LUCIAN STOENESCU                                                                                                    e-mail: lucianstoenescu9@yahoo.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucian-stoenescu-1a909418/                            Cell: +40 760 652 759

 

 

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
Chemical engineer specialized in Pyrotechnics, Propellants, Ammunitions, Civil and Military Explosives, with a broad technical experience, holding numerous patents, able to contribute to the research and development of existing and new technologies as a team member or leader, familiar with manufacturing procedures and inventing new methods to solve a variety of manufacturing problems.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

2017- 2019       Sr. Operations Manager and Product Development- Advanced Pyrotechnics Tawazun LLC, Abu    Dhabi, UAE

Commissioning and tests runs for a new pyrotechnic plant for production of Non-Lethal portfolio of products.
Concept design and sourcing of custom made equipment’s and machineries able to increase production efficiency with respect for safety and security in sensitive operations e.g. new planetary/spiral mixer concept, Grinding/Sieving equipment, Modular H Press for different pellets sized.
Manufacturing layout and start up production for a contract of Signal Colored Hand Grenades, value 5.1 Mill $ (250000 units) who was accomplished in one year.
New products development plan start up for the following products: Thunder Flash and Flash bang Grenades, In house delay composition manufacturing and design of delay element and firing house, In house CS production plant start up, 15” Signal cartridges, 40MM CS/Smoke, 40MM Sponge Baton, 40 MM Spin Stabilized Flash Bang etc.
Setup a training course in Non-Lethal Systems for military, low enforcement and others governmental agencies.
Manage people and project teams with 5 – 7 direct reports and up to 50 indirect reports.
 

2014- 2017       Principal Scientist/ Engineer- Physical Science Inc., Andover, Massachusetts, USA

·         Develop innovative interdisciplinary engineering solutions to complex system problems in SBIR/STTR programs base in energetic materials that encompass munition design, insensitive munitions, micro-munitions, high performance propulsion, high energy density oxidizer, fuel additives, formulation development, non-chemical igniters, warheads, plume signatures, including modeling and simulations.

–        Environmentally Benign Pyrotechnic Delays

–        Ignition Composition with Low Moisture Susceptibility

–        Environmentally Safe Military Munition Demilitarization

–        Advanced Hybrid Graphitic Additives for High Performance Propellants

–        Advanced Coatings for Ammonium Dinitramide with Enhanced Stability and Material Compatibility

Manage people and project teams with 2 – 3 direct reports and up to 10 indirect reports.
2011- 2014 Sr. Principal Chemical Engineer R&D- Combined Systems Inc. Jamestown, Pennsylvania, USA

 

·         Sprayable Lachrymatory Microemulsion Formulations base on CS, OC and Pava.

·         Pyrotechnic formulations using standard and new raw materials developed for: Propellants compositions, Illuminating Compositions, Ignition and Delay Compositions, Flameless-Cool Burning Compositions, Colored Flame and Smoke Compositions.

·     Find replacement for some traditional pyrotechnics raw materials using New Green-Energetic Compounds.

·         Design and conduct development tests on new or existing products; document, analyse and assess project status, product testing and review of results; complete ISO requirements and documentation.

·         Prototype development and pilot production of chemical/pyrotechnic formulations for testing and evaluation; perform independent research and development work with project responsibility to resolve problems with existing products.

·         Design manufacturing process to meet cost, quality, safety, and schedule requirements; provide technical support and troubleshooting for both in house and vendor processes.

·         Manage people and project teams with 2 – 5 direct reports and up to 25 indirect reports.

·         Design of new Pyrotechnic formulations used for:

 

–        Cool- burning, non- toxic and non- corrosive Colored Smoke Formulations.

–        Delay Compositions type MIL-M-21383 Manganese delay; MIL-C-13739 Zirconium/ Nickel delay; Slow Burning Delays with Tungsten and others.

–        Flameless-cool burning Starter and First Fire mixtures.

–        Ignition compositions A1A, TPP, M201 A1.

–        Energetic Binding Systems and Improved Binding Compositions.

–        Green energetic compounds as alternatives for standard pyrotechnic raw materials.

–        Cool- burning, non- toxic and non- corrosive composition to disseminate in atmosphere a Sensory Irritant compound.

–        Multi-bang grenade design.

–        Optimized flash- bang formulations

 

2009-2011 Sr. Chemical Engineer R&D- Safariland- BAE Systems-Defence Technology, Casper, Wyoming, USA

 

·         Pyrotechnic formulations using standard and new raw materials developed for: Propellants compositions, Illuminating Compositions, Ignition and Delay Compositions, Flameless-Cool Burning Compositions, Colored Flame and Smoke Compositions.

·     Find replacement for some traditional pyrotechnics raw materials using New Green-Energetic Compounds.

