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MECS (Microtechnology-based Energy and Chemical Systems)In the last 25 years, new methods for micromachining of microscale devices have been developed. Many issues related to fabrication of microscale devices like substrate material, feasible architecture, and cost, have been successfully resolved. This led to the establishment of new classes of chemical devices: microscale unit operations and microreactors. These highly miniaturized microfluidic devices are readily integrated to form chemical processes. The OSU Chemical Engineering Department has active research in the field of micro (bio)reactors, microscale unit operations, and micro (bio)sensors. The established areas of application are: large-scale production of nanoparticles and nano-engineered molecules in microscale reactors, environmental applications of microscale processes in destruction of (bio)hazardous and toxic materials, (bio)sensors, micro-medical devices, and energy related microscale technologies like production of H2 and biodiesel. Research and teaching in the area of micro-chemical processes at the Chemical Engineering Department are closely coordinated and integrated with the overall effort in the development of multiscale (nano-micro-mezzo) technologies initiated by the OSU College of Engineering and the Oregon University System through the ONAMI Center and Microproducts Breakthrough Institute joint effort with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. |
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