Laura Stiak Babcock
Nursing at Vinewood Ln, Minneapolis, MN
License number
Colorado 88009
Issued Date
Jun 1, 1988
Renew Date
Sep 30, 1995
Expiration Date
Sep 30, 1995
Type
Registered Nurse
Address
Address
2
4345 Vinewood Ln, Minneapolis, MN 55442
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN
Professional information
Director At Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (Mntap)
Position:
Director at Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP), Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering at University of Minnesota, Director at LMB Solutions Partnership, LLC
Location:
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Industry:
Environmental Services
Work:
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP)
since Jan 2011
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Director
University of Minnesota
since Jan 2010
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
LMB Solutions Partnership, LLC
since 2009
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Director
Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
Oct 2009 - Jan 2011
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NorthStar Research Fellow
NatureWorks LLC
2001 - 2009
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Lead Chemist
Hercules Incorporated
1989 - 2000
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Senior Research Chemist
Air Products and Chemicals
1988 - 1989
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Research Chemist
Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1983 - 1988
PhD, Inorganic Chemistry Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1979 - 1983
BS, Chemistry
PhD, Inorganic Chemistry Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1979 - 1983
BS, Chemistry
Method For Stabilizing Polymers Containing Repeating Lactic Acid Units, And Stabilized Polymers So Made
US Patent:
8114939, Feb 14, 2012
Filed:
May 12, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/599502
Inventors:
Laura M. Babcock - Plymouth MN, US
Joseph D. Schroeder - Minneapolis MN, US
Joseph D. Schroeder - Minneapolis MN, US
Assignee:
NatureWorks LLC - Minnetonka MN
International Classification:
C08G 63/48
US Classification:
525 69, 525186, 525190, 525410, 525411, 525415, 525450
Abstract:
Metal catalyst residues in resins containing polymerized lactic acid units, such as polylactides, are deactivated by treatment with a polymer or copolymer that contain pendant acid groups and pendant ester groups, with an acid-containing PLA resin, or with a polymer or copolymer having at least one acid groups per 250 atomic mass units and which has pendant lactic acid or poly(lactic acid) groups. The deactivating agent is effective at deactivating the catalyst, and has little effect on the optical clarity of the resin.
Impact Modified Polylactide Resins
US Patent:
8183321, May 22, 2012
Filed:
Oct 18, 2007
Appl. No.:
12/445287
Inventors:
Laura Mae Babcock - Plymouth MN, US
David E. Henton - Jackson WY, US
Fasil A. Tadesse - Burnsville MN, US
David E. Henton - Jackson WY, US
Fasil A. Tadesse - Burnsville MN, US
Assignee:
NatureWorks LLC - Minnetonka MN
International Classification:
C08L 51/00, C08L 67/04, C08G 63/08
US Classification:
525 64, 525 71
Abstract:
Polylactide resins are blended with core-shell rubber particles to improve impact strength. A good balance of impact strength and transparency is achieved when the rubber particles are distributed within the polymer matrix such that most of them exist as single particles or agglomerates having a diameter of 150 nanometers or more, and the number average size of the particles and agglomerates is not more than 210 nanometers.