Christopher M. Spadaccini

Christopher M. Spadaccini received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1997, 1999, and 2004, respectively, where his dissertation work was in the area of microfabricated combustion systems. He is currently a Member of the Technical Staff with the Engineering Directorate and the Center for Micro and Nano Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA. His primary research interests include thermal-fluid aspects of microsystems, microcombustion, microscale power sources, nanostructured materials, and novel micro/nanofabrication technologies. He has been involved in a variety of projects at LLNL including the development of biodefense/detection systems, microsystems for high explosives interrogation and detection, micropower systems, and 3-D microfabrication techniques. He is also currently a part-time Faculty Member of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San José State University, San Jose, CA, where he teaches a course on mass transport and fluid mechanics. He is the coauthor of over a dozen conference and journal publications as well as two invited book chapters.