Summit Speaker: Matthew Tirrell

MATTHEW TIRRELL

Richard A. Auhll Professor of Engineering
Dean, UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering

From 1977 to 1999 Tirrell was on the faculty of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, where he served as head of the department from 1995 to 1999. His research has been in polymer surface properties including adsorption, adhesion, surface treatment, friction, lubrication and biocompatibility. He has co-authored about 250 papers and one book and has supervised about 60 Ph.D. students. Tirrell's research is focused on the manipulation and measurement of interfacial properties of materials used in applications from coatings and adhesion to lubrication and bioengineering.