October 07, 2020
Please join Dr. Jack Skinner, Department Head and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Montana Technological University, as he discusses Nanotechnology: People and Places at Montana Tech.
The Montana Tech Nanotechnology Laboratory (MTNL) was established in 2013 by Dr. Jack L. Skinner, who is Department Head and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Montana Tech. Dr. Skinner has over 17 years of professional experience in micro to nanoscale research. Before coming to Montana Tech, Dr. Skinner was a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California, and was a researcher at the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center in Berkeley, California. Dr. Skinner’s interest and research thrust in micro to nanoscale phenomena, materials, and devices stems from the unique ability of small-scale materials to exhibit unique properties that are not observed on larger scales. The MTNL consists of researchers, with backgrounds in materials science, metallurgy, biomedicine, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemistry, who work closely to solve problems that would otherwise not be possible in isolation.
Dr. Skinner will present the new MTNL cleanroom that has been built over the past several years at Montana Tech. The MTNL cleanroom consists of advanced facilities and equipment to enable the fabrication and testing of novel materials and devices based on nanoscale phenomena. Both industry and academic collaborations will be enabled through the new MTNL cleanroom for decades to come, furthering economic development in the surrounding community and Montana.
Dr. Skinner will highlight recent advances in wound care technology and nanoscale drug delivery developed at the MTNL. This research has garnered serious attention from investors and industry given the recent selection of this work as both the Best Journal Article and the Featured Cover Art for the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B. Nanoscale science and engineering is enabled by matching talented people and cutting-edge facilities to create an environment conducive to innovative problem solving.
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