2022 Virtual Symposium on  Manufacturing Standards Education (SMSE)

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Mahdi Jamshidinia is the Senior Additive Manufacturing R&D Manager for ASTM International. In his role, he brings technical expertise to accelerate standardization activities through leading R&D projects, identifying future R&D needs, and forming new collaboration initiatives with technology experts. He has B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Material Science and PhD in Mechanical Engineering; with a focus on electron beam melting (EBM) of Ti-6Al-4V. After his PhD, Mahdi joined EWI and completed several government, commercial, and R&D projects. Mahdi led the DMLM team in Columbus, OH before leaving EWI to GE Additive. At GE Additive, he was a Staff Engineer in the Materials Technology team and led the Response Surface activities. Mahdi established multiple partnerships with universities and government agencies for using machine learning and data mining in alloy design, process parameter optimization, and in-situ monitoring. He has co-authored 16 peer reviewed publications and has presented more than 25 lectures at various conferences.

Gustavo Collins is the senior manager of Emerging Technologies at JTEKT North America. He received the B.S. degree from the University of New Mexico in 1987 and the M.S. degree, with focus on power electronics and electric machines, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995.   He was with the Eastman Kodak Company (1985-1996), Eaton Corporation (1996-1998), and JTEKT North America since 1998.  His career focus has been in the development and implementation of manufacturing technology, with specific focus in electrical and controls systems.