Nicholas (Nick) Meisel is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design in the
School of Engineering Design and Innovation at Penn State and an affiliate
faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He graduated from Virginia
Commonwealth University in 2010 with his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and
received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in Mechanical Engineering in 2015. He
joined the faculty at Penn State in Fall 2015. Nick has the privilege of
directing the Made By Design Lab, which conducts research in design for additive
manufacturing (AM), including investigation into design concepts that drive
innovation, limits on the manufacturability of designs, and the impact of AM on
student design and manufacturing learning. 
Nick has received several awards for his work in the realm of design for
AM, including the NSF CAREER Award in 2021 and the International Outstanding
Young Researcher in Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Award in 2023