The Health Research Institute hosted the inaugural celebration for the Translational Health Engineering Research Center located in Grand Rapids, MI, on Wednesday, October 1st, 2025. Remarks from distinguished leaders were featured.
Reference their profiles below to learn more about each one of them:
Richard Koubek
- President
- koubek@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2200
- Administration Building 500
Andrew Barnard
- Vice President for Research
- barnard@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3043
- Lakeshore Center 301
Caryn Heldt
- Executive Director, Health Research Institute
- James and Lorna Mack Endowed Chair in Continuous Processing
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- heldt@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1134
- HSTEM 239A
Bapi Pahar
- Senior Research Scientist at THERC
- PMP Certified
- Associate Editor for Frontiers in Viral Immunology Journal
- bpahar@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1460
- Grand Rapids THERC Research Center