Prof. Dr. Amin Mirkouei is an associate professor of renewable and sustainable manufacturing in the College of Engineering at the University of Idaho, a certified professional engineer (PE), an experienced technologist, and a sustainability contributor at Forbes Magazine. He obtained his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Islamic Azad University in 2009, his M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tehran in 2011, and his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Oregon State University in 2016. Prof. Dr. Mirkouei has over 13 years of experience contributing and leading cross-disciplinary projects in decarbonization technologies, renewable materials, sustainable energy systems, design and manufacturing, cyber-physical control and optimization, and operations research, particularly renewable fuels, green chemicals, and rare earth elements and minerals from various waste streams, such as biomass feedstocks, plastics wastes, e-wastes, and animal manure. He is a major advisor in industrial technology, mechanical engineering, biological engineering, and environmental science programs at the University of Idaho, where he directs the Renewable and Sustainable Manufacturing Laboratory (RSML).