Prof. Fulin Shang received his BS (1992) in Engineering Mechanics and PhD (1996) in Solid Mechanics from Xi an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China. He joined the Thermal Power Research Institute of China in 1996 as an Engineer of Material Division and was promoted to Senior Engineer in 1998. From 2000-2001, he worked as a Humboldt Research Fellow at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (TU Bergakademie Freiberg), Germany. From 2002-2005, he worked as a JSPS Research Fellow and later COE Researcher at Kyoto University, Japan. He joined XJTU in August 2005 as a Full Professor.