Prof. Çetin Çetinkaya is the Jesanis Endowed Chair and a professor of mechanical engineering at Clarkson University. His research expertise includes acoustic and thermoelastic wave propagation, dynamics, and vibration, with applications in drug delivery, micro-device fabrication, and real-time manufacturing process monitoring. He holds a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Çetinkaya directs the Photo-Acoustics Research Laboratory (PAR Lab), with research supported by the NSF, Pfizer, Intel, and other major organizations. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and is the founder of Pharmacoustics Technologies, LLC. Prof. Çetinkaya is also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).