The Macosko Research Group

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Dept (CEMS)
University of Minnesota

2012 (left to right, beginning bottom row)

Adam Wohl Yuqiang Qian Donglin Tang Alex Mannion Aaron Hedegaard Zaifei Wang Jing Han Kevin Pustulka Chris Thurber Andrew Michel Milana Trifkovic Ken-Hsuan (Kirby) Liao Issam Ismail Luca Martinetti David Giles Sung Cik Mun Kei Yoshida Shigeru Aoyama Yong Tae Park Han Zhang Chris Macosko Susan

2012 Summer Undergraduate Researchers (left to right, beginning bottom row) Romit Basa Renxuan Xie Willy Voje Kyle Huston Tihitina Salvator Ge Qu Jerry Yeh Zach Osterholdt Clement Chan

Previous Groups: 1983-85, 1986-88, 1989-91, 1992-95, 1996-99, 2000-01, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 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.