Dr. Jitendra S. Tate, professor of manufacturing engineering at Texas State University. His research areas include developing, manufacturing, and characterizing the high-performance polymeric thermoplastics and thermoset nanocomposites for Thermal Protection Systems (TPS), rocket ablatives, fire-retardant interior structures of mass transit and aircraft, lighter and damage-tolerant wind turbine blades, fiber-reinforced high-temperature composites, replacement of traditional composites using bio-based materials, sustainable composites from renewable resources, cellulose nanofibers, conductive/magnetic/high-temperature polymers for 3D printing, nanotechnology education, and nanotechnology safety. Dr. Tate is a member of AIAA, ASME, ACMA, SPE, and SAMPE. Dr. Tate is a recipient of a prestigious national teaching award, The Educator of the Year 2020 and 2009, by the ‘Society of Plastics Engineers’ Composites Division. Dr. Tate has 132 peer-reviewed articles published, of which 40 were journal articles and 92 full-length peer-reviewed conference papers. He has presented his research at 50-plus conference presentations. he has edited one book and written four book chapters.