Dr. Rahul Rai joined the Department of Automotive Engineering in 2020 as Dean’s Distinguished Professor in the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). He directs the Geometric Reasoning and Artificial Intelligence Lab (GRAIL, which is located at both CU-ICAR and Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI). Previously, he served on the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty at the University at Buffalo-SUNY (2012-2020). Dr. Rai also has industrial research center experiences at United Technology Research Center (UTRC) and Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Dr. Rai has authored or co-authored articles in journals, conference proceedings, technical reports and book chapters. Dr. Rai is currently an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (JCISE). Within ASME Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) division, Dr. Rai serves as a Reviewer for ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Research in Engineering Design, Journal of Engineering Design, Journal of Computer Aided Design (CAD), International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Technology and Applications (IJISTA), Engineering Optimization, ASME- International Design Engineering Technical Conference-Design Automation Conference (DAC), Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM), Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle Conferences (DFMLC). Dr. Rai is also the Local Chair for ASME-Design Engineering Technical Conference 2014, Secretary for ASME- Design Engineering Technical Conference – CIE Conference, and Session Chair in ASME-Design Engineering Technical Conference-Design Automation Conference (DAC). Dr. Rai received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, TX.