Jonathan S. Colton
Professor
Education
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986
- S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982
- S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981
Research Areas and Descriptors
- Manufacturing and CAE & Design; Manufacturing, design, biomedical engineering, polymer/composites processing, and nano/microfabrication
Background
Joined Georgia Tech in November 1985 as an Assistant Professor
Research
Dr. Colton's research interests are in the areas of design and manufacturing, focusing on polymers and polymer composites. Processing techniques, such as micro-molding, injection molding, filament winding, resin transfer molding and the like, are studied and used to fabricate these devices and products.
Biomedical engineering is a major research thrust, especially as applied to device design and fabrication. Applications include biomedical devices such as plastic hypodermic needles, plastic atomic force microscope cantilevers for use as bioMEMS sensors for chemical- and bio-assays, and foams for bio-scaffolds. Additional research includes medical device packaging, as well as the recycling of plastics, such as medical wastes in developing countries.
The design of processing techniques and equipment for metamaterials also are being studied with applications being dielectric materials for electromagnetic applications. Due to the small-scale physics associated with their engineering, nano-scale metamaterials exhibit superior properties and enhanced performance.
Dr. Colton has a strong passion for the application of engineering for the common good - "design that matters," such as in developing countries.
Distinctions
- World Health Organization, Technology and Logistics Advisory Committee, 2008-2011
- Woodruff School Jack M. Zeigler Outstanding Educator Award, 2007
- National Aeronautical and Space Administration, Space Act Award, 2005
- Sigma Xi (Georgia Tech Chapter) Best Ph.D Thesis Award (Advisor to Andrew McFarland), 2005
- Society of Plastics Engineers Fellow, 2004
- Emerald Literai Club Award, Highly Commended Paper, 2002 volume of Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2003
- MCB University Press Award, Most Outstanding Paper, 1999 volume of Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2000
- Sigma Xi (Georgia Tech Chapter) Best Master's Thesis Award (Advisor to Anne Palmer), 2000
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow, 1999
- Woodruff School Faculty Fellow, 1992-1997
- Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, 1992
- National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1989-1994
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer, 1988
- American Society for Engineering Education New Engineering Educator, 1986
- National Bureau of Standards Certificate of Recognition for Sustained Superior Performance, 1979
- Registered Professional Engineer in Georgia
Patents
- Microcellular Foams of Semi-Crystalline Polymeric Materials, U. S. Patent 5,160,674, with N. P. Suh, Nov. 3, 1992
- Flexible Multiply Towpreg, Products Therefrom, and Methods of Production Therefor, European Patent EP0589925, Canadian Patent CA2103037, Japanese Patent JP6510954T, and Taiwanese Patent 63364, with J. D. Muzzy and B. Varughese, November 26, 1992
- Non-woven Flexible Multiply Towpreg Fabric, U. S. Patent 5,198,281, with J. D. Muzzy, March 30, 1993
- Flexible Multiply Towpreg Tape from Powder Fusion Coated Towpreg and Method for Production Thereof, U. S. Patent 5,296,064, with J. D. Muzzy, March 22, 1994
- Flexible Multiply Towpreg Tape from Powder Fusion Coated Towpreg, U. S. Patent 5,409,757, with J. D. Muzzy, April 25, 1995
- Collapsible Footstool, U. S. Patent 6,036,269, March 14, 2000
Representative Publications (www.me.gatech.edu/jonathan.colton/)
- K. M. Goeders, J. S. Colton, and L. A. Bottomley. 2008. Microcantilevers: Sensing Chemical Interactions via Mechanical Motion. Chemical Reviews 108(2), 522-542.
- A. W.McFarland and J. S. Colton. 2005. Chemical Sensing with Micromolded Plastic Microcantilevers. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 14( 6),1375-1385.
- A. W. McFarland, J. S. Colton, M. A. Poggi, and L. A. Bottomley, L.A. 2005. Injection-moulded Scanning Force Microscopy Probes. Nanotechnology 16(8), 1249-1252.
- A. W. McFarland, et al. 2005. Influence of Surface Stress on the Resonant Behavior of Microcantilevers. Applied Physics Letters 87, 053505.
- Y. Park and J. S. Colton. 2005. Failure Analysis of Rapid Prototyped Tooling in Sheet Metal Forming – V-Die Bending & Cylindrical Cup Drawing. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering - Transactions of the ASME 127(1), 116-137.
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