
Provide consultancy services to the construction industry.
Participate in improving construction materials for Sustainability, Buildability and Maintainability.
Testing services and the teaching of short courses relating to construction materials technology. Coordinate and deliver courses, seminars and workshops relating to construction chemicals for adult learners.
Knowledge and experience on PPVC, Green Mark Building, Singapore Green Labelling Scheme, requirements of Green Product.
Enthusiastic about creating value through technology deployment and transfer to Building Environment industry.
Guiding final year students for technology transfer industries commercial products.

Initiated the development of a global chemistry technology network to improve sharing of technical information.
Manage R&D activities, liaise with international collaboration partners.
Authored and revised operating procedures to reflect changes in the testing methods to comply with ISO requirements.

Prototyping, Cement grouts, hydrophobic grouts, and epoxy grouts.
Water proofing membrane and roofing membrane formulations study of styrene butadiene latex emulsion based, acrylic latex and styrene acrylic emulsion-based products.
Sourcing alternative raw materials replacement for existing formulas.
Manage the technical transfer from US Laticrete’s R&D and International Laterite R&D teams.
Take part in quality audit ISO9000&14000 as an internal auditor.
Leadership role at developing new products, improving existing products, supporting customer technical service and production, operations.
Promote a working environment to achieve excellence in productivity, customer service, quality, and EHS (Environmental Health & Safety)

Design and formulate adhesive products and synthesize fine chemicals and specialty chemicals.
Maintain documentation for work procedures in accordance with ISO standards.
Key responsible for the development of new Epoxy adhesive and Cyanoacrylate, fast setting Adhesives for variety of markets. Complete necessary tests needed to develop adhesives.
Formulate and evaluate resins, polymers and other components used in adhesive production.
Perform tests, record, and interpret results and issue summary reports and recommendations in a timely manner.
Identify improvement and new product opportunities, assess fit, define, implement and manage development efforts for the adhesive market.

Toungoo University

Teaching two sections each semester of General Chemistry laboratories under the direction of Instructor for General Chemistry Lecture.
Ensuring Discipline of Chemistry compliance with applicable Environmental Health and Safety regulations.
[ In cooperation with the Institutional Individual responsible for chemical, biological and environmental health, and safety.]
Laboratory Sample and test raw materials, in-process, stability, and batch release for products.
Follow required protocols, practices, SOPs, and compliance of the Quality System designed to meet the cGMP's.
Responsible for the formulation, method development, process validation and stability of new products.

Yangon University, Yangon, Myanmar
1995, B.Sc. (Honors) Chemistry,
1996-1997 (Demonstrator in Yangon University)
1997-2004 (Lecturer in Dagon University)
Thesis Title: Extraction, Isolation and Characterization of Alkaloids from Argemone Mexicana Linn.
Dissertation Title: Investigating and Formulating Quality Wood Adhesive from Natural Rubber Latex.
Integrated Course work into both General and Organic Chemistry Curriculum.
Developed curriculums and taught two new Organic Chemistry lab and lecture courses.
Conducted lectures in General Chemistry for large class settings (100 students).
1997-2001(University lab Demonstrating teacher) Chemistry Department, Dagon University, Yangon, Myanmar
2001-2003 (Researcher) Development Centre of Rubber Technology, Research and Quality Control in Industrial Production of Rubber Latex Adhesives. Myanmar.
2003-2004 (Researcher) Preparation of Composite Materials, Ministry of Science and Technology Research Department, Polymer organic chemistry.
2004-2006 (University Lecturer) Supervised the Master (M.Sc.) students’ Research.

Led the departmental review committee and conducted research assessment.
Collaborated with other departments on inter-disciplinary research projects.
Managed the chemistry department's inventory of chemicals and supplies.
Performed development and validation of HPLC procedures used in process validation, cleaning validation for new drug products.
Ensured compliance with cGMP and quality standards for analytical lab equipment.

Chemistry Department, Yangon University, Yangon, Myanmar
Taught undergraduate and graduate level chemistry courses, designed curriculum, conducted research projects, mentored students, and published research papers.
Implemented innovative laboratory experiments that fostered practical application of theoretical concepts.
Supervised undergraduate and graduate research projects, resulting in numerous student publications and presentations at national conferences.