B. S. (Chemical Engineering), Pennsylvania State University, 1953.
M. S. (Chemical Engineering) Iowa State University, 1957.
Ph. D. (Chemical Engineering) Iowa State University, 1962. NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Wisconsin, 1967.

Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, Engineering 1988­ present.
Advisory Council, Ohio Aerospace Institute.
Executive Council, Ohio Space Grant Consortium
ASEE Engineering Research Council.
Professor of Chemical Engineering, 1972­1997.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1997­present.Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Dayton, 1962­1966.
Monsanto Research Corporation, B. F. Goodrich Corporation, USAF, Strategic Air Command

Member: AIChE, ASEE, American Filtration Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Proctor and Gamble Fellowship, Iowa State University, 1957, 1958. Louis Hill Award, College of Engineering, The University of Akron, 1988.

Transport Phenomena, Multiphase Transport Phenomena, Thermodynamics, Micro­scale Physiochemical Processes, Filtration, Flow in Porous Media, Development of Theoretical Framework for Multiphase Systems.

Reviewer for refereed journals and NSF proposals.

Sorenson, J. P., Willis, M. S., Stewart, W. E., "Effect of Column Asymmetry on Thermal Diffusion Separations, " J. Chem.Phy., 59, 2676 (1973).

Willis, M. S., Tosun, I., Choo, W., Chase, G. G., Desai, F., "A Dispersed Multiphase Theory and its Application to Filtration," Advances in Porous Media, Ed., M. Y. Corapcioglu, Elsevier Pub. Co. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1991.

Bogere, M. N., Willis, M. S., "Analysis of Diffusion/Dispersion and Mass Transfer Phenomena in Multiphase­Multicomponent Systems," Chemical Engineering Science, 48 (6), pp 1019­1031 (1993).

Tosun, I., Yetis, U., Willis, M. S., Chase, G. G., "Specific Cake Resistance: Myth or Reality," Water Science Today, 28 (1), pp 91­101, 1993.

Tosun, I., Willis, M. S., Desai, F., Chase, G. G., "Analysis of Drag and Particulate Stress in Porous Media Flows," Chemical Engineering Science, 50 (12), pp 1961­1969, 1995.

Gustino, J. M., Chase, G. G., Willis, M. S., "Thermodynamic Separation Efficiency and Sedimentation Criteria for Multiphase Processes: A Comparison of Rigorous and Approximate Models," Separation Technology, 5 (3), pp 153­164, 1995.