Anthony Bombik is the director of the Battery Integration Lab and Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Sciences department. His research interests include structural batteries, electric vehicle pack optimization, lithium-ion battery modeling and estimation, aerospace structures, and design optimization. He obtained his PhD in Aero Astro Engineering at Stanford University, managing a research team on structurally integrated Li-ion batteries. Previously, he has worked as a flight control engineer intern at Boeing, a vibrations and loads engineer intern on Space Launch System, an adjunct lecturer at Santa Clara University, and a design engineer at Afton Chemical.