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Blake N. Johnson

Associate Professor
  • Grado Faculty Fellow

Blake N. Johnson

Blake N. Johnson
Blake N. Johnson
121 Durham Hall
(MC 0118)
1145 Perry Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061

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Research Areas

Main Area: Smart Manufacturing 

  • Smart Biomanufacturing and Biosensing
  • Autonomous Chemistry and Materials Science
  • Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • Bioprocess Design, Monitoring, and Control
  • Theory-guided Machine Learning
  • Postdoc, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2015
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Drexel University, 2013
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015 - present
  • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Virginia Tech, 2016 - present
  • Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2013 - 2015
  • Research Assistant, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 2008 - 2013
  • ISE 5984: Additive Manufacturing
  • ISE 2204: Manufacturing Processes
  • ISE 2214: Manufacturing Processes Lab
  • ISE 4984: Biomanufacturing Processes

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  • Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), 2015, Member
  • American Chemical Society (ACS), 2010, Member
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 2008, Member
  • NSF Career Award, 2022
  • SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, 2020
  • IISE M&D Division Young Investigator Award, 2018
  • Best Dissertation Award - Drexel University, 2013