Carolyn Conner Seepersad, is a Woodruff Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor Seepersad’s research interests include design for additive manufacturing, simulation-based design of materials and structures, and process innovation in additive manufacturing. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, a member of the organizing committee of the annual Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, an elected member of the advisory board for the Design Society, and a member of SME's Additive Manufacturing Technical Leadership Committee. Professor Seepersad has earned many awards for her research and teaching, including the ASME Design Automation Award and the University of Texas Regents’ Award for Outstanding Teaching (the highest teaching award for faculty in The University of Texas System).