·         Design and conduct developmental tests on new or existing products; document, analyse and assess project status, product testing and review of results; complete ISO requirements and documentation.

·         Manage people and project teams with 2 – 5 direct reports and up to 25 indirect reports.

 

2006-2008 Chemical engineer-Research Scientist, Technology Group-ORICA USA Inc. Watkins, Colorado, USA.

·         Formulation and Development for new emulsions explosives compositions in order to replace some harmful     compounds that are still in use, with non-harmful chemicals developed for domestic applications, environmental friendly compounds.

·         Trials and tests to use New Energetic compounds, representatives of green chemistry as Solid Peroxides, Nitrotriazole (NTO) or Dinitramides (collaborated with Eurenco-Bofors) in explosives emulsions formulations.

·         Applications of demilitarized gun propellant and demilitarized high explosives as a component of commercial slurry explosives and explosives emulsions formulations as some significant possibilities in the demil-business of military energetic materials.

 

1991-2005 Technical and Production Director- Special Products Plant, Fagaras, Romania.

 

·         Commissioning and test runs of the Nitro Aromatic Compounds Plant in cooperation with specialists from Chematur Engineering, Sweden.

·         Commissioning and test runs of the Sulphuric and Nitric Acid High Concentration Plant in cooperation with Plinke GmbH, Germany.

·         Technological improvements in the manufacturing process of several types of Nitrocellulose used in the fabrication of different Reactive Powders.

·         Development and implementation of cost efficient technology for manufacturing Reactive Powders with Triple Base. This project conducted in closed cooperation with specialists from the Chemical Plant El-See, Israel.

·         Formulation and development of a patent composition and technology for manufacturing of a plastic explosive with outstanding results in civil demolition activities. The Romanian Technical-Economical Council of the Ministry of Work approved this material to be use in industrial and civil application in 2001.

·         Development of a composition and a technology used in the manufacturing of a flexible detonating ribbon showing good results in demolition and cutting of metallic structures.

·         Development of a composition and a technology using PETN for manufacturing the API (active pharmaceutical ingredients) for drugs used in treating cardiac conditions in cooperation with specialists from S.C. Terapia S.A. Cluj Napoca, Romania.

·         Manage people and project teams with 30 – 50 direct reports and up to 1500 indirect reports.

 

1985-1991 Process Engineer, Manufacturing Department- Special Products Plant, Fagaras, Romania.

 

·         Extensive experience in manufacturing of Nitrocellulose, Nitroglycerine (Biazzi, Gythorp), Nitrobenzene,   Aniline, Trinitrotoluene (Bofors), Dinitrodiethyleneglycol ( Biazzi), mining and quarry explosives, water-gel explosives, high explosives, plastic explosives, and explosives for civilian use.

·         Experience in manufacturing of nitro derivates compounds, and nitro esters used in the fabrication of the explosives and explosive derivate.

·         Reactive powders (solid propellants) Single Base Propellants, Double Base propellants (Solvent type, Solventless type and Cast Double Base Compositions), Triple Base Propellants and Composite.

·         Manage people and project teams with 8 – 10 direct reports and up to 100 indirect reports.

 

PATENTS:

 

·     Triple Base Paste process of fabrication- Certificate of innovation No. 1/27.10.98

·     RDX based Plastic Explosive – formulation and method of fabrication- Patent No.117789C1

·     Formulation of Low smoke emission propellant composition – Patent No. 117844C1

·     Copper based Cumulative Plasticizer composition-Certificate of innovation No.1/05.03.2004

·     Flameless Igniting Slurry Composition and Method of Preparing-  US 2015/0239793A1

·     Colored Pyrotechnic Smoke-Producing Composition- US 2014/0238258

 

EDUCATION:

 

1980-1985   POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT, M.S. /Organic Chemistry Engineering

US Equivalency done by World Education Services from New York shows US Semester Credits: 167.5

And GPA: 3.80

1998                   Quality Management Course in Quality Assurance and Auditor Certification, Bucharest, Romania.

1999- 2004 ROMANIAN- AMERICAN ACADEMY, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

B.S. in Business Administration

2006          ORICA`S EXPLOSIVES COURS-PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, USA.

WORK STATUS:

·     US Citizen

·     Letter of Clearance released by ATF.

·     Explosives Permit type I released by State of Colorado, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts.

SKILLS:

·         Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Project), Lotus Notes, Minitab, SPSS Statistics, IDeX, CHEMCad, CHEMDraw, CHEETAH 7.0, Pinnacle, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, UV-VIS, DSC, FTIR, MSE.

·         Solid Works entry level but enough for concept design of new products or improvements of existing ones.

·     Working knowledge with different apparatus and procedures used to characterize and test energetics materials.

·     Proven ability to coordinate large numbers of people.