Dr. Muhammad Ridha is a Scientist in the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), Singapore. He received his PhD from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2007 and has been working in various research projects involving composite materials and structure modeling and testing as a Research Fellow in NUS and a Scientist in IHPC. He was also involved in the Composite Design Workshops organized by Stanford University. His interests include impact mechanics, material failure criteria, damage mechanics, fracture mechanics, fatigue of materials and progressive damage modeling.