Dr. Khershed P. Cooper is a Program Director for Advanced Manufacturing in the CMMI Division of the Engineering Directorate at NSF. He directs basic research activities in nanomanufacturing-related programs and systems-based nanomanufacturing research at ERCs. He is a NSF representative for NSTC's Nano Science Engineering & Technology (NSET) Sub-committee, which frames the NNI Strategic Plan. He contributes to the development of the Manufacturing USA Institutes. Prior to joining NSF, he was a Program Officer for the Manufacturing Science program at ONR. Concurrently, he was a Senior Research Metallurgist at NRL. He received his MS and PhD from University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has nearly 200 invited talks, 70 contributed presentations, 150 publications, one book and one patent. He has sponsored symposia and workshops in additive and nano manufacturing. He is a Fellow of ASM International and a recipient of its prestigious Burgess Memorial Award.