Tyler R. Ray is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Carolina (in 2008 and 2010, respectively) and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015. Ray received his postdoctoral training as a fellow at Northwestern University in the Rogers Research Group from 2016-2019. Professor Ray’s research focus is at the intersection of materials science, additive manufacturing, and wearable sensors. His group seeks to exploit novel nanoscale properties in multiscale materials for advanced sensors and diagnostic tools.