Prof. Richard (Chunhui) Yang is Founding Director, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technology and a Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Smart Structures, School of Engineering, Western Sydney University, Australia. He is an internationally recognised research leader on fields of research, including Advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing/3D printing of metals, polymers and composites, Advanced Engineering Materials & Smart Structures, Circular Manufacturing & Circular Economy, Defence Technology, Industry 4.0, Machine Condition Monitoring (MCM) & Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Metal Forming, Metal Surface Treatment, etc. He has been awarded over AUD$20m in competitive research grants, including 13 ARC grants (1 ARC Training Centre, 3 DPs, 3 LPs, and 6 LIEFs), 1 Additive Manufacturing CRC (AMCRC), 2 CSIRO/NSF Convergence Accelerator Projects as well as 20+ from government and/or industry. As for scientific publication, he has published more than 300 high-quality technical publications in top scientific journals, books, and conferences as a major contributor in his relevant fields of research. As for external service, he is serving as assessor for Australian Research Council (ARC), editor board member, conference committee member, reviewer of international journals and conferences, examiner for Master and PhD thesis, etc. He is the Editor-in-Chief of 2 scientific journals, the Associate Editor of 2, and on the Editorial Board of 5.