Martin L. Culpepper

For being involved in research to advance the understanding of nanoscale positioning and manipulation toward creating production-scale manufacturing and inspection processes and products. He gains valuable insights through close collaborations with automakers and photonics manufacturers. His creative education efforts include developing a hands-on undergraduate course in machine dissection and design, precision manipulation, and microelectromechanical system (MEMS) design and fabrication. He serves as a mentor to minority students through many activities and organizations.