Profile

• Organization

  National Research Council Canada

  
  
• Website

  http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/index.html

  
  
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• Biography

  Dr. Bravo has 23 years of experience in the polymer processing field and is the author of more than 25 scientific publications. After completing his Ph.D. at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) he worked at Indesca, the R&D centre for a cluster of polymer production companies dedicated to manufacturing and commercialization of PE (HDPE, LDPE and LLDPE), PP, PVC and PS/EPS at El Tablazo Petrochemical Complex, Venezuela. He is one of the founders of Indesca’s injection moulding technology centre. Dr. Bravo moved to Canada in 2002 to participate in the development of a microcellular foaming process for automotive applications and later in the natural fibre thermoplastic composites for construction applications as the Product Engineering Manager for McFarland Cascade (Tacoma, WA). Dr. Bravo currently holds the position of Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada, working at the Magna-NRC Composites Centre of Excellence located in Concord, Ontario.