Vinayak Krishnamurthy is an Assistant Professor and Morris E. Foster Fellow II in the J. Mike Walker’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Computer Science and Engineering (by affiliation) at Texas A&M University. He directs the Mixed-Initiative Design Lab (MIDL) at Texas A&M University. His research is positioned at the intersection of computer-aided product design, human-computer interaction, and artificial intelligence. His research seeks to make fundamental contributions to the disciplinary areas of geometric & topological computing, virtual/augmented/mixed reality, and intelligent user interfaces for design. He applies the knowledge gained in these areas to various domains such as metamaterial design, computational fabrication, data-driven design, collaborative design, autonomous systems, surgical training, and engineering education. Dr. Krishnamurthy is the recipient of the 2021 ASME CIE Young Engineer Award, the 2021 NSF CAREER Award, and the 2018 Peggy L. and Charles L. Brittan Teaching Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching. His dissertation research led to the commercial deployment of zPots, a virtual pottery app using Leap Motion controller. Through the NSF-AIR program, we collaborated with zeroUI, a startup located in California. The technology was showcased at TechCrunch Disrupt, San Fransisco (2012) and MakerFaire – Bay Area (2013).