He is working for high reliability design and manufacturing for lightweight materials and structures. He led Boeing-chaired manufacturing research (AusAMRC) at Swinburne University and also GM-chaired manufacturing research (ICIM) at Deakin University. He has published over 200 technical papers for international journals and conferences with over 8000 citations (H-index: 45). He received “2008 International Journal of Plasticity Award” for outstanding contributions in the field of plasticity. He has been serving as an “Editorial-Board” member for International Journal of Plasticity since 2008. As guest editors, he edited eight special issues at Int. J. Plasticity and two issues at Int. J. Solids & Structures. He also has diverse industry experiences including LG Electronics (Korea) for product development, MSC Software Corporation (USA) for MSC. Nastran & Marc source code development and Alcoa Technical Center (USA). He served as the chairman of NUMISHEET2014 held in Melbourne, Australia and of APEA2019 held in Jeju island, Korea.