Dr. Duck Bong Kim has been working as an associate professor at the Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Technology at the Tennessee Technological University (TTU) since August 2016. Before joining TTU, he was a guest researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from October 2011 to July 2016. With a PhD and MS in School of Information and Mechatronics from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea, Dr. Kim is a cross-disciplinary research scientist with knowledge and experience in advanced design and manufacturing engineering: additive manufacturing (3D Printing), sustainable manufacturing, smart manufacturing, data analytics, and optical engineering.