KC Morris, leader of the Information Modeling and Testing Group in the Systems Integration Division of NIST's Engineering Lab, led the efforts to develop this initial set of standards, directing, focusing, and coordinating amongst the research teams. Her research interests are in smart and sustainable manufacturing, and techniques for design, testing and evaluation of systems and standards. She currently serves on the executive board of ASTM E60 on sustainability and is co-chair of E60.13 on sustainable manufacturing.