He leads the group on ‘Structural Joining and Tailorable Materials,’ at the Composite Vehicle Research Center (CVRC) at MSU. He also holds Adjunct Professor positions in the departments of: a) Electrical and Computer Engineering, b) Mechanical Engineering, and c) Chemical Engineering and Material Science at MSU. His research interests include multi-material joining, non-destructive evaluation (NDE), multi-scale reinforced hybrid/tailorable composites, and computational simulation of materials and structures.