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Krishna Nadella

UW Mechanical Engineering alumnus Krishna Nadella (PhD '09, MS '02) is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of MicroGREEN Polymers. MicroGREEN's technology, which grew out of ME professor Vipin Kumar's Microcellular Plastics Lab at the University of Washington, expands PET plastic by injecting carbon dioxide under high pressure. The process saves resources and reduces material costs without affecting product performance.

Learn more about Nadella and MicroGREEN in this professional produced video commissioned by Russell Investments.

See also

• A profile of Krishna Nadella by the Graduate School (7/11)
• Groups Invest in Innovative Plastics Project (Recycling Today, 5/19/10)
• A UW Spinout Success Story (TechFlash, 8/20/09)

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Watch Past Engineering Lecture Series' Online

2010 — Re-Engineering Aerospace: Flying Cleaner, Greener, Smarter

High-Pressure Crisis in the Gulf
James Riley and Alberto Aliseda (ME)

Going for the Green: London 2012
Robert G. Card (’75 and CH2M Hill)

Driven to Distraction
Linda Ng Boyle (ISE and CEE)

2009 — Engineering Xtreme Challenges

The Cyberspace Data Explosion: Boon or Black Hole?
Magdalena Balazinska (CSE) and Tadayoshi Kohno (CSE)

Eye on the Universe: Final Mission to Hubble
Gregory Johnson (’77 and NASA).

Energy Crisis, Smart Solutions
Carl Imhoff (PNNL) and Shwetak Patel (CSE and EE)

2008 — Engineering Inspired by Nature

Where Humans and Robots Connect
Yoky Matsuoka (CSE)

Back to Nature for the Next Technology Revolution
Babak Parviz (EE)

Beyond Oil: Powering the Future
Miles P. Drake (Weyerhaeuser) and Dan Schwartz (ChemE)

2007 — Boomers, A Bridge, and the Boeing 787

Rebuilding the Baby Boomer: Replacement Parts for the 21st Century
Buddy Ratner (BioE, ChemE)

Building the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Joe P. Mahoney (CEE) and Steve Hansen (’69 and Kiewit Corp.)

Building the Future of Commercial Aviation: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner
Al Miller ('71, '77, and The Boeing Company) and Mark Tuttle (ME)