​Andy Dong, Ph.D., is a Professor and holds the Warren Centre Chair for Engineering Innovation in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies at the University of Sydney. He also holds a Future Fellowship sponsored by the Australian Research Council, one of the most prestigious research fellowships awarded by the Australian Government. Dr. Dong received his Bachelor of Science in 1992, his Master of Science in 1995, and his Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of California at Berkeley, all in Mechanical Engineering. He is the author of The Language of Design (Springer). Andy is an expert in the analysis of design data such as organizational interactions, design documents, and product data to forecast and manage the performance of engineering design. He served as the Conference Chair in 2013 for the 25th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology.