Dr. Ala Qattawi is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Toledo. She earned her Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering from Clemson University, specializing in metal fabrication, and subsequently served as a post-doctorate fellow at the International Center for Automotive Research in South Carolina. Currently, she holds the position of director and principal investigator at the Integrated Design and Manufacturing (IDM) Laboratory at the University of Toledo. Within her research group at IDM, Dr. Qattawi focuses on advanced and sustainable manufacturing, studying additive manufacturing, foldable metal structures, material design for manufacturing, and manufacturing energy analysis. Her contributions to advanced manufacturing have earned her several awards, including the Hellman Faculty Award in 2016, the Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from SME in 2018, the Ralph Teetor Education Award from SAE in 2021, the Toyota Programmable System Innovation Fellowship Award in 2022, the ORR Best Paper Award from ASME in 2022, and the Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) Award from National Science Foundation in 2023.