Dr. Jay Lee is Ohio Eminent Scholar, L.W. Scott Alter Chair Professor, and Univ. Distinguished Professor and is founding director of National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Intelligent Maintenance Systems which consists of the Univ. of Cincinnati (lead institution), the Univ. of Michigan, and the Univ. of Texas-Austin. Since its inception in 2001, the Center has been supported by over 100 global companies. The IMS Center was selected as the most economically impactful I/UCRC in the NSF Economic Impact Study Report in 2012.  He has mentored his students and developed a number of start-up companies including Predictronics (a start-up company from NSF IMS Center of the Univ. of Cincinnati through NSF ICorp award in 2012), etc. He has also advised his students to win the 1st Place PHM Data Challenges five time out of nine competitions since 2008. In addition, he is the Founding Director of Industrial AI Center. Currently, he is on leave from Univ. of Cincinnati to serve as Vice Chairman and Board Member of Foxconn Technology Group. He also serves as a member of Board of Governors of the Manufacturing Executive Leadership Council of National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), as well as a member of the Global Future Council on Advanced Manufacturing and Production of the World Economics Council (WEF) to engage the global leaders for the development of collaborative activities in smart manufacturing. Previously, he served as senior advisor to McKinsey & Company.  Prior to his academic career, he served as Director for Product Development and Manufacturing at United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) as well as Program Directors for a number of programs at NSF including the Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program, the Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) Program, and Materials Processing, and Manufacturing Program at the Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation Division, etc., He is a fellow of ASME, SME, PHM (Prognostics and Health Management), as well as a founding fellow of International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM). He is a frequently invited speaker and has delivered over 270 keynote and plenary speeches at major international conferences He has received a number of awards including the Prognostics Innovation Award at NI Week by National Instruments in 2012, NSF Alex Schwarzkopf Technological Innovation Prize in 2014, MFPT (Machinery Failure Prevention Technology Society) Jack Frarey Award in 2014, and PICMET Medal of Excellence in 2016. He was selected as 30 Visionaries in Smart Manufacturing in by SME in Jan. 2016 and 20 most influential professors in Smart Manufacturing in June 2020.