She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and conducts research in the fields of Engineering Design, CAD/CAM tools, and cutting-edge technologies, particularly additive manufacturing technologies. The current focus of her research is in the design and manufacture of lightweight and topology optimized structures with additive manufacturing technologies of continuous fiber-reinforced polymers and metals. In the American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM International, Dr. Beyer is a member of the standards committee F-42 for Additive Manufacturing Technologies, sub-committee Design. Outside of academia, Dr. Beyer is a founder of Fusion Formatics Corporation, a company focusing on high-value design and engineering services for additive manufacturing, and she is President of the non-profit organization WAM – Women in Additive Manufacturing.