Yearly Archives: 2012

Jenny Regan

Innovation at the FDA – Cultural Changes

05.17.2012 by Jenny Regan

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of moderating the Q&A session for a Women in Bio event in DC. This installment featured Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Director of FDA’s CDRH, which is responsible for reviewing and approving medical devices for use and sale in the US.

Brian Lipford

With a Little Luck…

05.02.2012 by Brian Lipford

We were in the right place at the right time…and we knew it. About 9 years ago, we were looking to move our company.  We were small, but had outgrown our old space.  We were literally hours away from signing a new lease deal in a nondescript building, replete with florescent lights and elevators, when [...]

Frank Regan

Spring Fling, WOO-HOO!

04.25.2012 by Frank Regan

Every quarter the Key Tech Crew takes a break from work to enjoy a bit of what Baltimore has to offer and enjoy each others company outside of the office.

Conrad Laskowski

Recap of the SME Micro/Nano Manufacturing Conference 2012 – Boston, MA

04.11.2012 by Conrad Laskowski

On March 28th and 29th I attended this year’s Micro / Nano Manufacturing Conference in Boston, hosted by The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). The primary tracks this year were nano manufacturing, micro machining, micro molding, and micro metrology. Two years ago I attended this same conference in Mesa, AZ, and was obviously overdue for another visit.

Jessica Fisher

“Why Engineering?” We Ask “Why Not?”

03.28.2012 by Jessica Fisher

Recently I was asked to prepare a 10 min talk about why I became an engineer, what I like about it, and what I do here at Key Tech.

Josh Mull

It’s Prime Time Baby!

03.14.2012 by Josh Mull

Each year Key Tech designs a unique holiday card.

Jeff Gunnarsson

Cancer Treatment with Electric Fields

02.29.2012 by Jeff Gunnarsson

Last October, Bill Doyle of the oncological treatment company Novocure gave a TED lecture on a novel cancer treatment method that his company is developing.  The therapy involves exposing cancer cells to a low-intensity alternating electric field at a few hundred hertz, which disrupts cell division by electrically “tugging” at the cancerous cells’ spindle fibers [...]

Jenny Regan

Key Tech a Best Place to Work

02.01.2012 by Jenny Regan

Brian and Keith and Scott and I founded Key Tech fourteen years ago to do great work with smart and fun people.  Over the years we’ve grown to more than a couple dozen of the smart and fun sort, and we’re very proud of the team we’ve been able to build.  It’s icing on the [...]

Chad Schneider

Pop-up fabrication from the Harvard Microrobotics Lab

01.27.2012 by Chad Schneider

Harvard’s Microrobotics Lab is publishing some amazing work regarding a MEMS fabrication technique for creating 3-dimensional millimeter-scale robots from 2-dimensional multi-layer components.

Alexis McKenzie

Let’s Go Ravens!!!!!

01.20.2012 by Alexis McKenzie

Keith up on the roof of Key Tech with our new addition!