Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Michigan State University

Departmental Highlights Presented By:

Martin C. Hawley

Professor & Chairperson

Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Michigan State University

2527 Engineering Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824-1226

Tel: (517) 355-5135 ● Fax: (517) 432-1105

E-mail: hawley@egr.msu.edu

Michigan State UniversityChemical Engineering & Materials Science

Numbers At A Glance –2010/2011• Faculty - 30

• Undergraduates – 426• MS Students – 10• Ph.D. Students – 96• Degrees Awarded (in 09/10)

B.S. – 83 M.S – 0 Ph.D. - 18

• Funded Research Projects = 98• Research Expenditures = $ 9.6

million• Patents Awarded = 6• Peer Reviewed Publications = 128

• Energy and Engineering for Sustainability

• Nanotechnology and Materials

• Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering

Departmental Themes

Michigan State UniversityChemical Engineering & Materials Science

• Advanced metallic systems

• Biotechnology, biomaterials & systems and molecular biology

• Colloid and interface science

• Polymers and composites• Multiphase transport

phenomena• Electronic and ceramic

materials

Research Areas• Biobased materials

resource utilization• Renewable energy,

energy conversion & energy storage devices

• Nanotechnology

Energy and Engineering for Sustainability

Sampling of Current Research Projects

• Thermoelectric Conversion of Waste Heat• Life Cycle Analysis• Novel Processes for Biodiesel Formulation• Biomass Pretreatment and Enzymatic

Conversion• Reactive Distillation for Biodiesel Production• Catalytic Conversion Process• Biochemical Conversion Process • Battery and Fuel Cell Development

Nanotechnology and Materials

Sampling of Current Research Projects

• Powder Processing• Damage Nucleation in Metals• Cellulose Nanowhiskers from straw• Nanoparticle Modified Graphite Nano-Platelets for Batteries• Graphite Nano-Platelet Reinforced Composites• Novel Aerogels for Thermoelectric Systems• Nano-Structured High Performance Polyimide Matrix/Carbon

Fiber Composites• Carbon Nanotube and Fiber Modification to improve

Composite Properties• Biobased Foam Materials for Packaging• Shape Memory Alloys• Non Lead based Solders• Polymer Self Assembly• Microwave Processing of Polymers and Composites

Biotechnology and Biomedical

Engineering Sampling of Current Research Projects

• Polysaccharides for Drug Delivery to the Eye• Proteomic Analysis for Cancer Signatures• Nano structured interfaces for Bioelectro

catalysis• Human Stem Cells for Toxicity Screening• Quantitative Biology• Role of Liver in Type II Diabetes

• USDOE Energy Frontier Research Center

• Center for Alternative Energy Storage Research and Technology

• Composite Materials & Structures Center

• Center for Nano Structured Biomimetic Interfaces

• Nanotechnology for the Health and Life Sciences

• Center for Systems Biology: Molecular Pathways to Novel Drugs

• Center for BioEnergy/Bioprocessing

• Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

• Novel Biofuel Formulations For Enhanced Vehicle Performance

Centers

Michigan State UniversityChemical Engineering & Materials Science

Michigan State UniversityChemical Engineering & Materials Science

• Faculty– New faculty- Richard Lunt & Timothy Whitehead– Search for Complex Materials faculty

• Energy Conversion and Storage

• Enrollments– Undergrad enrollment trends upwards– Grad enrollments up

Departmental Highlights