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Bayer Corporation ``Donates'' Professor to University of Houston

14 April 1999

Bayer Corporation ``Donates'' Professor to University of Houston

    PITTSBURGH--(AutomotiveWire)--April 14, 1999--As part of Bayer Corporation's ongoing support of science education, the company has "donated" a chemical scientist to the University of Houston for a year.
    S.S. Newaz, Ph.D., is instructing two courses at the university: Polymer Chemistry and Fundamental Organic Chemistry. Dr. Newaz also interacts with the teaching assistants for the undergraduate organic laboratories.
    In addition, Dr. Newaz is working with the university's chemical related departments to establish a separate course that would prepare students for working in the chemical industry. "There is a significant difference between studying chemistry and working in the chemical industry," Dr. Newaz notes. "Our objective in establishing this course is to prepare students for what to expect in real life, to realize the differences between the classroom and the workplace. It will also help students determine whether industry life suits them."
    When not at the University of Houston, Dr. Newaz works in customer technical service for Polymer Latex Inc. (a joint venture of Bayer AG and HYls AG), interfacing with customers directly and providing technical assistance. Dr. Newaz spends about one-third of his time in technical customer service and about two-thirds with the university.
    Dr. Newaz has been with Bayer for more than 17 years, starting as a research chemist then moving to customer technical service, where he has spent the last 10 years. On a nostalgic note, Dr. Newaz received his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Houston. "I see a lot of familiar faces on campus," he says.
    Bayer Corporation is a research-based company with major businesses in health care and life sciences and chemicals. The company had 1998 sales of $8.1 billion and employs more than 23,000 people. Bayer Corporation is investing $15 billion in capital expenditures and research and development from 1995 through the year 2004. 1999 capital investment and R&D expenditures are projected to total $1.6 billion. Bayer Corporation, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, is a member of the worldwide Bayer Group, a $31 billion chemicals and health care group based in Leverkusen, Germany.