Stephen Beaudoin
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Purdue Energetics Research Center

Stephen Beaudoin

Stephen (Steve) Beaudoin is a professor in Purdue's Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, where he also serves as director of the Purdue Energetics Research Center (PERC). As director, he supports more than $90M in current energetic materials research led by 18 Engineering, Science, or Purdue Polytechnic Institute faculty working in seven buildings campus-wide, including the Zucrow and FLEX Labs.

Prior to joining the Purdue faculty, Beaudoin was a chemical engineering professor at Arizona State University. There, he taught and performed research on particle adhesion to surfaces in systems relevant to microelectronics manufacturing and the detection of explosive trace residues in air transportation environments. His research was recognized with a National Science Foundation Early Career Faculty award.

Since moving to Purdue in 2003, Beaudoin has primarily focused on adhesion in energetic materials systems. He was a member of the team that formed the Purdue Energetics Research Center (PERC) in 2017 and has served as its director since. In addition to his work with PERC, he serves as academic director of the MS in Defense and Security degree program. Beaudoin has received numerous teaching, mentoring and research awards from Purdue.

Beaudoin is known worldwide for his work on powder and particle adhesion and has published more than 100 manuscripts and made more than 200 technical presentations in this area. His work has led to new approaches for handling powders, particles and highly viscous, high solids-content liquids in industrial settings, including during the processing and manufacturing of energetics.

Beaudoin earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 1988, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1995.

Michael Sangid
Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Professor of Materials Engineering

Michael Sangid

Michael Sangid is the Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Professor of Materials Engineering. As the Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, he is recognized for his academic contributions to materials science, solid mechanics and manufacturing and has been expanding Purdue's reach into national security and defense through applied research and expanded lab space. He is developing new approaches to the design, manufacture and life analysis of structures and materials - leading to safer, more energy-efficient and higher-performing aerospace components.

Sangid's research activities combine knowledge of materials science, solid mechanics and advanced manufacturing to solve complex problems in materials behavior and processing. His research group employs physics-based computational modeling and design tools, which are experimentally validated and verified. The goal of this work is to improve our understanding and our tools for designing, processing, and lifing materials through simulation-based modeling of the microstructural defects. His focus is on structural materials for direct applications in Aerospace Engineering.

He also serves as principal director of the Advanced Computational Materials and Experimental Evaluation (ACME) Laboratory whose philosophy is to simultaneously address fundamental research needs and implement this knowledge into integrated models that can directly aid in and transform our design methodologies providing pragmatic engineering solutions.

Sangid earned B.S., M.S., and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has received numerous awards and honors, including an NSF CAREER Award, DARPA Director's Award and Purdue University Faculty Scholar.