He holds a BScEng, MScEng, and a PhD from the University of Natal. Before joining Georgia Tech, he was President and CEO of Powerix Technologies and an Assistant Research Scientist with the S.M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center at the University of Michigan. His primary research interests are in micromanufacturing and micro-power generation with a focus on the development of enabling technologies through the application of integrated mechatronics design principles. His research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, NIST (ATP program), DARPA DSO, Department of Energy, and various industrial partners, including GM and Chrysler. Mayor has been an advisor for SME’s MicroManufacturing Conference since the inaugural event in 2003 and in 2009 was awarded the SME John G. Bollinger Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.