Michael T. Timko | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Michael Timko

Chemical Engineering

Professor

EDUCATION

BS Chemical Engineering Ohio State University Honors and Distinction 1998

MS Chemical Engineering Practice Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2001

PhD Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2004

Postdoc Harvard University 2004-2006

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Professor Timko studies the environmental and engineering aspects of clean energy technologies, with a specific emphasis on liquid transportation fuels. His work involves studying the fundamental chemical engineering science – including transport, phase behavior, and reactor design – to develop new technologies for converting under-utilized energy resources into fuels and chemicals. His work on a project exploring the feasibility of turning plastic waste from waterways into fuel to power the waste cleanup was profiled by WGBH and NBC Boston. He also is involved in analysis of technology to increase polystyrene recycling.

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Recycling Today

University receives funding for chemically recycling mixed plastics

Professors Michael Timko and Alex Maag in the Department of Chemical Engineering have received funding from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative to support their efforts to reduce plastic waste by converting mixed plastics and films into chemicals. The funding award was reported on in this article in Recycling Today, and also in articles in Waste Today, the Worcester Business Journal, and MassLive.

Yahoo! News

Researchers develop way to effectively recycle stubborn Styrofoam: 'Efficient and potentially economically competitive'

WPI chemical engineering researchers are working to find ways to recycle more polystyrene – a common product packaging material you may know as Styrofoam. Their analysis of the potential for a chemical recycling process is featured in yahoo! News

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