Parvez AlamDr Parvez Alam is currently a Senior Lecturer in Materials Modelling and Design at The University of Edinburgh (UK). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), a Fellow f the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE) and a Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng). He is also an Adjunct Professor of Composite Materials and Biostructures (Finland), and a Visiting Professor of Biomimetics (Indonesia). Prior to his current post, he held a Senior Marie Curie Fellowship where he worked on advanced composites for use in renewable energy technologies. His research efforts are primarily focused on: biomimetic design, composite materials, materials mechanics, mechanical metamaterials, comparative biomechanics, and engineering design. Read More Read Less