Associate Consultant
Dr. Lori T Holmes
Dr. Lori T Holmes
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Dr. Holmes is an expert in coating processes, fluid flow, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and polymer processing. Lori has specialist expertise in non-woven processing (including N95 face mask respirators). Her specialties include viscoelastic polymer flow, film blowing, turbulence in multiphase flow, incontinence (absorption) products and their material components. Lori is also an expert at technical strategic pathways for cutting edge research and highly sought after for teaching and communicating technical material at all levels of interest.
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Professional Experience
March 2020 – Present
Innovation Strategy Consultant and Expert
Remote
2011 – February 2020
3M CORPORATION
St. Paul, Minnesota
Jun 2017 – Feb 2020
Engineering Senior Specialist – Hot Melt Expert
Part of a corporate research group to deliver fundamental insights via experiments and computational numerical codes and find paths to technologies of the future for business sectors.
2011 – May 2017
Engineering Advanced Specialist, Engineering Specialist
Served as complex fluid flow expert. Main area on scientific design of coating dies for 3M’s internal big businesses through theory and simulation.
2006 – 2010
UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN @ MADISON, Teaching & Research Assistant
Madison, Wisconsin
2002 – 2005
UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN @ PLATTEVILLE, Mechanical Engineering Adjunct Professor
Menasha, Wisconsin
1997 – 2001
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP., Research Scientist
Neenah, Wisconsin
Researched absorbent product attributes by both physical and chemical means for superior
consumer products. Interacted with corporate and technology centers, process and
maintenance department weekly.
1994 – 1996
RHODIA (RHONE-POULENC) CHEMICALS CO., Process Engineer
Nashville, Tennessee
Designed, implemented, and improved chemical plant operations in North America.
Interacted with corporate personnel, technical centers, plant engineers, contractors, vendors,
maintenance, and production departments in the performance of assigned projects.
March 2020 – Present
Innovation Strategy Consultant and Expert
Remote
- Lead technical strategies for team of military and commercial based innovators in alliance with the CDC in support for better respirator options and reduce risk of airborne exposure.
- Collaborate in consortium of numerical researchers in creating new modalities to solve complex first principles computations.
- Working on numerical stability to solve viscoelastic limited real-world problems.
2011 – February 2020
3M CORPORATION
St. Paul, Minnesota
Jun 2017 – Feb 2020
Engineering Senior Specialist – Hot Melt Expert
Part of a corporate research group to deliver fundamental insights via experiments and computational numerical codes and find paths to technologies of the future for business sectors.
- Delivered expertise and consulted in the areas of nonwovens, fluid flow and modeling and served as mentor.
- Assembled talented modeling team of scientists to collaborate for coating research.
- Directed interns and supported connections with external partners and universities to generate useful research in the field of polymer processing.
2011 – May 2017
Engineering Advanced Specialist, Engineering Specialist
Served as complex fluid flow expert. Main area on scientific design of coating dies for 3M’s internal big businesses through theory and simulation.
- Worked closely with laboratory and engineering design teams to generate specifications for fabrication and deliver plant support during start-ups.
- Chair of 3M’s Engineering & Manufacturing Modeling world-wide technical chapter.
- Deployed new technologies and disruptive pathways globally.
- Two-year liaison role in Corporate Research Process Labs supporting flow research to align with technical needs of manufacturing and engineering communities.
- Developed strategy and modeling pathways for multilayer confluence conditions.
- Optimized complex flow paths to achieve quality gels. Tegaderm™ products.
2006 – 2010
UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN @ MADISON, Teaching & Research Assistant
Madison, Wisconsin
- Led research team and UW Madison polymer manufacturing laboratory. Research has been on polymer melt fluid flow and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
- Responsible for teaching labs, lecturing, student support and grading.
- Led UW Madison Polymer Engineering Center team to deliver validation codes to solve viscoelastic flow for BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
- Strengthened computer algorithm for a meshless Radial Basis Function technique to include complex source code to simulate flow of a viscoelastic fluid.
2002 – 2005
UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN @ PLATTEVILLE, Mechanical Engineering Adjunct Professor
Menasha, Wisconsin
- Fluid Dynamics, ME 3300
- Thermodynamics, ME 2630 w/EES programming
- Introduction to Engineering, GE 1020
1997 – 2001
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP., Research Scientist
Neenah, Wisconsin
Researched absorbent product attributes by both physical and chemical means for superior
consumer products. Interacted with corporate and technology centers, process and
maintenance department weekly.
- Proposed process & material changes to optimize absorbent article functionality for new product development through creative numerical modeling, research, and testing.
- Teamed with polymer vendors to explore alternatives and improve commercial super-absorbent chemistries for utilization in advanced personal products.
- Researched next generation polymer chemistries and electron beam process for future product commercialization and vendor testing.
1994 – 1996
RHODIA (RHONE-POULENC) CHEMICALS CO., Process Engineer
Nashville, Tennessee
Designed, implemented, and improved chemical plant operations in North America.
Interacted with corporate personnel, technical centers, plant engineers, contractors, vendors,
maintenance, and production departments in the performance of assigned projects.
- Engineering and design of chemical plants included unit material and energy balances, laboratory data development, equipment sizing, and capital expenditure requisitions.
- Built scale-down for PCL3 pilot plant to evaluate process parameters for optimization.
- Conducted vendor testing for sludge dryer process feasibility.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN @ MADISON, Madison, Wisconsin, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Thesis Title: “Modeling 3D Viscoelastic Secondary Flows in Extrusion”
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, Tennessee, Master of Science, Chemical Engineering
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY, Potsdam, New York, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering
KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Brooklyn, NY Associate of Science, Chemistry
Patents
Publications, Proceedings, and Awards / External Mentorship / Unique University Relations
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN @ MADISON, Madison, Wisconsin, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Thesis Title: “Modeling 3D Viscoelastic Secondary Flows in Extrusion”
- UW Madison Graduate Engineering Research Scholar.
- Recipient of the 2010 K.K. and Cindy Wang Fellowship for academic achievement.
- Recipient of the 2009 Lew Erwin Award from the Society of Plastic Engineers.
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, Tennessee, Master of Science, Chemical Engineering
- Research focused on VLE data in cooperation with Rhodia Chemical Co.
- Teacher Assistant for Vanderbilt University undergraduate engineering department.
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY, Potsdam, New York, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering
- Recipient of the Union Carbide Academic Achievement Award for Excellence in Design. (1994)
KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Brooklyn, NY Associate of Science, Chemistry
Patents
- US Patent 10,005,097:
- US Patent 7,955,536:
- US Patent 7,411,110
Publications, Proceedings, and Awards / External Mentorship / Unique University Relations