Kimberly H. Henthorn

Microfluidics and Particle Technology

Missouri University of Science & Technology

233 Schrenk Hall

400 W. 11th Street

Rolla, MO 65409

Tel: (573) 341-7633

Fax: (573) 341-4377

henthork@mst.edu

Kimberly H. Henthorn received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1999 and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 2004.  She is an Assistant Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department.  Her research interests include microfluidics, drug delivery, and particle characterization and transport.

Selected Recent Publications

N. Shukla, K. Henthorn, “Effect of Relative Particle Size on Large Particle Detachment from a Microchannel,” Submitted

K. Henthorn, K. Park, and J. Curtis, (2005) “Measurement and Prediction of Pressure Drop in Gas-Solids Flow: Effect of Particle Shape and Size, Solids Loading and Reynolds Number,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 14(44):5090-5098.

K. Hayden, K. Park, and J. Curtis, (2003) “Effect of Particle Characteristics on Particle Pickup Velocity,” Powder Tech. 131(1):7-14.

Related Links

Henthorn web page: http://web.mst.edu/~henthork/

Missouri S&T Chemical and Biological Engineering website: http://chemeng.mst.edu