Changchun (Chad) Zeng is currently a professor and the Chair of the Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering in FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and High-Performance Materials Institute. As a faculty member of the department since 2007, Dr. Zeng’s research is involved in the areas of innovative materials and advanced manufacturing technology, particularly in multifunctional polymeric materials, nanomaterials, smart materials, and biomaterials and technology. Dr. Zeng’s research has attracted broad support from the federal agencies and industries. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, including many in the topmost journals in the areas of materials, nanotechnology, polymers, and composites research. He is also the inventor of 14 pending/issued/licensed patents. Professor Zeng is a recipient of Florida State University’s Developing Scholar Award and the Research Excellence Award from FSU College of Engineering. He serves on the Board of Directors and has been Chair of the Division of Thermoplastic Materials and Foams (TPM&F) of Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE), the largest international professional society for plastic materials. He also serves as an editor of the Journal of Cellular Plastics. Dr. Zeng received his PhD from The Ohio State University in 2004. Before joining Florida State University, he worked as a Senior Research Engineer at Hexcel, one of the leading advanced composite materials companies in the world.