iTi Corporation Founder Named Imaging Science and Technology 2009 Service Award Recipient

iTi Corporation announced that Dr. Ross N. Mills, iTi’s founder and chief technology officer, has received a Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) 2009 Service Award for his dedication, vision and leadership in guiding efforts to establish the Digital Fabrication Conference.

James W. Stasiak, a senior scientist at Hewlett-Packard Company, is a co-recipient of the 2009 Service Award.Mr. Stasiak and Dr. Mills worked closely to direct the conference from inception to international prominence.

The Digital Fabrication Conference was established in 2005 as the preeminent forum for exploring the potential of digital printing technologies for new applications and materials that go well beyond traditional printing.

By exploiting both traditional non-impact and new printing approaches it is possible to pattern and print two- and three-dimensional structures at physical scales ranging from nanometers to meters, including electronic circuits and photovoltaics, MEMs and NEMs structures, architectural components, and even biologically-engineered structures. These methods are finding relevance in all areas of prototyping, fabrication, and industrial applications—from the laboratory bench to the manufacturing floor.
“The Digital Fabrication Conference provides an opportunity for scientists and engineers from around the world to collaborate on extending non-impact printing methods and materials to the emerging area of digital fabrication,” said Suzanne E. Grinnan, executive director, Society for Imaging Science and Technology.“As one of the world’s foremost experts on industrial inkjet fabrication and technologies, Dr. Mills is helping to bring significant advancements to market, from digital materials deposition techniques to lower cost solar cell manufacturing.We appreciate his dedication and service to the industry.”

Dr. Mills received his PhD and masters in engineering science from the University of California at Berkeley and his bachelor of science in aerospace engineering with honors from the University of Texas at Austin.He has worked as a research, development, and manufacturing engineer in the areas of piezoelectric and thermal ink jet printers and electrophotographic printers for IBM, Lexmark International and Topaz Technologies. In 1992, Dr. Mills founded iTi Corporation. Dr. Mills holds 12 patents in this field.