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Dr Alim Fatah
Alim Ahmed Fatah is a scientist and an inventor from Somalia.
Some of his inventions
-The popular Self-adhesive stamp - An environmentally friendly, and recyclable postage stamp with non-toxic security inks.
-Modern Postage stamp cancelletion ink - currently used in all US postal service facilities.* At BASF Corporation, as a Research Staff Scientist Alim developed new ester demulsifiers for breaking water-in-oil emulsions and synthesized a new line of reactive Uvinul compounds to protect polymer films, coatings and structural materials from harmful UV radiation and degradation. He also co-invented with another chemist a proprietary process for removing N-nitrosoamines impurities, synthesized new types of nonionic surfactants for applications such as dishwasher detergents, fiber lubricants, hydraulic fluids, agricultural chemicals, and cosmetics.
-At Artech Corporation in 1986 as a Senior Materials Scientist Alim developed a new luminescent (both fluorescent and phosphorescent) taggants, based on terbium and europium metals, for use with environmentally engineered water-based ink jet printer inks used in U.S. Mail bar coding for optical character recognition (OCR) of automated mail processing equipment and other applications
-At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Alim jointly developed a process for treatment of the waste from the printing inks at the BEP’s new Waste Water Treatment Plant.
Zappert Award - American Chemical Society and the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY).
The US Postal Service Merit Award
The Team Leadership Award for Environmental Achievement - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
The Gold Medal for Distinguished Service, Leadership and Accomplishments - the Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce. Highest US award given for Civil Service.
