Prof. Mohammad Elahinia, currently serving as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, was most recently the chair and a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME). He serves as Director of the Dynamic and Smart Systems Laboratory at the University of Toledo. He has been on the faculty of UToledo since 2004. He graduated from Villanova University with an MS degree and from Virginia Tech with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, respectively, in 2001 and 2004. His research interests are in smart and active materials. His current research is focused on the additive manufacturing of functional materials, such as shape memory alloys for aerospace and biomedical applications.