Dr. Kinda Khalaf received her B.S. (Summa Cum Laude with Distinction) and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engin- eering from the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio in 1990 and 1991, respectively. She received her Ph.D. (Ohio State, 1997) specializing in Biomechanics/Comp- utational Biomechanics with two minors in Biomaterials, and Dynamic modeling and control. In 1998, Dr. Khalaf joined the University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida) as a tenure-track assistant professor. In October 2001, she moved to the American University of Beirut (Beirut, Lebanon) accepting the first joint appointment between the Faculties of Medicine and Engineering & Architecture at AUB. Dr. Khalaf has been awarded the LAMME Scholarship for most outstanding senior, the Woman of Engineering Award for outstanding Academic Achievement for five consecutive years, the Presidential Fellowship Award for two years, the prestigious National Merit Scholar, and the College of Engineering Teaching Award. She has been conducting research in the areas of Orthopedic Biomechanics, Computational Biomechanics, and Biomedical Devices and Biomaterials for the past 12 years. Her research record is ref- lected in numerous publications, multidisciplinary lectures and conference proceedings. Dr. Khalaf is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society of Biomechanics (ASB), Tau Beta Pi (Honorary Engineering Society), Pi Tau Sigma (Honorary Mechanical Engineering Society),Alpha Eta Mu Beta (Honorary Biomedical Engineering Society), the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and the International Ins-titute of Women.