Administration and Staff
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Dr. Kevin Walsh, Samuel T. Fife Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Founding Director of the UofL Micro/NanoTechnology Cleanroom kmwals01@exchange.louisville.edu Kevin M. Walsh received his B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering (microelectronics) from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1978, 1985, and 1992, respectively. He is a full professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Louisville. Abstract and bio |
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Assoc. Director - Dr. Shamus McNamara, Assoc. Professor of ECE s0mcna01@exchange.louisville.edu Shamus McNamara received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002. He spent two years as a post-doctoral student at the Wireless Integrated Micro Systems (WIMS) Center at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He also co-founded PicoCal, Inc., a startup company in Ann Arbor based on research performed at the University of Michigan. |
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Cleanroom Manager - Dr. Julia Aebersold jwaebe02@exchange.louisville.edu Julia Aebersold, Ph.D., was a Research Scientist with the Micro/Nano Technology Center. She earned her doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Louisville in 2005, working on the design and development of a micro-electomechanical (MEMS)-based capacitive bending strain sensor and a biocompatible housing for a telemetric strain monitoring system. Julia also holds an ME (1994) and a BS (1992) in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Louisville. |
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Administrative Associate - Wendy Metcalf wsmetc01@exchange.louisville.edu
Wendy Metcalf provides financial administration, accounts payables and receivables and administrative staff support . |
| Safety & Outreach Coordinator - Caitlin Grothaus caitlin.grothaus@gmail.com Caitlin Grothaus provides training for new cleanroom users. She also orders supplies for the cleanroom and updates our training manuals. |
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Technical Research Services Coordinator - Don Yeager dhyeag01@exchange.louisville.edu
Don Yeager received a B.A. in Chemistry from Centre College in 1971. He's been a "Professional and Administrative" staff member at UofL for 18 years, joining the Micro/Nano Technology Center in November of 2005. He provides a comprehensive level of technical support to the group, which includes managing the Toxic Gas Monitoring system, deionized water system, and acid waste neutralization system. Also, he works with the other staff on equipment installation, maintenance and operation. He has a special interest in chemical surface modification. |
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Micro-fabrication Research Technician - Curt McKenna cpmcke01@exchange.louisville.edu Curt McKenna received his master’s degree from University of Louisville in December 2009 and began working in the Micro-Nano Technology Center under the EPSCoR grant with Professor Walsh. He is involved with KORE (Kentucky Optical Resources), an organization, that offers photomasks to Kentucky businesses and universities and is in charge of all photomasks produced through the MNTC Cleanroom. Curt is highly experienced with creating photomasks and direct-write photolithography. |
| Process Engineer - Michael Martin |
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| Process Engineer- George Lin, Ph.D. |



