Dan Donahoe has a BS in General Engineering and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. He was honored with the Distinguished Alumni for the University of Illinois Granger College. He completed a PhD at the University of Maryland at College Park with a dissertation related to the topic of this presentation.

He has been a licensed professional engineer for over 40 years. Dan has served as IEEE Section Chair for the Utah Section and is currently Vice Chair of the ASME Utah Section and Chair of Utah AIAA. He received the US Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Utah Engineers Council Engineer of the Year Award, the IEEE Electronics Packaging Society Distinguished Achievement Certificate for Professional Engagement and Service, an IEEE Region 6 Directors Award. Dan has served as General Chair of IEEE SusTech and IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conferences.