Arpith Siddaiah is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interests include the study of tribology, tribocorrosion, corrosion, surface energy, surface enhancements and texturing, laser-based tribological enhancements, nanocomposite coatings, and additive manufactured metallic materials. His expertise in tribology, surface engineering, CAD/CAM, GD&T, and automated manufacturing has enabled him to be involved in innovative R&D projects and produce 19 research articles (5 more to be published by the end of the year), 14 conference publications, and 4 patents in progress