He received his Ph.D. in 1993 from Drexel University and joined Stevens after working as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Delaware. His expertise spans product design, advanced manufacturing, materials insertion, and knowledge-based systems integration. His current externally-funded research is on the design of real-time electromechanical robotic systems, high-temperature materials, and micro-/nano-scale devices. He is a member of ASME, IEEE and American Society for Composites (ASC).