Blake N. Johnson
Blake N. Johnson
(MC 0118)
1145 Perry Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061
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
- Professor, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2025 - present
- Associate Professor, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2022 - 2025
- Assistant Professor, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015 - 2022
- 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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- Blake N. Johnson, Karen Z. Lancaster, Esteban A. Engel, Yong Lin Kong, Maneesh K. Gupta, Kellin Krick, Fanben Meng, Lynn W. Enquist & Michael C. McAlpine, 3D printed anatomical nerve regeneration pathways. Advanced Functional Materials, (2015).
- Maneesh K. Gupta, Yong Lin Kong, Blake N. Johnson, Nina Masters, Srikanth Singamaneni, & Michael C. McAlpine, 3D printed programmable release capsules, Nano Letters, (2015).
- Yong Lin Kong, Ian Tamargo, H. Kim, Blake N. Johnson, Maneesh K. Gupta, T.-W. Koh, Huai-An Chin, Barry P. Rand, Daniel A. Steingart, & Michael C. McAlpine, 3D printed quantum dot light-emitting diodes, Nano Letters, 14, 7017-7023 (2014).
- Blake N. Johnson & Raj Mutharasan, Biosensing using dynamic-mode cantilever sensors: A review. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 32, 1-18, (2012).
- Blake N. Johnson & Raj Mutharasan, pH Effect on controlled orientation of protein adsorption to Au surfaces. Langmuir, 28, 6928-6934, (2012).
- 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
Blake Johnson receives NSF CAREER Award to improve reliability of biosensors (August 2022)
2018 Undergraduate Research Award winners presented at Senior Symposium (June 2018)
Dr. Blake Johnson receives ICAT SEAD grant, CoE and SEC awards (June 2018)
ISE faculty and students earn multiple honors and awards from IISE (May 2018)
Fist bumps, golf grips, Kapton (December 2017)
Dr. Blake Johnson’s research on additive biomanufacturing and biosensing featured on covers of leading journals (November 2017)
Junior Faculty Awards fund research partnerships across campus (September 2017)
Dr. Blake Johnson interviewed by WVTF on his personalized implantables research (October 2016)
Dr. Blake Johnson received NSF EAGER Award (September 2016)
Spotlight on New Faculty: Industrial and Systems Engineering (October 2015)
3-D printing method can regenerate complex peripheral nerve injuries (September 2015)
College of Engineering announces 34 new hires (August 2015)
ISE Welcomes Two New Faculty in Fall 2015 (August 2015)