Dr. Buchely is the Roberta and G. Robert Couch Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri S&T, and is currently working in the Kent D. Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center (PSMRC) at Missouri S&T. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from National University of Colombia in 2004, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) in 2010 and 2016, respectively. Subsequently, he held a postdoctoral appointment at Missouri S&T for four years working in the PSMRC on different research projects related to the steelmaking process. Dr. Buchely has experience in a variety of research fields including thermo-mechanical testing and characterization of materials; finite-element modeling for structural and thermal applications; manufacturing technologies (casting, welding, rolling, forging, machining, additive manufacture); mechanical behavior of materials at high strain rates; and steelmaking processes and technology.