Cullen Buie, PhD

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Research Highlights

Buie's laboratory explores flow physics at the microscale for applications in materials science and microbiology.

Contact

Email crb@mit.edu
Office Phone 617.253.9379
MIT Address 3-248
Lab Website LEMI

Research:

Buie’s laboratory explores flow physics at the microscale for applications in materials science and microbiology. His research is applicable to a diverse array of problems, from anti-biofouling surfaces and biofuels to energy storage and bacterial infections.

Areas I Research

Biography:

Cullen Buie obtained his B.S. from The Ohio State University in Mechanical Engineering. As a senior at Ohio State, he was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to attend graduate school at Stanford University. His graduate work involved water management for hydrogen fed fuel cells and fuel delivery for direct methanol fuel cells. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford in January of 2009. Prior to joining MIT, Cullen Buie was a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley working with Professor Liwei Lin at the Berkeley Sensors and Actuators Center (BSAC). He is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (with tenure) at MIT.

Key Awards & Honors

2016 · Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
2013 · DuPont Young Professor Award
2013 · DARPA Young Faculty Award
2012 · National Science Foundation CAREER Award