Mr. Owen P. Mills

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Michigan Technological University
College of Engineering
Materials Science & Engineering
Materials Characterization and Fabrication Facilities
DirectorAppointed: 2006
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Mailing Address

Michigan Technological University
Materials Science & Engineering
Rm. 512 M&M Bldg.
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (906) 369-1875
Fax: (906) 487-2934
opmills@mtu.edu

Qualifications

M.S., Michigan Technological University, Geology, 2008.
A.A., Delgado College, Electrical Engineering Technology, 1990.
B.S., Louisiana State University, Petroleum Land Management, 1985.

Expertise and Research Interests

I am interested and experienced in the operation and management of multi-user instrumentation facilities. My expertise includes auditable lab cost and use accounting for multi-user facilities. I serve as a technical consultant to the university administration Use Charge Committee.

Key to my vision of multi-user instrumentation facility management is the incorporation of maintenance and repair of the equipment with education and training of the users.

I have course work and short course training in the application, training for, maintenance, and repair of the following equipment:
Electron Optical Instrumentation including SEM (UNO, 93) & (Lehigh, 1990), FESEM (Hitachi, 2004), TEM (MTU, 1996).
Energy Dispersive X-ray Equipment including Microanalysis and ED-XRF.
Wave Dispersive X-ray Equipment including Microprobe (UNO, 1993) and XRF (ACS, 1992).
Ion Beam Equipment including Ion Mills and FIB (Hitachi, 2004).
General Vacuum including Mechanical, Diffusion, Turbo, Ion and Cryo pumps.
Support and ancillary sample preparation equipment for all the above.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Electrical Engineering Or Electronics, Electro-Optical Technology, Electro-Optics, Engineering Technology, Geology, Land Management Or Land Use, Materials Engineering, Materials Sciences, Microscopy, Vacuum Engineering, Vacuum Science.

Additional Terms:

Facility Management, Use Charges.

Memberships

Microbeam Analysis Society
Microscopy Society of America

Honors and Awards

2009-2009, Staff Excellence Award, Michigan Technological University, Inovative Solutions
1995-1997, Chairman, Traveling Book Exhibit, Microscopy Society of America
1994 Annual Meeting Treasurer, Microscopy Society of America

Previous Positions

1995-2006, Electron Optics Engineer, Michigan Technological University, College of Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering
1992-1995, Assistant Director, Tulane University, Coordinated Instrumentation Facility
1990-1992, Manager, Tulane University, Coordinated Instrumentation Facility, Inorganic Laboratory
1986-1990, Supervisor, Tulane University, Arts & Sciences, Geology, Geological Lab

Funding Received

  • Century II Campaign Endowed Equipment Fund: Proposal for Purchase of ACMAL Sputter Coater, $3,583.33, 2004 to 2004.
  • Research Excellence Fund (State of Michigan): Intergrated Digital MIcroscopy and Microanalysis at MTU, $99,164, 1996 to 1997.
  • Michigan Space Grant Consortium: Accurate Shape Measurements of Fine Volcanic Ash Particles, $5,000, 1996 to 1997.
  • DE-FG09-94SR18398: Automated ARL SEMQ Electron Microanalyzer, $10,000, 1993 to 1994.

Publications

  • N.Nanninga, C. White, O. Mills, J. Lukowski (2009) Effect of specimen orientation and extrusion welds on the fatigue life of an AA6063 alloy, International Journal of Fatigue, 38, 238-246
  • Owen P. Mills (2007) Comparison of 3D Stereo SEM Shape Data With 2D Projections and BET Surface Area Data for Volcanic Ash: When 3D Might Be Advantageous, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, October 2007, American Geophysical Union
  • Ken Heng See, Michael E. Mullins, Owen P. Mills, Patricia A. Heiden, A Reactive Core-Shell Nanoparticle Approach to Prepare Hybrid Nanocomposites: Effects of Processing Variables, Nanotechnology, 16, 1950-1959, Jul 2005
  • Mills, O.P., New Resin for Repair of Bell Jar Chips, Microscopy Today, 13(2), 46, Mar 2005
  • Mills, O.P., Water Recirculator Maintenance, Microscopy Today, 11(3), 43, 2003
  • Robinson, G.W., Jasczcak, J.A., Wegner,, Manganotantalite From the Alto Do Giz Area, Equador, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil, The Mineralogical Record, 33(6), 505-521, 2002
  • Iyer, S.D., Gupta, S.M., Charan, S.N., M, Volcanogenic-hydrothermal Iron-rich Materials From the Southern Part of the Central Indian Ocean Basin, Marine Geology, 158, 15-25, 1999
  • Xu, J., Wu, H, Mills, O.P., Heiden, P.A., A Morphological Investigation of Thermosets Toughened With Novel Thermoplastics. I. Bismaleimide Modified With Hyperbranched Polyester, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 72, 1065-1076, 1999
  • J. Xu, O.P. Mills, P.A. Heiden (1999) A Morphological Investigation of Thermosets Toughened with Novel Theroplatics. I. Bismaleide Modified with Hyperbramched Polyester, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 72, 1065-1076
  • Mills, O.P., Is Your Lab Safe, Scanning, 20, 152-153, 1998
  • Mills, O.P., Reducing Service Contract Costs and Do-It-Yourself EM Maintenance, Microscopy Today, 10, 8-9, 1997
  • atallo, W., Henk, W., Younger, L., Mills, Trace Metal Uptake By Pichia Spartinae, An Endosymbiotic Yeast in the Salt Marsh Cord Grass Spartina Alterniaflora, Chemistry and Ecology, 13, 113-131, 1996
  • Koplitz, L., Urbanik, J., Harris, S., Mi, Determining Lead in Sediments By X-ray Fluorescence and the Method of Standard Additions, Enriron. Sci. Technol., 28, 538-540, 1994
  • Latimer, S., Mills, O., Nielson, A., New Ultra-thin Moxtek Window Improves Light Element Detection, American Environmental Laboratory, 6, 23, 1994
  • Zablotsky, M., Meffert, R., Mills, O., B, The Macroscopic, Microscopic and Spectrometric Effects of Various Chemotherapeutic Agents on the Plasma-sprayed Hydroxyapatite-coated Implant Surface, Clinical Oral Implant Research, 3, 189-198, 1992

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