2018-19 NAMRI/SME Board of Directors

The NAMRI/SME Board of Directors makes policy for the institution that represents manufacturing research leadership in industry, government and academia in North America and the world. The board is comprised of the NAMRI/SME Executive Committee (past president, president, president-elect and secretary), the Scientific Committee chair and six NAMRI/SME at-large directors. The past president of the institution is replaced on the Board of Directors by the retiring president immediately following NAMRC.

President		President-Elect
Hitomi Y. Greenslet, Dr. Eng., FSME Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering  University of Florida Gainesville, Florida BIO		Albert J. Shih, PhD, FSME Professor, Mechanical Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan BIO
Secretary		Scientific Committee Chair
Lihui Wang, PhD, FSME, PE Professor and Chair of Sustainable Manufacturing KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Stockholm BIO		Lihui Wang, PhD, FSME, PE Professor and Chair of Sustainable Manufacturing KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Stockholm BIO
Scientific Chair-Elect		Past President
Livan Fratini, PhD Professor, Department of Chemical, Management, Computer Systems, Mechanical Engineering University of Palermo Palermo, Italy BIO		Bryan G. Dods, FSME Executive Director Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence United Technologies Research Center East Hartford, Connecticut BIO
Second Past President		Ex-Officio
Dean L. Bartles, PhD, FSME Director John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center University of New Hampshire BIO		Matthew L. Hilgendorf, CMfgT, EIT Value Stream Manager Atkore International BIO
NAMRI/SME Directors
Kristen Bloschock, PhD Strategic Manufacturing Thread Lead in Advanced Materials Lockheed Martin Bethesda, Maryland BIO		Laine Mears, PhD, CMfgE, PE Professor Graduate Coordinator Clemson University Greenville, South Carolina BIO
Shawn P. Moylan, PhD Project Leader and Mechanical Engineer in Additive Manufacturing National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland BIO		Brian Paul, PhD Professor, Tom and Carmen West Faculty Scholar of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Co-Director, Microproducts Breakthrough Institute Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon BIO
Ihab Ragai, PhD, PE Assistant Professor in Engineering School of Engineering Penn State Behrend Erie, Pennsylvania BIO		Joe Budzinski, MSME Director, Global Development Center DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction Companies of Johnson & Johnson Boston, Massachusetts BIO