Russell completed the M.Eng. program in the spring of 1998. His interest in thin films began when he joined Dr. Sunkara's group. The experiences gained while at UofL provided a solid foundation for working in the thin film industry. Russell has worked at Techni-Met since he left the University. Techni-Met specializes in the roll to roll sputter coating of polymer films and has 7 web coaters as of the summer of 2004. Russell has overall process responsibility for all production products. He has worked extensively with the development of transparent conducting oxide coatings and a wide variety of precious and non precious metal coatings as well as ultra moisture barrier coatings. The coatings produced by Techni-Met are supplied primarily into the medical, display, electronic and aerospace industries.