The Macosko Research Group

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota

2011 (left to right, beginning bottom row)

Kevin Pustulka Jing Han Chris Thurber Yuqiang Qian   Luca Martinetti Milana Trifkovic Dawud Tan Aaron Hedegaard not shown: Ken-Hsuan (Kirby) Liao Shingo Kobayashi Randy Ewoldt Zaifei Wang Jie Song Issam Ismail Kei Yoshida Adam Wohl Yong Tae Park David Giles Chris Macosko

2011 Summer Undergraduate Researchers (left to right, beginning bottom row)

Renxuan Xie David Giacomin Minjae Sun Kyle Huston Minglun (Jason) Zhang   Steven Maslo Wenhao Liu Alex Trochez Dan Caron Adam Baker Chris Macosko

Previous Groups: 1983-85, 1986-88, 1989-91, 1992-95, 1996-99, 2000-01, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008, 2009, 2010, other photos

CEMS University of Minnesota 151 Amundson Hall 421 Washington Ave SE Minneapolis MN 55455 612-625-0092 (phone) 612-626-1686 (fax) macosko@umn.edu

Research Group Leader Christopher W. Macosko and the students in his group create multiphase polymer microstructures via process flows and chemical reaction. They carry out research on polymer blending, polyurethane foaming, dispersion of nano-filler in polymers, and creation of nanoparticles for drug delivery. Macosko has also been active in developing new rheological test methods and their applications. He is the author of the popular text: Rheology: Principles, Measurements, and Applications (Wiley, 1994). The Macosko Group has produced over 420 publications and been home to nearly 100 Ph.D. and M.S. students, post-doctoral scholars, and visiting scientists. Macosko is also the Director of IPrime, the Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering at the University of Minnesota.