Dr. Congrui Grace Jin joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University as an assistant professor in the fall semester of 2023. She received her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor degree in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University. She was then a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Civil Engineering at Northwestern University. Her research contribution is documented in more than 60 peer-reviewed journal publications, 4 book chapters and 2 books. Her research interest is in the broad area of mechanics and materials motivated by practical applications in space construction, energy storage, additive manufacturing, and sustainability. She served as the PI for a NASA NIAC project entitled “Biomineralization-Enabled Self-Growing Building Blocks for Habitat Outfitting on Mars”.