Keith Ramsey

Keith Ramsey joined the Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research’s Nanotech West Lab as a research associate in 2018. He has extensive experience in photolithographic process development and thin film vacuum coating deposition. Keith’s primary responsibilities include managing NTW’s cleanroom operations, assisting and training its users in developing and characterizing new photolithographic techniques and capabilities, and conducting project work for external customers.

Prior to his arrival at NTW, Keith spent 24 years at Battelle in Columbus, OH where he was a Senior Research Scientist in the Microfabrication Group. Keith developed novel photolithographic processes to photolithographically pattern micron-sized features on to hemispherical domes, large flat windows and complex curved lenses. Under Keith’s leadership, Battelle became the United States leader in aerospace metallic grid thin film coatings applied to infrared or visible windows, missile domes, and windscreens. His primary technical expertise is in photolithography, physical vapor deposition, dry etching, and silicon micromachining. Keith holds a B.S. degree in Engineering Physics from Miami (Ohio) University and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University.