Douglas Adkins, Ph.D. is a Senior Engineer and co-founder of Defiant Technologies in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His expertise is in mechanical and electronics design and systems packaging. Doug has worked over 13 years in the area of micro-analytical systems for chemical weapons and explosives detection. Education: Ph.D., 1986, Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, MS, 1980, Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, BS, 1979, Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville

Patrick Lewis is a Senior Scientist and co-founder of Defiant Technologies. Pat has expertise in analytical chemistry, application development, and system design. He has worked for over 13 years in the field of chemical analysis micro-systems. Pat has developed systems for chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, explosives, volatile organic compounds, and other applications. Pat has managed several programs for DOD, DHS and other Federal agencies. He has performed tests with these micro-analytical systems at ECBC, Dugway Proving Grounds, Nevada Test Site, and private labs. In addition, Pat has managed GC labs for one of the National Labs and commercial analytical chemistry labs. Mr. Lewis has expertise in many sample preparatory methods, clean-up procedures, and analytical techniques for organic compound analyses. Education: Bachelor of Science in Physics, 1990, University of Texas, Austin.

Defiant Technologies is a growing company located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Defiant Technologies has a fully functional analytical chemistry lab with various GC systems. Two metered vapor delivery systems enable testing and calibrating gas-phase detectors. Defiant has apparatus for coating, treating, and curing stationary phases in GC columns, and apparatus for deposition of thin films on the surface of various die, such as preconcentrators and SAW microbalance arrays. Defiant Technologies also has a machine shop with CNC milling and a 3-D parts printer for rapid prototyping. In addition, Defiant has a fully functional electronics lab. Defiant personnel use foundry facilities at the University of New Mexico and other local facilities to manufacture system components. Several computer aided design packages are available at Defiant Technologies for electrical and mechanical design.