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<p><font color= navy size="+4">Dora Iliana Medina</font><br>

<i>Ph.D., Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, <a href="http://www.cam.ac.uk/"><font color= blue>University of Cambridge</a><font color= black> (UK), 2009<br>
<i>M.S., Chemical and Environmental Engineering, <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/"><font color= blue>University of California</a><font color= black> (USA), 2005<br>
<i>B.S. (Hons.), Chemical Engineering,<a href="http://www.ipn.mx/"><font color= blue> Instituto Politécnico Nacional</a> <font color= black>(Mexico), 2000<br>
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<font color= navy size="+2"><b>Research </b></font><br><br>








My previous research was concerned with the manufacture and hole size reduction of Microcapillary Films (MCFs), a novel type of plastic film containing one-dimensional microchannel arrays with original diameters between 80 and 300 μm.
In addition, Microcapillary Monoliths (MCMs), solid polymer blocks with two-dimensional arrays of microcapillaries, were manufactured by heat melding together multiple layers of MCFs. The optimal conditions for interface adhesion of the MCFs to create MCMs without compromising capillary integrity and the influence of compatibility between MCFs were studied.
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I have also worked on High-silica-zeolite BEA Spin-on Low-k Dielectric Films for Future Generation Computer Chips and Fabrication of Acrylic Sheets with High Impact Resistance projects.

Currently I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Non-Newtonian Fluid (NNF) Dynamics Research Group, located in the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/hml/HML.html"><font color= blue> Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory</a> <font color= black>with the <a href="http://meche.mit.edu/"><font color= blue> Department of Mechanical Engineering</a> <font color= black>at <a href="http://web.mit.edu/"><font color= blue> MIT</a> <font color= black>.








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<td align=left><i>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<br>
		Department of Mechanical Engineering<br>
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		E-mail:<a href="mailto:medina_d@mit.edu"><font color= blue> medina_d@mit</a></i><br>
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