New Jersey Center for Microchemical Systems

The micro-reactor technology development focuses on the demonstration of the enhanced heat and mass transfer performance provided by microreactor in comparison to conventional-size reactors. Mass transfer enhancement of two to three orders of magnitude have been obtained for multiphase reactions carried out in single channel microreactors at low processing flow rates.

The lab has also demonstrated a transformative technology which combined innovative reactor concepts with fundamental catalytic studies and catalyst development for the distributed production of biofuel from various forms of biomass waste.

Microreactor Systems

Microreactor systems for just-in-time production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biofuel

Microfluidic Systems

Microfluidic systems for nanomaterial self-assembly and for studying bacteria and host cell interactions with biomaterials.

Faculty

Professor Adeniyi Lawal, Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials ScienceProf. Adeniyi Lawal

Research Interest: Process Intensification in Microreactors, Biomass to Biofuels, Process Simulation & Design, Mathematical Modeling of Transport Processes, and Reaction Engineering

alawal@stevens.edu, 201-216-8241

Professor Woo Lee, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyProf. Woo Lee

Research Interest: Microfluidics, Self-Assembly, Bacteria-Biomaterial Interactions

wlee@stevens.edu, 201-216-8307