Prof. Dr. Savas Dilibal is an internationally recognized expert in shape memory alloys (SMAs), mechatronic systems, additive manufacturing, and smart robotic technologies, with over two decades of academic and industrial experience spanning Turkey, the United States, and Europe. He earned his B.Sc. in System Engineering in 1995, followed by a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), where he designed the SMA-actuated ITU Robot Hand using NiTi-based smart materials. He completed his Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Yildiz Technical University in 2005, focusing on advanced casting and heat treatment of NiTi SMA components, and later conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on digital image correlation (DIC) and micro/meso-scale mechanical characterization of SMAs. From 2012 to 2014, he held adjunct faculty positions at the University of Akron (Ohio, USA), where he contributed to a NASA Glenn Research Center-funded project (NNX11AI57A) under the Subsonic Fixed Wing Program, focusing on modeling and experimentation of SMA-based actuators. Since 2015, he has been serving as the Head of the Mechatronics Engineering Department and Director of the Robot Technology Research and Application Center at Istanbul Gedik University. His teaching portfolio covers Mechatronics System Design, Robotics Welding, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, and Additive Manufacturing. His research leadership has resulted in 80+ peer-reviewed publications, 7 patents, and the supervision of 2 Ph.D. and 19 M.Sc. students. His current projects involve the additive manufacturing of NiTi SMA components via Electron Beam Melting (EBM), in close collaboration with Prof. Ola Harrysson (NCSU) and Ph.D. student Gözde Peduk, as well as the development of pneumatically actuated soft robotics and robotic wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) systems. His projects are funded by major agencies such as TUBITAK, NASA, NSF, and ASELSAN. He holds an International Welding Engineer diploma from IIW and EWF and serves on editorial boards for Scientific Reports and Advanced Manufacturing Research. A member of TMS, ASME, IEEE, and TAMA, he is also part of the organization committee for the International Congress on 3D Printing Technologies and Digital Industry. Further details on his work can be found at www.adaptronics.tech.