Vivek (Vic) Rohatgi is the PE Rigid Applications Technical Service Manager at Chevron Phillips Chemical. He has MS and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University with 27 years of experience driving product and applications development, business development and global sales growth.  He is a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) and is active in several industry organizations including the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI).  He currently has 18 US patents, 25 Journal & Conference Papers and 3 Book Chapters.  He is a big Buckeyes football fan!