Navin Manjooran

Dr. Navin Manjooran currently serves as the chairman of Solve, a technology and research services company addressing energy, industry, medical, and infrastructure challenges. Over the past decade, he was on the global leadership team of Siemens AG with oversight for international collaborations, advanced technologies, and innovation. Since 2010, Manjooran has served as a professor adjunct in materials science and engineering at Virginia Tech University and is a board member of the U.S. Technology Advisory Group. Manjooran also serves as chair of the board for the materials science and engineering department and the college of engineering at the University of Florida. He has also served on several boards including the Virginia Tech University Board of Visitors, University of Chicago Board of Trustees, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) energy initiative board and Virginia Tech Capital Campaign, apart from serving on several company boards. Dr. Manjooran is the Senior Vice President, Board of Trustees member and Fellow of ASM International. He will serve as the President of ASM International in 2024-25.

He holds a B.Tech. in metallurgical engineering from the National Institute of Technology (Warangal, India), an M.S. in materials science and engineering from the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Virginia Tech. He also has an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and his executive management education from Harvard University. Manjooran has 12 patents/disclosures, 12 books, and >200 publications/ presentations at national and international events. He has taught multiple courses and co-organized >35 international symposia for the National Institute of Technology (India), University of Florida, Virginia Tech, and various professional societies including ASM International, ACerS, AIST, ASME, IEEE, and TMS. His awards include: Outstanding University of Florida Alumni (MSE), Outstanding Indian American (Engineering) Award, Distinguished Virginia Tech (ISA) Alumnus, TMS Young Leader Award, VT Outstanding Leader Award, VT Paul Torgersen Doctoral Research Excellence Award, VT Outstanding Service Commendation Award, VT Outstanding Student Award, NITW Sri Kabadi Subalu Medal, and the NITW Alumni Association Gold Medal.

Dr. Manjooran is based at Windermere, Florida. He enjoys tennis, golf and water sports in his free time.