Simulating Formulated Liquids

Historically, formulations were created by trial and error.  Formulators have relied entirely on experimental methods to determine what ingredients and processes to use for making consumer desirable products.  As both fundamental understanding of materials and our ability to simulate materials have improved significantly in recent years, can we innovate faster using modeling and simulation?  What can we do today with modeling and what can we expect to simulate in the near future?   This talk will present examples of using materials modeling for mechanistic understanding of formulated liquids.

 

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Kelly Anderson, Ph.D., is a scientist in Procter & Gamble’s Corporate Modeling & Simulation Department in Cincinnati, Ohio.  He is a polymer scientist with an undergraduate degree from The University of Southern Mississippi and a graduate degree from Cambridge University (U.K).  Before moving to P&G, He was a National Research Council Associate at the Air Force Research Laboratories in WPAFB, OH simulating nanocomposites.  At P&G, he simulates polymer and surfactant interactions in formulated liquids using multiscale methods.