Prof. Panat is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He is courtesy faculty in the Robotics Institute and the Materials Science and Engineering Department at CMU. He is also the Associate Director of Research at the Manufacturing Futures Institute at CMU, which is focused on bringing digital technologies such as AI/ML to advanced manufacturing. Prof. Panat completed his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 2004. He joined Intel Corporation’s R&D unit in Chandler, AZ, where he worked for 10 years on microprocessor packaging R&D. At Intel, Dr. Panat led a team of engineers that developed the manufacturing process for world’s first halogen-free IC chip. He was part of a team that introduced the first Si chip with a billion transistors. He returned to academia in 2014 and joined CMU in fall 2017. His research is focused on microscale 3D printing and its applications to biomedical engineering, stretchable electronics, and Li-ion batteries. His research is funded by NIH, DOE, NSF, US Army, US Air Force, and other federal agencies, in addition to industry and several foundations (total funding over $8M). Prof. Panat is recipient of several awards, including MRS gold medal, Mavis Memorial Award, an award at Intel for his work on the halogen-free chip, Struminger Teaching Fellowship, and the Russell V. Trader chair professorship at CMU.