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Currently, Dr. Fidan serves as a Professor of the Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Technology at Tennessee Technological University. His research and teaching interests are in additive manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, distance learning, and STEM education. Dr. Fidan is a member and active participant of SME, ASEE, ABET, ASME, and IEEE. He is also the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology and International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing.

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George Chitiyo is a Professor of Educational Research and Evaluation at Tennessee Tech University. He teaches courses in research methods, statistics, and program evaluation. He is involved in designing and implementing evaluation initiatives of different types of educational programs and interventions in PreK-12 and higher education settings. His evaluation work includes projects in Advanced Technological Education (ATE), STEM education programs, and health related research.

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Dr. Perihan Fidan is a faculty member at the Curriculum and Instruction department at Tennessee Tech University. Her current research interests include STEM education, 3D printing, and incorporating literacy into STEM classrooms. She is a member of the American Educational Research Association, National Science Teaching Association, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and the National Association of Multicultural Education.

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Mr. Ankit Gupta is PhD candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at Mechanical Engineering Department in Tennessee Technological University with the expertise in additive manufacturing processes (Laser sintering and Fused Filament Fabrication) and advanced materials (metal alloys, ceramics and high temperature polymers). He has graduated from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad with a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. During the course of this studies, he has gained solid and hands-on experiences on continuous and short fiber composite 3D Printing and low-cost metallic printing, their fabrication, characterization, computational modeling and analysis. He is member and active participant of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME-S215) student chapter for 3 years.

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Seymur Hasanov finished his bachelor and master’s degree in industrial engineering at Qafqaz University. He joined the mechanical engineering department of Qafqaz University as a faculty member in 2015. During this time, he taught various engineering courses including Engineering Graphics, Solid Modeling, CAD/CAM, and Civil Engineering Drawing for industrial, mechanical, and civil engineering students. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate and graduate research assistant at the mechanical engineering department of Tennessee Tech University. His research areas are in design for additive manufacturing, composite 3D printing, and functionally graded materials. Seymur is a member and active participant of SME and ASME engineering societies.

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Dr. Mathende is a recent graduate from the College of Education at Tennessee Tech University. His research interests are in the use of technology in educational settings, data use in education policy development, conducting program evaluations, institutional research, and building stakeholders’ evaluation capacity. Dr. Mathende is a member and active participant of the AEA. He is also the Editorial Board Member of the Frontiers of Contemporary Education journal.

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Mr. Zhicheng Zhang is a PhD researcher at the Additive Manufacturing Research and Innovation Laboratory of Tennessee Technological University. His first degree is Bachelor of Science in Physics from Shandong Normal University, China. Then, he also received a second Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from East Tennessee State University in May 2015. He entered Tennessee Technological University in August 2017 and received a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in August 2019. Currently, he is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Zhang is an active member of TTU SME chapter.

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