Nicholas Glassmaker joined Birck Nanotechnology Center in Fall 2017 and has an educational background in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, receiving the Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 2004. He completed post‐doctoral assignments at Lehigh University and the Ecole Superieure de Physique and Chimie Industrielles in France. He also has 10 years’ experience working in the Central R&D and Electronic Materials departments at DuPont Co. in Wilmington, DE. During these various assignments, he has become skilled at microfabrication techniques, polymer processing and surface modification, testing mechanical properties of materials, and materials development for screen printing inks.