Dr. Mohammad Naraghi received his Ph.D. in 2009 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Aerospace Engineering. His doctoral research focused on nanomechanics and the application of MEMS sensors and actuators to investigate the mechanical behavior of soft nanofibers. Dr. Naraghi's Ph.D. thesis earned him the Roger A. Strehlow Memorial Award, which is presented annually by the Department of Aerospace Engineering at UIUC in recognition of outstanding research accomplishments. Following his Ph.D., Dr. Naraghi worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Northwestern University, where he conducted research on the mechanics and processing of carbon nanotube yarns. In 2012, he began his tenure as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2018 and to Full Professor in 2024. Dr. Naraghi is also a faculty member of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M, where he serves as the Director of the Nanostructured Materials Laboratory. In his lab, Dr. Naraghi applies principles of materials science and mechanics of materials to address key challenges in the aerospace industry and beyond. His primary focus areas include high-performance lightweight nanocomposites, nanomechanics, multifunctional nanomaterials, and the use of MEMS technologies in nanomechanics. Dr. Naraghi has received several prestigious academic and scientific awards, including the Sandia National Laboratories Award in Characterization, Reliability, and Nanoscale Phenomena in MEMS. In 2015, he was honored with the AFOSR Young Investigator Award, and in the summer of 2020, he was selected as a Faculty Fellow at the Air Force Research Lab. He also received the Texas A&M Engineering Station Faculty Fellow Award for the academic year 2022-2023. In 2024, Dr. Naraghi was recognized with the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research is funded by various prestigious organizations, including the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Office of Naval Research (ONR), National Science Foundation (NSF), Army Research Lab (ARL), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), as well as private sector partners.