Behrokh Khoshnevis
Louise L. Dunn Distinguished Professor,
University of Southern California
Founder & CEO, Contour Crafting Corporation
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Behrokh “Berok” Khoshnevis is the President and CEO of Contour Crafting Corporation (CC Corp), the Louise L. Dunn Distinguished Professor of Engineering and the Director of the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT) at the University of Southern California. He is active in robotics, and mechatronics related research and development projects that include the development of several novel Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) processes such as Contour Crafting mega-scale fabrication, SIS, which is licensed to HP, for fabrication of polymeric and metallic parts and SSS for fabrication of high temperature alloys, ceramics and composites, as
well as development of mechatronics systems for biomedical applications (e.g., digital dental prostheses fabrication, robotics for orthodontics, rehabilitation engineering, and tactile sensing devices), autonomous mobile and modular robots for fabrication and assembly on Earth, in space and on other planets, and specialized innovative equipment for oil and gas as well as renewable energy industries.