KC Chan received his BASc in Engineering Science and MASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, and his PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He was previously a tenured Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Dr. Chan also had extensive industry experience as founder and CTO in growing multiple technology companies from startups to public companies at the Australian Technology Park. After ten years in the ICT industry and a two year career break, Dr. Chan returned to academia in 2010. He is currently a lecturer at La Trobe University, and Visiting Fellow in Mechatronics at the University of New South Wales. In his academic career, Dr. Chan has published over 80 refereed papers and received over 1.2 million dollars in research funding.