Timeline of the MILL:
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
Spring 2016
Renovation – Students clear out Gall’s lab and begin plans for the facility
Initiation – Lots of excitement – little funding (< 10 students)
Summer 2016
Acquisition – Win Tech Fee Funds for Benchtop SEM
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
Summer 2019
3 MILL Summer Fellows staffing the MILL 40 hours/week: Colten Spivey (Characterization), Carter Grabbe (Measurement), Jin Lee (Processing)
Acquisition – Sewing machine, embroidery machine, vinyl cutter, and small furnace
Renovation – Condensing equipment into Love 170/176
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
Summer 2022
MILL Fellows – Grace Godwin, Maggie Meller, Astrid Savaresse, Tianqi Sun
Acquisition – Gas Pycnometer
COVID-19 Response
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
Spring 2023
Exec – Eli Winterscheidt (CEO), Sierra Yim (COO), Nic Kalok (CFO), Joseph Mushyakov (CCO), Antonio Ferreira (CTO-C), Dhilan Nanji (CTO-M), Sophia Anderson (CTO-P)
Founding -1 new L&D team founded: Science of Sports
Summer 2023
MILL Fellows – Jenny Gerber, Blake Moore, Dhilan Nanji
Fall 2023
Exec – Eli Winterscheidt (CEO), Sierra Yim (COO), Wenjun Leng (CFO), Joseph Mushyakov (CCO), Antonio Ferreira (CTO-C), Dhilan Nanji (CTO-M), Sophia Anderson (CTO-P)
Spring 2024
Exec – Joseph Mushyakov (CEO), Sierra Yim (COO), Wenjun Leng (CFO), Ella Parker (CCO), Nicholas Stojanovic (CTO-C), Dhilan Nanji (CTO-M), Sophia Anderson (CTO-P)
Founding – 1 new L&D team founded: 3D Metals