Richey M. Davis

Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
237 Goodwin Hall
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Email: rmdavis@vt.edu
Telephone: 540-231-4578
FAX: 540-231-5022

Affiliations:

Macromolecules Innovation Institute
Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science Center for Engineered Health
Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery
Faculty of Health Sciences
Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1983
B.S., Clemson University, 1977

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Nanoparticles for drug delivery and biomedical imaging
• Magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications
• Synthesis, characterization, and applications of polymer nanoparticles, micellar solutions, metal oxide, and metal nanoparticles
• Polymer and colloidal chemistry
• Ion-containing polymers
• Polymer absorption at interfaces and self-assembly
• Stability and rheology of colloidal suspensions

TEACHING

• Process Control (ChE 3015)
• Heat Transfer (ChE 3044)
• Process Materials (ChE 4104)
• ChE Unit Operations Laboratory (at Technical University of Denmark)
• Transport Phenomena (ChE 5125)
• Fundamentals of Macromolecular Science and Engineering (MACR 5015 & 5016, co-taught)
• Polymers in Medicine and Biology (GRAD 5134, co-taught)