Professor Kirsty Mills received her B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1974, and
her PhD in 1979, both from the University of Nottingham in the UK. She developed
III-V devices and integrated circuits at Plessey Research (UK) from 1979 to
1980, Thomson CSF (France) from 1980 to 1986 and General Electric (Syracuse)
from 1986 to 1991. A professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department at the University of New Mexico, she is the Associate Director of the
Center for High Technology Materials. Her research interests, originally in the
area of semiconductor device fabrication, now focus on the societal and ethical
implications of nanotechnology and other emerging technologies. In response to
the increasing need for interdisciplinary function, she initiated and leads the
University of New Mexico’s “Science and Society Dialogue” project, embraced by a
wide range of University departments, schools and institutes. As well as
teaching engineering ethics, Dr. Mills offers seminars and workshops to a range
of stakeholder groups.
Email: kmills@chtm.unm.edu
