Terry Copeland Gets Top Post at Altair Nanotechnologies

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a Reno, NV.-based provider of advanced nanomaterials for use in energy, life sciences and industrial applications, announced today that its board of directors has named interim President Terry Copeland, PhD, as its president and CEO. Copeland had filled the top post since March; he joined Altair in November 2007 as vice president, operations, for its Power and Energy Group. Prior to joining Altair, Copeland founded the consulting firm T.M. Copeland Assoc. Before that, he served as vice president of product development and research and development for Millennium Cell Inc., an alternative energy company. He spent years with Duracell and began his career with DuPont in research and development, and later held positions in international marketing and manufacturing. Copeland earned a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware and a PhD in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Altair also announced today that C. Robert Pedraza was appointed vice president, corporate strategy.

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Published: June 2008

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nano: An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
photonics: The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
power: With respect to a lens, the reciprocal of its focal length. The term power, as applied to a telescope or microscope, often is used as an abbreviation for magnifying power.

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