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Mark J Jackson M. Eng., Ph. D., C. Eng., M.I.M.M.M., M. I. Mech.E

University Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor
Campus: West Lafayette
Contact
Department: Mechanical Engineering Technology
Office: Knoy 125
Phone: 765.494.0365
Fax:765.494.6219

Biography:

Doctor Jackson began his engineering career in 1983 when he studied for his O.N.C. part I examinations and his first-year apprenticeship-training course in mechanical engineering. After gaining his Ordinary National Diploma in Engineering with distinctions and I.C.I. prize for achievement, he read for a degree in mechanical and manufacturing engineering at Liverpool Polytechnic and spent periods in industry working for I.C.I. Pharmaceuticals, Unilever Industries, and Anglo Blackwells. After graduating with a Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) degree with Distinction under the supervision of Professor Jack Schofield, M.B.E., Doctor Jackson subsequently read for a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) degree at Liverpool in the field of materials engineering focusing primarily on microstructure-property relationships in vitreous-bonded abrasive materials under the supervision of Professor Benjamin Mills. He was subsequently employed by Unicorn Abrasives’ Central Research & Development Laboratory (Saint-Gobain Abrasives’ Group) as materials technologist, then technical manager, responsible for product and new business development in Europe, and university liaison projects concerned with abrasive process development. Doctor Jackson then became a research fellow at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, working with Professor John Field, O.B.E., F.R.S., on impact fracture and friction of diamond before becoming a lecturer in engineering at the University of Liverpool in 1998. At Liverpool, Dr. Jackson established research in the field of micro machining using mechanical tools, laser beams, and abrasive particles. At Liverpool, he attracted a number of research grants concerned with developing innovative manufacturing processes for which he was jointly awarded an Innovative Manufacturing Technology Center from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in November 2001. In 2002, he became associate professor of mechanical engineering and faculty associate in the Center for Manufacturing Research, and Center for Electric Power at Tennessee Technological University (an associated university of Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and a faculty associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Jackson was the academic adviser to the Formula SAE Team at Tennessee Technological University. In 2004 he moved to Purdue University as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology. Doctor Jackson is active in research work concerned with understanding the properties of materials in the field of micro scale metal cutting, micro and nano abrasive machining, and laser micro machining. He is also involved in developing next generation manufacturing processes and biomedical engineering. Doctor Jackson has directed, co-directed, and managed research grants funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, The Royal Society of London, The Royal Academy of Engineering (London), European Union, Ministry of Defense (London), Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, National Science Foundation, N.A.S.A., U. S. Department of Energy (through Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Y12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Department of Labor (WIRED), State of Indiana's Technical Assistance Program, and Industrial Companies, which has generated research income in excess of $15 million. Dr. Jackson has organized many conferences and served as General Chair of the International Surface Engineering Congress (ASM). He has authored and co-authored over 200 publications in archived journals and refereed conference proceedings, has edited a number of books on ‘microfabrication and nanomanufacturing’, is guest editor to a number of refereed journals, and is currently writing a textbook on ‘machining with nanomaterials’. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the ‘International Journals of Nanomanufacturing, Nanoparticles, Nano and Biomaterials, Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering and Manufacturing Technology Research’ and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials.  Dr. Jackson is a University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University, Visiting Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China, and the recipient of the Changjiang River Lecturing Professorship at Harbin, China.