Dr. Abdul Sheikh received a BS in Civil Engineering and an MS in Structural Engineering from Calcutta University in 1985 and 1987, respectively. He received a PhD in Structural Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1995. He was a Visiting Researcher at the School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton in 2003. From 1998 to 2007, he worked at the Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, The University of Adelaide. His research interests include finite element analysis, structural analysis, mechanics of materials, engineering mechanics, structural stability, structural dynamics, thin-walled structures, and design of steel structures.