{"id":1543,"date":"2016-11-15T11:21:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T17:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/?page_id=1543"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:28:46","slug":"curtis-taylor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/people-2\/coe\/curtis-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtis Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2016\/11\/Curtis-Taylor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1545 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2016\/11\/Curtis-Taylor.jpg\" alt=\"curtis-taylor\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong>PhD, University of Arkansas<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Microelectronics-photonics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mae.ufl.edu\/\">Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/\">Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Dr. Taylor&#8217;s research investigates materials, tools, and techniques to allow for robust and repeatable nanofabrication of structures with atomic-level control of size, shape, position, and chemical composition. Currently, projects are focused on surface modification using scanning probe tip tools to controllably pattern nanostructures, nanomechanical characterization of thin films and nanocomposites, and related nanotechnology education and outreach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mtrc.mae.ufl.edu\/taylor.php?publications\">Curtis Taylor&#8217;s\u00a0Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Homepage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mtrc.mae.ufl.edu\/taylor.php\">Curtis Taylor&#8217;s Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PhD, University of Arkansas Microelectronics-photonics Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Dr. Taylor&#8217;s research investigates materials, tools, and techniques to allow for robust and repeatable nanofabrication of structures with atomic-level control of size, shape, position, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":1003,"menu_order":44,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-section-nav.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1543","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Curtis Taylor - NIMET: Nanoscience Institute for Medical &amp; 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