Biography: T.E. (Tong-Earn) Tay is Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). He has a PhD in Solid Mechanics from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He was formerly Head of Department of Dept of Mechanical Engineering, NUS, from 2011 to 2015, and Vice-Dean for Research for Faculty of Engineering, NUS, from 2009 to 2011. His current research interests are in progressive damage, failure, fracture, delamination, impact, and adaptive multi-fidelity and multi-scale computational analysis of fiber-reinforced composite materials and structures. He is an associate editor for the Journal of Reinforced Plastics & Composites, and editorial board member of the Journal of Composite Materials, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, Applied Composite Materials, Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling Experiment and Design, and Journal of Multiscale Modeling. He served on a number of scientific advisory committees of international conferences on composites and presented several plenary, keynote and invited talks. He is the author or co-author of 180 international journal papers, 4 invited book chapters, 3 patents and 254 conference and seminar presentations. He obtained research funding from various agencies and industry, including Rolls-Royce, Airbus Germany, Haliburton Far East, Vestas, DSM Protective Materials, Maruhachi Corp., US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, A-Star Science & Engineering Research Council, Defence Science Organization, Marine Port Authority and Ministry of Education. He has reviewed proposals for The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), the Australian Research Council’s Centres of Excellence, the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong and the South African National Research Foundation. He is a recipient of JEC Life Achievement Award, a registered Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), Founding Fellow of the Singapore Academy of Engineering (FSAE) and Council Member of the Asian-Australasian Association for Composite Materials.