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Stefan Pastine is an American scientist, inventor and a materials entrepreneur. He has founded two companies, Connora Technologies[1] Inc. and Thintronics Inc.[2]
Early Life and Education
Pastine graduated from Atholton High School in Maryland. He earned his PhD in Organic Chemistry at Columbia University where he published on carbon-hydrogen activation methodologies in complex organic synthesis. Subsequently, he took a post-doctoral fellowship to study organic materials science at UC Berkeley under the mentorship of Professor Jean Frechet where his research included the conversion of light to work, responsive materials, nanotechnology, and biomimicry. In 2010 he was awarded the R&D 100[3] award.
Career
In 2011 Pastine founded Connora Technologies. Connora was established to commercialize recyclable thermoset technology[4]. Using molecular design the company developed recyclamine[5][6], a set of recyclable epoxy thermosets which allowed industrial plastics to be recycled for the first time. Connora developed a process by which plastics and reinforcements (e.g., carbon fiber, fiberglass, kevlar) can be recovered, enabling the recycling of composite products.
Recyclable Thermosets were named by the World Economic Forum[7] as one of the top 10 innovations of 2015. In 2017 Connora developed the world's first recyclable thermosets in sporting goods with several Snow Board manufacturers[8]. The company was acquired by Aditya Birla Chemicals in 2019[9] and the technology is being used in the manufacture of recyclable windmill blades by Siemens Gamesa[10][11]. It is estimated that this invention saves 10bn lbs of plastic waste from landfills.
Thintronics
While at Connora, Pastine was exposed to the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industry. In 2019 he founded Thintronics Inc. to develop a set of materials with appropriate electrical properties and potentially widespread application in the PCB and Semi Conductor industries. Thintronics’ technology offers significant performance improvements for mobile devices, networking, high-speed computing, AI and GPU technologies.
In September 2023 Thintronics was awarded an SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation to commercialise its technology. In March 2024 they closed a Series A funding round for $20M. The company is based in Berkeley, California.
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- ^ Tulio, Alexander (19 September 2019). "Connora Technologies: A first-ever route to recyclable composites". C&EN. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Vimeo". Recyclamine: A zero waste manufacturing solution. 21 December 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ "Aditya Birla Advanced Materials, Vartega develop a recycling value chain for thermoset composites".
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- ^ "Aditya Birla Chemicals Acquires Recyclable Thermoset Technology from Connora Technologies". July 19, 2019.
- ^ Mathis, Will (September 20, 2021). "Wind Turbine Maker Starts Selling Blades That Won't Become Trash". Bloomberg News. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ Siemens, Gamesa. "Siemens Gamesa RecyclableBlade". www.siemensgamesa.com. Retrieved 2023-09-19.