Vivek Rohatgi is the Pipe Resin & Applications Technical Service Manager at Chevron Phillips Chemical. He has MS and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University with 26 years of experience driving product and applications development towards commercialization.  He is a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) and is active in several industry organizations including the American Gas Association (AGA), ASTM Committee on Piping Materials, Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI).  He currently has 17 US patents, 24 Journal & Conference Papers and 3 Book Chapters.  He is a big Buckeyes football fan!