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Dudley
J. Primeaux, was
born in Dec 3, 1959, received
an M.S. Degree in Organic Chemistry from
Lamar University in
Beaumont, Texas in 1984. He then joined
Texaco Chemical Company -Austin Research
Labs where he was involved in the development
of rigid and flexible polyurethane foam
systems and applications. It was under
this area where he developed and first
demonstrated the 100 % solids polyurea
spray elastomer technology. In 1987 he
joined the Performance Polymers Group
where he has been involved in polyurea
RIM and spray elastomer development and
applications development of amine catalyst
in polyurethane foam systems.
In 1994, Dudley became part of Huntsman
Corporation following the sale of Texaco
Chemical Company. Here, he was a Research
Chemist in the Thermoset Applications
Group devoting his efforts to marketing
and applications development of the polyurea
spray elastomer technology.
In
June 1998, Dudley was invited by Prof.
Weibo
Huang and visited Qingdao. Under his
presentation and instruction, Prof. Huang
leads his fellows to make R&D of spray
polyurea in CHINA. In October 1998, he
became Managing Partner / Chief Chemist
with EnviroChem Technologies. Dudley was
responsible for all formulation development
for the EnviroLastic® polyurea product
line and marketing of those systems and
applications. He also interacted with
the Certified Contractor Network on products
and application techniques. Application
equipment setup, training and servicing
also fell under his responsibilities.
In
November 2000, Dudley left the association
with EnviroChem Technologies to pursue
a personal consulting business, Primeaux
Associates LLC. This work relates to the
polyurea industry, equipment, application
and training. He is currently working
with a variety of companies throughout
the world.
Dudley
is active in the National Association
of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), SSPC: The
Society for Protective Coatings and President
of the Polyurea Development Association
(PDA). He is named inventor of 23 US Patents
and 6 European Patents on polyurethane
and polyurea foam applications as well
as polyurea spray elastomer systems/applications.
He also has 27 technical publications
on the polyurea elastomer technology.
He was recognized as a Protective Coatings
Specialist by SSPC in 2006.
Dudley
is honored as the Father of Spray Polyurea
Elastomer Technology in the World. He
is a good teacher and friend of Prof.
Weibo
Huang.
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Dudley in a training
seminar
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Dudley and Weibo
Huang in the 7th PDA Annual Conference
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Avocation: Hunting
& Riding
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