Dr. Peter L. Bishay is a Mechanical Engineering Professor at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and the Director of the “Computational Mechanics and Smart Structures” Laboratory. He received his PhD degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from University of California, Irvine (UCI) in 2014. He published over 50 research papers in reputable journals and conference proceedings spanning topics in computational mechanics, composite and smart structures, aerospace structures, prosthesis design, and engineering education. He founded two research-based senior design projects, namely “Smart Morphing Wing” and “Smart Prosthetics,” and his research was supported by US DoD, NASA, and NSF. He served as a technical reviewer for over 30 different journals in the last ten years. Dr. Bishay is a recipient of multiple prestigious awards, such as the “Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award” (2017), the “Future Technology Leader Award” (2018), the “Distinguished Engineering Educator Achievement Award” (2022) from The Engineer's Council, the “Outstanding New Researcher Award” (2021), the “Highly Influential and Sustained Innovation Award” (2021), and the “CSUN Distinguished Teaching Award” (2024) from CSUN. Dr. Bishay has credentials in effective college instruction from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE). He taught various undergraduate and graduate courses in four different universities in New Jersey, Washington, and California.