Dr. Ashok V. Kumar is a faculty member at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Dr. Kumar’s current research focuses on immersed boundary finite element method, cloud computing and additive manufacturing. He developed and patented the electrophotographic 3D printing technology. He has also developed the step boundary method for mesh independent finite element analysis. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and Navy Young Investigator Award. He has been an active member of ASME and has served as chair of the Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) conference and two technical committees of that conference.