Matthew Beck is a mechanical engineering Doctoral Candidate in the School of Engineering and Applied Science SEAS studying programmable quantum materials (Pro-QM). Matthew is from Monmouth County, New Jersey, and earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rowan University. Matthew served in several university leadership roles at Rowan University, including Student Government Association (SGA) President and Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs. Matthew also has several years of industry experience working at Lockheed Martin in advanced electronic packaging. While at Columbia, Matthew has served as the Graduate SEAS Senator for the Univerity Senate, the mechanical engineering department representative for the Engineering Graduate Student Council, and as Ph.D. Career Chair for the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association.