CoMFRE operations are supported by the ISU College of Engineering’s Engineering Research Institute (ERI). Research is funded by memberships and by industrial and governmental research grants. The Director works with a five-member Leadership Team to promote the center and determine center policies and procedures.
ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP TEAM
Director
Dr. Theodore (Ted) Heindel
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Bergeles Professor of Thermal Science and University Professor
Executive Director
Rodney Fox
Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering
and Hershel B. Whitney Professor, Global Initiatives
Associate Director
Alberto Passalacqua
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Chemical and Biological Engineering – Courtesy Appointment
Leadership Team Members
Nicole Hashemi
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
James Michael
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Mehari Tekeste
Associate Professor
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering