Mohammad Elahinia, currently serving as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, was most recently the Chair and a Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Toledo. At UToledo he has served as an investigator on several funded projects funded by NSF, EPA, US Army, US DOT, Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Board of Regents, and The University of Toledo. Dr. Elahinia is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has received several awards, including the University of Toledo 2017 Outstanding Faculty Research Award, 2010 ASME Adaptive Structures, and Material Systems Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award, 2010 University of Toledo College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, Outstanding Young Faculty Research Award from University of Toledo in 2006 and Torgersen Graduate Research Excellence Award from Virginia Tech in 2004.