Mr. Lorrie Molent is an acknowledged authority in the ?elds of aircraft structural integrity, structural mechanics, structural and fatigue testing, advanced composite bonded repair, aircraft vulnerability, and aircraft accident investigation. He has more than 280 publications in these technical areas. Mr. Molent is a quali?ed aircraft accident investigator. He has been attached to both the then Australian Civil Aviation Department and the US Navy NAVAIR Structures in Washington D.C. as an airworthiness engineer and has a broad network of collaborators nationally and internationally. Until October 2020, Mr. Molent was the Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group’s Head of Emerging Aircraft Structural Integrity. In 2010, he was presented with the Minister’s Award for Achievements in Defence Science, and he was awarded with a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2016. He also has numerous other team achievement awards. Currently, he works as a consultant and trainer in aircraft structural integrity, air accident investigation, and novel fatigue analyses methods.