Dr. Sriram Praneeth Isanaka is an Assistant Research Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Missouri S&T. He has published his research in numerous journals, encyclopedia articles, and conference proceedings on the topics of metal additive manufacturing, materials and mechanical performance characterization, high throughput miniaturized testing, digital factory technologies, and alternate energy. He is a US DOE and US DOW sponsored researcher who has developed advanced mechanical testing systems that have been adopted by US National Labs, academia and industry.