Jim Landry
Bachelor of Science Degree from University of Louisiana Lafayette (USL)
Owned two businesses that operate in the area of Advanced Materials
A) Corrosion control systems –barrier and sacrificial coatings
B) Thermal sprayed materials for corrosion and wear applications
C) Ceramic coatings and ceramic components
D) Developed applications for metal matrix composite materials
E) Developed and patented closed loop cooling systems for High Velocity Thermal Spray guns.
F) Developed and have under patent pending status, polymer chemistry formulations for flexible epoxy resin systems used as a binder for the syntactic foam insulation industry in the deepwater oil and gas industry as well as buoyancy applications. Developed a castable ballistic foam utilizing the same flexible epoxy resin system with different filler materials.
G) Has been with the Department of Economic Development for twenty months as the Director of Advanced Materials.
Panel # 1: Economic Development
Louisiana’s new cluster based economic strategy is unique. The strategy is lead by directors, all experts in their field, who know what is going on and how to facilitate growth in the industry. Each will provide a state of their industry with a focus on the opportunities and challenges specific to their industry.