Dr. Alan Luo is FEF Key Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, OH, USA. Prof. Luo is also Director of OSU Lightweight Materials and Manufacturing Research Laboratory (LMMRL) and on steering board of OSU Center for Simulation Innovation and Modeling (SIMCenter). Prof. Luo is an elected Fellow of ASM International (American Society of Metals) and SAE International (Society for Automotive Engineers). He is a past chair of TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society) Light Metals Division and SAE Materials Engineering Division. Prior to joining OSU in July 2013, Dr. Luo was a GM Technical Fellow at General Motors Global Research and Development Center (Warren, MI, USA) with 20 years of industrial experience. Professor Luo has 20 patents and more than 250 technical publications in advanced materials, manufacturing and applications. He has received the Ralph L. Boyer Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Engineering Innovation Award at OSU, two John M. Campbell Awards for his fundamental research, and three Charles L. McCuen Awards for research applications at GM. He has won many national and international awards including TMS Brimacombe Medalist Award, TMS Light Metals Technology Award, SAE Forest R. McFarland Award, USCAR (United States Council for Automotive Research) Special Recognition Award, and ASM Materials Science Research Silver Medal.