Prof Joneja obtained his BTech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India. He then went to study Industrial Engineering at Purdue University, where he received his MSIE (1989) and PhD (1993). He subsequently joined the Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics at HKUST as a Professor, where he holds a joint position concurrently with the Division of Integrative Systems and Design, HKUST. Prof Joneja’s focus of research is in the area of automation of process planning, with emphasis on design representations and planning methods. He is interested in CAD/CAM issues related to manufacturing planning in areas such as machining, rapid prototyping, or mechanical assembly. The problem solving methods include a host of tools ranging from search strategies and heuristics to computational geometry and geometric reasoning. His application areas are primarily Architecture and Mechanical products.