He is a member of IDSA’s Education Council, vice chair of the Atlanta Chapter and faculty advisor for Georgia Tech’s IDSA Student Chapter. Shankwiler also leads the Design for One variable product lab, part of Georgia Tech’s Digital Fabrication Laboratory. His research focus is on mass customization, digital parametric modeling and fabrication, with additional interests in application areas tailored to new business models for industrial design. He has over eight years of industry experience prior to a career in design education.