Özgüç Bertuğ Çapunaman completed his PhD at Penn State University in the Design Computing cluster in 2024. His research focuses on advanced robotic fabrication, machine perception, and computational tool-making. He holds a Master’s in Computational Design from Carnegie Mellon University, where he attended as a Fulbright scholar, and a Bachelor’s in Industrial Design from Istanbul Bilgi University. His contributions to the field have been recognized by the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) with the Young CAADRIA Award in 2020. His academic excellence has been further acknowledged through the University Graduate Fellowship and the Alma Heinz and August Louis Pohland Graduate Fellowship at Penn State University. Currently, he serves as an External Lecturer at Southern Denmark University.