Fall 2022
- Exec – Anush Singhal (CEO), Ryan Zhou (COO), Nic Kalok (CFO), Joseph Mushyakov (CCO), Astrid Savaresse (CTO-C), Téa Cook (CTO-M), Eli Winterscheidt (CTO-P)
- Founding -1 new L&D team founded: Vapor Deposition
- Implementation – The MILL Code of Conduct
Summer 2022
- MILL Fellows – Grace Godwin, Maggie Meller, Astrid Savaresse, Tianqi Sun
- Acquisition – Gas Pycnometer
- COVID-19 Response
Spring 2022
- Exec – Anush Singhal (CEO), Ryan Zhou (COO), Nic Kalok (CFO), Ralph Kindler (CCO), Astrid Savaresse (CTO-C), Seneca Stevens (CTO-M), Eli Winterscheidt (CTO-P)
- Founding -1 new L&D team founded: BioExplorers
- Acquisition – Viscometer
- COVID-19 Response
Fall 2021
- Exec – Jamie Petrie (CEO), Hajime Minoguchi (COO), Nic Kalok (CFO), Ralph Kindler (CCO), Anush Singhal (CTO-C), Seneca Stevens (CTO-M), Eli Winterscheidt (CTO-P)
- Founding – 2 new L&D teams founded: MaterialBusters & the Sustainability Committee
- COVID-19 Response
Summer 2021
- MILL Fellows – Juliette Carpet, Alp Kulaksizoglu, Alex Marin, Ryan Zhou
- Acquisition – Second SEM (Phenom XL G2), TGA, Moisture Analyzer
- Overhaul – MILL Website and Wiki reconstructed with new SOPs and educational material
- Renovation – Reorganized lab spaces & improved operations
- COVID-19 Response
Spring 2021
- Exec – Jamie Petrie (CEO), Hajime Minoguchi (COO), Josh Baginski (CFO), Ralph Kindler (CCO), Devon Phelps (CTO-C), Prerana Panchumarti (CTO-M), Eli Winterscheidt (CTO-P)
- Expansion – Operations Team created to expand operational capabilities
- COVID-19 Response
Fall 2020
- Exec – Jamie Petrie (CEO), Bethe Newgent (COO), Josh Baginski (CFO), Ralph Kindler (CCO), Devon Phelps (CTO-C), Prerana Panchumarti (CTO-M), Annie Mullins (CTO-P)
- Launch – MILL Wiki
- COVID-19 Response
Spring 2020
- Exec – David Yeh (CEO), Jamie Petrie (COO), Lenno Liu (CFO), Sharon White (CCO), Bethe Newgent (CTO-C), Prerana Panchumarti (CTO-M), Annie Mullins (CTO-P)
- COVID-19 Response
Fall 2019
- Exec – David Yeh (CEO), Bonnie Vannatter (COO), Lenno Liu (CFO), Sharon White (CCO), Miriam Koga (CTO-C), Justin Chu (CTO-M), Anika Hong (CTO-P)
- Acquisition – Screen Printer
- Communications – New Instagram and LinkedIn social media accounts
Summer 2019
- 3 MILL Summer Fellows staffing the MILL 40 hours/week:
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- Colten Spivey (Characterization), Carter Grabbe (Measurement), Jin Lee (Processing)
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- Acquisition – Sewing machine, embroidery machine, vinyl cutter, and small furnace
- Renovation – Condensing equipment into Love 170/176
Spring 2019
- Exec – Tom Miller (CEO), Bonnie Vannatter (COO), Lovelyn Wirian (CFO), Sharon White (CCO), David Yeh (CTO-C), Justin Chu (CTO-M), Anika Hong (CTO-P)
- Expansion – Love 175 for use as a meeting room and Love 157 as additional space for our equipment teams
- Acquisition – Differential scanning calorimeter
Fall 2018
- Exec – Tom Miller (CEO), Bonnie Vannatter (COO), Lovelyn Wirian (CFO), Mallory Parker (CCO), Sam Williams (CTO-C), Casey Miles (CTO-M), Max Walde (CTO-P)
- Beginning – Materials outreach events with the MILL’s first glass workshop for the GT public
- Launch – MILL reservation system to address increased demand for equipment
- Acquisition – The profilometer, XRD, vacuum former, and granulator
- Communications – New website and Facebook social media account
Summer 2018
- 4 MILL Summer Fellows staffing the MILL 40 hours/week
- Expansion – Into the Undergraduate Lab
- Documentation – Training documents/videos/certification exams
- Expansion – Improvement of safety procedures and documentation in the MILL
- Beginning – High Entropy Alloy team and establishing the framework for additional MILL sponsored project
Spring 2018
- Exec – Ben Ibach (President), Tom Miller (VP-Director of Development), Sam Williams (CTO-C), Casey Miles (CTO-M), Max Walde (CTO-P)
- Expansion – Exec council includes a Chief Operating Officer, and setting sights to add more exec members in the Fall
- Preparation – Projects for the MILL fellows to complete over Summer 2018
- Completion – MILL’s first L&D Poster Competition with 3 student teams
Fall 2017
- Exec – Ben Ibach (President), Josh Morton (Outreach), Sam Williams (CTO-C), Ian Watt (CTO-M), Max Walde (CTO-P)
- Initiation – Learning & Discovery (L&D) Teams: Student-driven research teams: Consumer Products, Science of Art, & Cold Sintering
- Expansion – staff grows to 40+ students; first semester of full staffing
Summer 2017
- Acquisition – FTIR, UV/Vis, Mechanical Tester, XRD, XRF, electrical measurement, furnaces, polymer extruder
- Acquisition – Win Tech Fee for “High End” 30 N to 30 kN Universal Testing System
Spring 2017
- Exec – Ben Ibach (President), Emmanuel Fregene (Outreach), Sam Williams (Microscopy), Ian Watt (Auxiliary), Josh Morton (3D Printing)
- Initiation – A practical opening of space to users
- Expansion – The MILL’s staff grows to 20+ members (4 hrs/day; 4 days/wk)
Fall 2016
- Exec – Ben Ibach (President), Emmanuel Fregene (Outreach), Alex Munoz (Microscopy), Ian Watt (Auxiliary), Josh Morton (3D Printing)
- Renovation – Major “remodeling” of space to make it “a student-owned space”
- Acquisition – SEM and 5 multi-material 3D printers
Summer 2016
- Acquisition – Win Tech Fee Funds for Benchtop SEM
Spring 2016
- Renovation – Students clear out Gall’s lab and begin plans for the facility
- Initiation – Lots of excitement – little funding (< 10 students)
Fall 2015
- Initiation – The idea for an open-access space for MSE students is conceived
- Acquisition – Ken Gall’s former lab as a physical location