Jamin Pillars received his Ph.D. in Nanoscience and Microsystems Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 2015. He is currently a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in the Multi Scale Fabrication, Science, and Technology Development group. He has 12 years of experience at Sandia Labs and has focused much of his career on electrochemistry and microfabrication. He has worked in areas ranging from microcalorimetry and transition edge sensor materials to traditional electroplated coatings and electrochromics. Jamin has over a decade of experience working with magnetic materials and has designed many of his own materials to achieve the desired mechanical and magnetic properties for specific applications.