Appendix B

Biosketches of Authors

Julie A. Christodoulou is currently a principal for Materials & Manufacturing Innovation, LLC, advising government, nonprofits, and small businesses on science and technology and program development and strategy. She previously served as the director of the Naval Materials & Manufacturing Division at the Office of Naval Research (ONR). At ONR she led a multifaceted science and technology program that included basic and applied research of materials systems, advanced development, manufacturing technology, and sea and air fleets deployment. A defining aspect of all efforts is an emphasis on the integration of experimental and computational activities to accelerate foundational understanding, development, and technology insertion. She has served critical roles in the formation and leadership of the Materials Genome Initiative and establishment of the Materials Manufacturing Institute, LIFT. She has held leadership positions within the Department of Defense’s Reliance 21 Program and the Five-Eyes S&T Program, an international body that coordinates member nations’ defense science and technology investments. She is a fellow of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and ASM International. She has also been recognized with the Department of Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Presidential Rank of Meritorious Senior Executive, Society of Manufacturing Engineering Donald C. Burnham Manufacturing Management Award, Acta Materialia Holloman Award and Distinguished Lecture, the 2016 ASM-TMS Joint Distinguished Lectureship on Materials and Society, and TMS Leadership Award. Christodoulou earned her PhD in materials science from Imperial College London.

Jian Cao (NAE) is the Cardiss Collins Professor and the founding director of the Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation, the research center on manufacturing science and innovation at Northwestern University. Cao considers manufacturing an integration platform and specializes in innovative manufacturing processes and systems, particularly dieless incremental forming processes and laser processes. Cao received her PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cao is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the International Academy for Production Engineering, and SME. Her major research awards include the ASME Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal, SME Gold Medal, Department of Defense Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship, ASME and Pi Tau Sigma Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, and SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal. Cao was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Materials Processing Technology. She serves as the associate vice president for research

at Northwestern University, was a president of the SME North America Manufacturing Research Institute, and was a program director at the National Science Foundation. Cao is a board member of the SME Board of Directors and mHUB, Chicago’s innovation center focused on physical product development and smart manufacturing.

Thomas R. Kurfess (NAE) is the HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control and Regents’ Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. During 2019–2021 he served as the chief manufacturing officer and the founding director for the Manufacturing Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. During 2012–2013 he served as the assistant director for advanced manufacturing at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he was responsible for coordinating federal advanced manufacturing research and development. He was the president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2023–2024 and president of SME in 2018. His research focuses on the design and development of advanced manufacturing systems targeting secure digital manufacturing, additive and subtractive processes, and large-scale production enterprises. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of ASME, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and SME. He received his SB, SM, and PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1986, 1987, and 1989, respectively. He also received an SM from MIT in electrical engineering and computer science in 1988.