20 MOMENTUM • VIRGINIA TECH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Jonathan Boreyko named John R . Jones III Faculty Fellow
Jonathan Boreyko , associate professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech , has been awarded the John R . Jones III Faculty Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors .
The Jones Faculty Fellowship was established in 2006 to acknowledge and reward mid-career faculty who have shown exceptional merit in research , teaching , and / or service . Jones , a member of the Class of 1967 who earned his bachelor ’ s degree in mechanical engineering , is a retired executive of American Electric Power . He has been a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board since 1998 .
Recipients hold the title of Jones Faculty Fellow for a period of five years .
A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2014 , Boreyko directs the Nature-Inspired Fluids and Interfaces Laboratory , a rapidly growing group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering with 30 journal publications since 2017 .
Boreyko has had an impressive record of conducting cutting-edge research in the area of biomimetic surfaces and systems with applications in water harvesting , energy harvesting , anti-icing , phase-change heat transfer , and advanced materials .
In his career , Boreyko has received 13 externally funded grants totaling $ 2.6 million . Two of his grants have come from the National Science Foundation , including the prestigious CAREER Award , and the highly competitive Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program ( YIP ) Award .
Boreyko ’ s research has also been supported by other government funding agencies and industry , including the U . S . Department of Agriculture , GreenShift Corporation , Bemis Company , Collins Aerospace , Proctor & Gamble , 3M , and Brookhaven National Laboratory . His funding is spread across various science and engineering disciplines , inducing vapor chambers , anti-icing technology , slippery oil-impregnated surfaces , synthetic trees , antiperspirant technology , fog harvesting , and pathogen transport in wheat crops .
Boreyko received his bachelor ’ s degree from Trinity College and a Ph . D . from Duke University .