Christopher Stipe is a fourth year graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, where he studies laser based nanoparticle measurement and production techniques and laser diagnostics for combustion systems.

Christopher received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Montana State University, Bozeman in 1998. As an undergraduate, he studied in the United Kingdom during the 1996-1997 academic year at Lancaster University. Upon graduation, he conducted research for one year at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. His research included life cycle fatigue testing of wind-turbine blades, static strength tests of wind-turbine components, and material testing. In 2001, he obtained his MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and will obtain his PhD in May of 2003.

After graduating, he plans to pursue a career as a professor with the hope that he can positively affect the lives of his students as his past professors did for him. Christopher enjoys spending time with his wife, rockclimbing, mountaineering, hiking, and playing classical guitar.

 

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