Dr. Cullen Buie

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Biography

Cullen Buie obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State University. As a senior at Ohio State, he was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to attend graduate school at Stanford University. His graduate work involved water management in hydrogen-fed fuel cells and fuel delivery in direct methanol fuel cells. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford in January 2009. Before joining MIT as a professor, Cullen Buie was a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, working in the Berkeley Sensors and Actuators Center under Professor Liwei Lin. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, focusing on flow physics, microscale applications, materials science, and microbiology. His laboratory works on diverse problems, including anti-biofouling surfaces, biofuels, energy storage, and bacterial infections.

Research Interests

Awards

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Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

2016-01-01
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DuPont Young Professor Award

2013-01-01
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DARPA Young Faculty Award

2013-01-01
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National Science Foundation CAREER Award

2012-01-01