Professor Richard C. Yang is an Associate Dean Research and HDR, Discipline Leader Mechanical, Mechatronics and Robotics and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Smart Structures at the School of Engineering (SoEng), Western Sydney University (WSU), Australia. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2002. His main research interests include advanced engineering materials, advanced manufacturing, Industry 4.0, multi-scale modelling and simulations of advanced engineering materials and structures, etc. He has published more than 200 scientific/conference papers and confidential reports for industrial partners in his main fields of research i.e mechanical engineering and materials engineering.