Mark J. Jackson is the McCune and Middlekauff Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow and Academic Department Head at Kansas State University. He has authored and coauthored over 250 publications in archived journals and refereed conference proceedings, and has written and edited books in the area of nanotechnology and manufacturing. Professor Waqar Ahmed is the Head of the Institute of Nanotechnology and Bioengineering at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, United Kingdom.