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
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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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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: 541 737 5246
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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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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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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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Jair Lizarazo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Energy and Efficiency Division
Research Interests: Catalysis; Reactor design; Control and simulation
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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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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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Karl Schilke, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Non-fouling, biocompatible and bioactive surfaces; Surface coating analysis and characterization; Enyzmatic/"green" catalysis in microreactors
Phone: 541 737 9819
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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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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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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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Brenda Langley
Project Administrator
Energy and Efficiency Division
Phone: 541 713 1324
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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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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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Neill Thornton
Faculty Research Assistant
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests: Integration of sensing; Process control and power management in microfluidic systems
Phone: 541 713 1352
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