Prof. Bongtae Han is a Keystone Professor of Engineering at the University of Maryland and is currently directing the LOMSS (Laboratory for Optomechanics and Micro/Nano Semiconductor/Photonics Systems) at CALCE (the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering). He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Energy Resources Engineering from Seoul National University in 1981 and 1983, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech in 1991. He received the IBM Excellence Award for Outstanding Technical Achievements in 1994. He was a recipient of the 2002 Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) Brewer Award. He was named the 2015 American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Mechanics Award winner in the Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division. In addition, Dr. Bongtae Han has published 13 book chapters and over 350 journal and conference papers in the fields of microelectronics, photonics, and experimental mechanics, alongside three US patents and three invention disclosures. He served as an Associate Technical Editor for Experimental Mechanics from 1999 to 2001; for Journal of Electronic Packaging (ASME) from 2003 to 2012; and for Microelectronics Reliability from 2017 to 2020. He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Microelectronics Reliability. He was elected a fellow of the SEM and the ASME in 2006 and 2007, respectively.