Prof. Dr. Xiaochun Li is the Raytheon Endowed Chair in Manufacturing Engineering in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He received his dual BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics at Tsinghua University, his MS degree at Ohio State University, and his Ph.D. at Stanford University. He is the pioneer and global leader in the fundamental study, commercialization, and practical applications of nanotechnology-enabled manufacturing of complex metal structures and systems for sustainability. He currently serves as the Director of the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center at UCLA in the national Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), while he served as the inaugural CTO for CESMII. He is a holder of multiple best paper awards and more than 30 patents, including more than 10 of those licensed and commercialized by industry worldwide. He was previously a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison). He served as the Director of the Nano-Engineered Materials Processing Center (NEMPC) at UW-Madison. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the International Society for Nanomanufacturing.