Company: Teneo Micro Instruments
Mission:
Teneo Micro Instruments provides precision microtools and sensors at low cost from a broad range of materials enabling micromanipulation and measurement for life sciences and MEMs applications.
History:
In the course of their work, MEMs and Life Science researchers at Georgia Tech found they did not have the tools they desired to work optimally. Their investigations in neurosciences, biosciences and MEMs required simple operation, increased functionality beyond mechanical manipulation, nano-scale resolution and reliability - all at a cost that stayed within budget. Such a solution was simply not available among the existing polysilicon or other competing tool sets. Teneo Micro Instruments was born to meet these needs and to address increasing demand for manipulating and measuring micro-scale objects. Once conceived, they leveraged their expertise in microfabrication to develop tools that meet the functionality and budgetary needs of today’s bio- and MEMs researchers.
People:
Inventors:
Jim Ross
Jim is an expert in MEMs technology and its applications in neurobiology. He began his career at Advanced Micro Devices and accrued significant research experience at LSU's Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices and at Georgia Tech's Microelectronics Research Center and Laboratory for Neuroengineering. His research in selective stimulation of neural tissue for scientific and medical applications has produced over a dozen critically enabling technologies for the manipulation and sensing of neurons.
Mark Allen - See full biography
Dr. Allen participates in the Microsystems Research Center and the Packaging Research Center. His main research focus is in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which is defined as the use of microfabrication techniques to create mechanical structures in silicon and other materials, potentially in addition to electronic devices. Dr. Allen was recently appointed Georgia Tech's Senior Vice Provost for Research and Innovation.
His work has received local, national, and international attention in both the popular press and in engineering trade publications. Specific research projects that have recently received media attention are: 1) magnetically actuated microrelays, smaller than a dime, that have potential use in automobile electronics, test equipment, and other areas where low actuation voltages are required, and 2) drug delivery via microneedles, tiny chips containing arrays of tiny needles, each thinner than a human hair, that can potentially be put on the skin for one-time injections and possibly left on the skin for continuous release of a medication under the control of a microprocessor.
Dr. Allen served as a visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology during the summers of 1994 and 1998.
Brock Wester
Brock was recruited to the Teneo group a year prior to its inception
for his
versatile background and aptitude for new skill set development. He
has
worked extensively on software engineering, rapid prototyping, and
device
verification through undergraduate research at Georgia Tech's
Computer
Engineering Department and from full time and consultant work at
Panasonic
Matsushita Mobile Communication Division. During his time at
Georgia Tech's
Laboratory for Neuroengineering and Microelectronics Research
Center, he has
incorporated micro-device design and fabrication, surgical
evaluation, and
software modeling and graphical rendering into his thesis project.
His
research employs these techniques and technologies to examine the
electrophysiology of rat cortical and hippocampal regions during and
following traumatic brain injury.
Management:
Al Etheridge
Al's strong leadership in technology development was born out of his 10+ years of engineering and management experience in both large corporate and small entrepreneurial environments. As an engineer and project manager with Northrop Grumman Corporation, he worked to develop next generation electronic sensors and systems for military applications. Subsequently he worked in a variety of technical, management, and advisory roles bringing innovations to market with several venture funded companies in the fields of photonics and atmospheric sensing. Al is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering.
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