Dr. Manish Mehta is Founder/President of M-Tech International LLC, an Ann Arbor-based global consultancy in strategic planning, manufacturing and sustainability research management, and philanthropic ventures development that incorporates life cycle thinking approaches to achieve the triple-bottom-line with new technologies. He has 25 years’ experience in organizing and managing federally-funded, multi-partner technology ventures and cross-industry collaborations in areas such as lightweight materials, nanotechnology, design/CAE tools, net-shape manufacturing, automation, alternative energy, workforce training and sustainable manufacturing.

Previously, he was Director of Strategic Projects and Sustainability at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (2000-15), and Executive Director of NCMS’ for-profit subsidiary Technologies Research Corporation, as well as Principal Technical Staff at Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (1991-2000), where he led the industrialization of several remote sensing and imaging technologies, and implementation of total quality management on advanced research projects. His experience includes organizing and managing sponsored research and standardization projects in metals and composites with sponsors such as DOE, EPA, DoD, DOC-NIST and NSF and the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR). He was principal investigator and author of four largest NSF-sponsored studies (2003, 2006, 2009 and 2014) to assess the commercial impact of the National Nanotechnology Initiative on US manufacturers and industrial sectors.

Manish obtained his BS (Mechanical Engineering) from Bangalore University, India and MS and Ph.D. degrees in industrial engineering from University of Cincinnati, and completed the Executive Program at University of Michigan’s Ross Business School in 2001. He has over 70 publications and is a Fellow of the Engineering Society of Detroit, Past Chair of the Detroit Chapter of ASM International, and served two terms on the National Academies Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design (2002-07), and on two National Research Council committees to recommend lightweight materials (2003) and lightweighting best practices for land, sea and air military platforms (2012). He has served on peer review panels for the US EPA, DOE, NSF and state-sponsored innovation programs such as Michigan’s 21^st Century Jobs Fund, Ohio’s Third Frontier Fund, and Singapore SPRING business plan competitions. He is a member and past-President of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North, where he organized or participated in over 10 Rotary Foundation-sponsored humanitarian Global Grant projects in Bangla Desh, Brazil, India, Nepal, Nigeria and Uruguay for polio eradication, tuberculosis treatment, intra-ocular lens, clean water, rural sanitation, healthcare equipment and pacemaker reuse, and microfinance. He is a member of the Governing Board of International School of Jain Studies at Claremont Lincoln University.

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With over 25 years of experience in a variety of engineering industries, M-Tech International LLC is prepared to handle your complex management and engineering needs.