People at the MBI

MBI Leadership Team members are listed immediately below; MBI-affiliated OSU and PNNL researchers and the MBI research, technical and operations staff are shown further down.

MBI Leadership Team

 

Kevin Drost, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Thermal Sciences
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
MBI Associate Director, Business Development
Research Interests: Thermal sciences; Energy Systems; and Microtechnology-based energy and chemical systems
Phone: 541 713 1344
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Terry Hendricks, Ph.D.
Senior Program Manager
Energy and Efficiency Division
MBI DoD Business Development/Senior Program Manager
Research Interests:
Thermal and fluid systems; Energy conversion and energy storage systems; Terrestrial and spacecraft power systems; Co-generation systems; Micro-electro-mechanical systems; Design optimization; Probabilistic design techniques
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Goran Jovanovic, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical Engineering
School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
MBI Associate Director
Research Interests: Microchannel chemical process design and development; Microreactors and micro-separation unit operations design and development; Development of microscale-based biomedical devices; Process intensification for renewable fuels and chemicals
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Todd Miller
MBI Prototyping Manager
Research Interests: Microscale device design and fabrication; Product design for low-cost, high-volume manufacturing
Phone: 541 713 1341
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Daniel R. Palo, Ph.D.
Senior Research Engineer, Project Manager
Thermal and Reaction Systems Team/Hydrocarbon Processing Group/
Energy and Efficiency Division
MBI Deputy Co-Director
Research Interests: Microchannel process development; Reactor design and fabrication; Nanomaterials and thin films production; Process intensification for fuels and chemicals; Catalyst development
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Brian Paul, Ph.D.
Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
MBI Associate Director
Research Interests: Arrayed microfluidics for green nanosynthesis; Precision bonding for microsystem packaging; Packaging of arrayed microfluidic systems for distributed and portable energy, chemical and biomedical applications, especially microlamination
Phone: 541 737 7320
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Richard B. Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Thermal Sciences and Energy Systems
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
MBI Co-Director
Research Interests: Thermal sciences; Energy systems; and Microtechnology-based energy and chemical systems
Phone: 541 737 7095
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Ward TeGrotenhuis, Ph.D.
Chief Engineer
Energy and Efficiency Division
MBI Co-Director
Research Interests: Separations; Microreactors; Heat pumps
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Affiliated OSU and PNNL Researchers

Sundar Atre, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests: Advanced materials and manufacturing techniques for multiscale architectures, with applications in transport, energy, medical, communications and consumer sectors
Phone: 541 737 8272
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R. Shane Addleman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Energy and Efficiency Division
Research Interests: Advanced materials and methods for sensing and separations; Supercritical fluid processing surface functionalization of nanomaterials
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Chih-hung Chang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
OPIC Director
Research Interests: Electronic materials; Integrated micro-chemical systems; Thin-film electronics; Nanomaterials processing
Phone: 541 737 8548
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Karl Haapala, Ph.D.
Assistant Profesor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests: Life cycle engineering; Manufacturing process modeling for environmental performance improvement; Evaluation of novel approaches for environmental impact reduction
Phone: 541 737 3122
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Greg Herman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
OPIC Associate Director
Research Interests: Mechanistic characterization of heterogeneous catalysts; Advance fabrication methods and designs for solid oxide fuel cells; Green manufacturing processes for displays and solar cells; Development and characterization of novel optical and electrical materials; Advancement of flexible electronic manufacturing methods and applications
Phone: 541 737 2496
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Adam Z. Higgins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Technologies for long-term preservation of biomolecules, cells, tissues and organs (e.g., cryopreservation, desiccation, freeze-drying); Applications of microchannel chemical separations in biology and medicine; Mass transfer in cells and tissues
Phone: 541 737 4600
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Dale King
Research Engineer
Energy and Efficiency Division
Research Interests: Fuel processing (desulfurization and reforming); Fuel cell power systems; Heat activated cooling; Carbon capture processes
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Steve Leith, Ph.D.
Senior Research Engineer
Energy and Efficiency Division
Research Interests: Microtechnology-based energy and chemical systems; Microsystem fabrication process development and manufacturing scale-up; Electrochemical systems and processing
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Joseph McGuire, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical Engineering
School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Biomedical materials and interfacial phenomena; Biopolymer structure and function at natural and synthetic surfaces; Issues surrounding blood-material compatibility and imparting bioactive function to materials
Phone: 541 737 6306
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Sriram Ramamoorthi, M.S.
Faculty Research Assistant
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Phone: 541 713 1360
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Kendra V. Sharp, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests: Microfluidics for biological and energy applications; Experimental fluid mechanics; Mixing, flow diagnostic techniques, suspension and multi-phase flows, including porous media
Phone: 541 713 5246
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Alexandre Yokochi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Microtechnology-based chemical and energy conversion systems; Alternative energy issues; Energy storage to support renewables integration into grid; Nanocomposite materials synthesis and processing
Phone: 541 737 9357
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MBI Research, Technical and Operations Staff

Eric Anderson, M.S.
Research Associate
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests: Microtechnology-based chemical and energy systems; Computational fluid dynamics; Transport operations
Phone: 541 713 1337
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Danielle Clair
MBI Operations/Communications; Webmaster
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests: Confluence of ineffability and TMI
Phone: 541 713 1348
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Steve Etringer
Instructor
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
MBI Manufacturing Technologist
Research Interests: Micro-machining process development; Inspection techniques for micro features; Non-traditional material cutting; SolidWorks design practices
Phone: 541 713 1335
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Anna Garrison, M.S.
Faculty Research Assistant
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Finite element analysis (FEA); Microfluidics; Mixing and reacting flows; Continuous flow nanoparticle production; Micromixer and microreactor design and testing
Phone: 541 713 1334
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Don Higgins
Electro-mechanical Technician
Energy and Efficiency Division
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Shankar Krishnan, Ph.D.
Staff Engineer
Energy and Efficiency Division
Research Interests: Heat and mass transfer; Micro-scale & nano-scale thermal transport processes; Two-phase flows; Transport in porous media; Thermal management of electronics
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Brenda Langley
Project Administrator
Energy and Efficiency Division
Phone: 541 713 1324
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Jair Lizarazo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Energy and Efficiency Division
Research Interests: Catalysis; Reactor design; Control and simulation
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Keith Price
MBI Departmental Computer Administrator>
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Phone: 541 737 4345
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Sudhir Ramprasad, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Energy and Efficiency Division
Research Interests: Microtechnology-based energy and chemical systems; Microchannel separation processes; Lab-on-a-chip
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Jack T. Rundel, Ph.D.
Research Associate
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
MBI Capabilities Coordinator
Research Interests: Design, fabrication and testing of microfluidic devices
Phone: 541 737 7095
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Hailei Wang, Ph.D.
Research Associate
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
MBI Researcher
Research Interests:
Heat activated power and cooling systems; Electronics cooling; Microchannel heat exchangers; Flow Boiling and heat transfer
Phone: 541 713 1354
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