FRI Staff

Executive Director

Gregory Odegard

  • University Professor
  • John O. Hallquist Endowed Chair in Computational Mechanics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Affiliated Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and ASME Faculty Advisor

Administrative Staff

Natasha Chopp

Natasha Chopp

  • Director of Business Operations, Frontiers Research Institute (FRI)

Specialties

  • Institute and Department Budget Administration
  • Institute and Department Reporting
  • Institute Strategic Initiatives
  • Program Development Specialist, Frontiers Research Institute (FRI)

Specialties

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Educational Research and Assessment
  • Project Evaluation
  • Culture Difference
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Data
  • Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • R Programming Language

Affiliated Center Staff

Pam Hannon

Pam Hannon

  • Coordinator, Michigan Tech Transportation Institute
  • Staff, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Allison Hein

Allison M. Hein

  • Research Engineer/Scientist I, Institute of Materials Processing (IMP)
  • Staff, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interests

  • Beneficiation of coal, minerals, and solid waste.
  • Plating sludge leaching and pyro processing.
  • Environmental compliance and permits.
  • Technical and financial project planning and reporting.
Donna Jeno-Amici

Donna Jeno-Amici

  • Coordinator of Research and Marketing Program, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering