Good morning everyone and welcome to the 2022 Annual Conference for the Society of Mechanical Engineers. I'm Ross Monaghan, the Chair of this year's conference. We have an exciting program planned over the next three days with sessions covering the latest developments in robotics, renewable energy, and transportation. Our keynote speaker tomorrow will be Dr. Susan Smith, the Director of Engineering at SpaceX, who will discuss her company's work on reusable rockets. In addition to the technical sessions, we also have social events planned each evening including a reception tonight in the Grand Ballroom. I hope you all enjoy the conference and find it a valuable experience for your professional development. Let me now turn it over to our first session chair to get things started