Aniruddh Vashisth is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Aniruddh's main areas of interest in Advanced Composite Materials are sustainable polymers and their composites, energy-efficient manufacturing, and processing-structure-property relationship. His group focuses on understanding the underlying physics of advanced composites using a closely coupled experimental and theoretical approach. He received the ASC Young Composites Researcher Award in 2024. DoE, DoD, NSF, and industry fund his research.

Yeqing Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Syracuse University. His research interests encompass the mechanics of composite materials and structures, multifunctional composites, advanced composite manufacturing, and lightning strike protection of composites. He received the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in 2020 and the Best Paper Award at the 2012 American Society for Composites Technical Conference. He is a voting member of the ASME Structures & Materials Technical Committee and a Senior Member of AIAA.