Prof. Mohd Nasir Tamin earned his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the University of Rhode Island, USA, in 1997. He has been with the School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia since 1984. Prof. Tamin’s research team activities focus on the development of constitutive and damage models for ductile metals and fibrous composite laminates. He leads his research team on a few successful research collaborations with industries including Intel Technology (Malaysia) on the development of a validated methodology for reliability prediction of microelectronic BGA packages and through-silicon via (TSV) interconnects, with Kiswire R&D (Korea) for fatigue life improvement of steel wire ropes, and with Airbus and Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Center (AMIC) for damage detection in FRP composite laminates using the digital image correlation technique (DIC). He is keen on promoting university–industry collaboration and academic and research collaboration among colleagues across the globe.