William L. Olbricht
- B.S., Stanford University (1973)
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1980)
Our research involves the application of fluid mechanics and mass transfer to problems of biological, biomedical and industrial interest. We focus on fundamentals that are relevant to broad classes of problems and also on technology development for specific applications. A recent example is convection enhanced drug delivery, which is a novel method of delivering therapeutics to the brain for a variety of disorders including certain brain tumors. This method bypasses the blood-brain barrier by infusing drugs through a needle directly into the interstitium. We are studying fluid motion inside the tissue and designing microfluidic catheters to improve the distribution of the infused therapeutics. Much of our work on this and similar problems involves microfabrication carried out at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Center.
Contact Information
| 378 Olin Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 |
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| Phone: | 607-255-4362 |
| Fax: | 607-255-9166 |
| Email: | wlo1@cornell.edu |