Dr. Ajit K Roy is a Principal Materials Research Engineer at the Nanoelectronic Materials Branch, the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), leads a multiscale materials modeling group oninnovative materials morphology design. His current research interests include three-dimensional nanostructure design and fabrication, functional and reliability in nanoelectronic materials,responsive and high energy-density thermal storage concepts, and thermal interface design. He is a Fellow of ASME, American Society for Composites, Assoc-Fellow of AIAA,served as Assoc Editor of AIAA Journal, and Editorial Advisory Board of ASME J. Nanoengineering for Energy and Medicine, Intl. Advisory Panel of Materials Research Express (MRX). PhD in Engineering Mechanics from University of Minnesata, 1985.