Chad Watson
AFM Lab Manager
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
As the AFM Lab Manager for the Knowlton Research Group, Chad supports and facilitates undergraduate and graduate student research ranging from nanomechanical evaluation of biomaterials to the development of DNA nanostructures. Chad arrived at Boise State University in the fall of 2007 after working at Sandia National Laboratories, where he was responsible for a variety of projects related to mechanical properties of brittle materials, failure analysis, component reliability, product development and process engineering.