Suman Das is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engi- neering, and Director of the Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) Laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Me- chanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems. He is a faculty in the Parker

1. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, and in the Interdisciplinary Bioengi- neering Graduate Program at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was a tenured Associate Professor (2006-2007) and an Assistant Professor (2000-2006) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

He received his B.Tech. (1990) in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He obtained his M.S. (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) in Mechanical Engi- neering from The University of Texas at Austin. Subsequently, he completed a post- doctoral fellowship there during 1999-2000. At UT Austin, Dr Das invented and pioneered metal 3D printing. He holds the original patent, as a part of this PhD thesis research and received the 1999 University of Texas Outstanding Dissertation award for his doctoral dissertation titled “Direct Selective Laser Sintering of Metals” as well as the 1998 TMS Michael Koczak best paper award from the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society and 1997 Los Alamos National Laboratory director’s post-doctoral fellowship.

Dr Das is a global leader in 3D additive manufacturing, direct digital manufacturing, rapid prototyping, large-area micro/nanostructure fabrication and ceramic printing. His research program covers a broad variety of interdisciplinary topics under the framework of 3D additive manufacturing advanced through a synergistic combination of computational design methods, manufacturing and materials processing technologies, and materials science. These efforts are directed towards applications in the Aerospace, Healthcare, Energy, and Nanotechnology sectors.

The Direct Digital Manufacturing Lab directed by Dr Das is a part of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. Dr Das is also the CEO of DDM Systems.