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==Clem McKown - Head Mentor FRC Team 1640==


I have been a mentor for FRC Team 1640 starting with the 2006 (Aim High) season.  Presently, I serve as Head Mentor for the FRC Team.

I also Referee Vex Events.


Key competencies which I bring to robotics are Project Management, Team Leadership, Mechanical Design and CAD.


For my day-job, I am Director Business Devlopment - Thiochemicals for [http://www.arkema.com Arkema, Inc.], based in Philadelphia PA.  I have worked for Arkema (and predessessor companies) since 1985, starting as a Process Engineer.  My carreer in Arkema has focused on developing new businesses, both from the technology and business perspectives.


I studied Chemistry at SUNY @ Stony Brook and Chemical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark NJ).


I have been granted (7) US Patents, all associated with atmospheric-pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) coatings on glass.


In 1994, received the Elf Innovation Award.


In 2004, reveived the Yanzhou Friendship Award from the Hebei Provicial Government, PRC.


mài kāng wēi (迈康威) is my given Chinese name, which I have used here as my user name.


Hobbies are photography and bicycling.