Pierangeli Rodriguez is a PhD student in Prof. Markus Chmielus's lab in the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests focus on Additive Manufacturing, especially Binder Jet 3D printing, and characterization of metallic materials for various applications including Ni-based superalloys, tungsten carbide and magnetic shape memory alloys.

Sylvie Crowell is pursuing her Master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. She is a proud Cleveland native who has been actively engaged in the Materials Science professional community since the beginning of her undergraduate studies in materials science. Her thesis research focuses on developing additively manufactured microelectronics, though her interests span a broad range of topics, from advanced surface characterization techniques, to biomedical implant design, to space environment simulation. She is currently also employed at NASA Glenn Research Center as a Pathways Intern.