Petroleum Engineering

John Oakey in a black sweater

 

John Oakey

Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering

Email: joakey@uwyo.edu | Phone: 307-766-2518 

Physical Location: EN 4046, Engineering Building 

Mailing Address: Dept. 3295, 1000 E. University Avenue

Laramie, WY 82071


Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, 1997

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1999

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2003

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2007-2010

 

Research Interests

  • Microscale Transport Phenomena, Microfluidic Processes and Applications (Flow Cytometry, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Predictive Therapeutic Devices)

  • Novel Material Synthesis and Self-Assembly (Colloidal Dynamics, Soft Matter, Composites and Biomimetic Structures)

  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (Structural Tissue Development and Regeneration)

 

INBRE Thematic Investigator

Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences Program Faculty Member

Material Science and Engineering Program Faculty Member

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Member

 

Selected Publications

  • Particle Focusing in Staged Inertial Microfluidic Devices for Flow Cytometry,Oakey, J., Applegate, R., Arellano, E., Graves, S., DiCarlo, D., Toner, M., Analytical Chemistry, 82, 3862-3867, 2010.

  • Stop-Flow Lithography for the Production of Shape-Evolving Auto-erodable Microgel Particles, Hwang, D.K., Oakey, J., Toner, M., Arthur, J., Anseth, K., Lee, S., Zeiger, A., Van Vliet, K.J., Doyle, P.S., J American Chemical Society, 131, 4499-4504, 2009.

  • Microfluidic Sorting System Based on Optical Waveguide Integration and Diode Laser Bar Trapping, Applegate, R.W., Jr., Squier, J., Vestad, T., Oakey, J., Marr, D.W.M., Bado, P., Dugan, M.A., Said, A., Lab on a Chip, 6, 422-426, 2006.

  • Microfluidic Control Using Colloidal Devices, Terray, A., Oakey, J.S., Marr, D.W.M., Science, 296, 1841-1844, 2002.

 

See Dr. Oakey's Google Scholar citations here.

Contact Us

Energy & Petroleum Engineering
EN 4015
1000 E. University Ave. | Dept. 3295
Laramie, WY 82071
Email: pete-info@uwyo.edu

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