Professor Shikui Chen is an Associate Professor at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Chen’s research interests are in the area of predictive science based design optimization, particularly in structural topology optimization, geometric modeling with level set methods, PDE-constrained optimization, and simulation-driven design under uncertainty. His research work has been funded by government and industry grants including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC), Ford Motor Company, Stratasys and SUNY Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Network of Excellence. Dr. Chen is a member of ASME and AIAA. He was the recipient of the ASME Compliant Mechanisms Theory Award in the ASME 31st Mechanisms and Robotics Conference.