Principal Researcher and Technical Director, CharFac Dept. of Chemical Engineering University of Minnesota
Greg Haugstad is principal researcher and technical director of the Characterization Facility (CharFac) at the University of Minnesota. The CharFac serves industry as well as both UMinnesota and external academics by providing analytical services, collaboration, training
for hands-on use, and methods development. The CharFac is supported by the NSF via the MRSEC and NNCI (National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure) programs. It has also served a critical role in an industry-academia consortium for 36 years, now known as
IPRIME (Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering, iprime.umn.edu).