Alfred Tok (PK; PhD, NTU; C.Eng, MIMMM; MBA, NTU) has been a faculty member in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, since 2003. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and graduated with a first class honors in 1995. He was also conferred the Dean's Award for Excellence for being the top graduate in the course. After graduation, he worked as a mechanical engineer at ST Aerospace Engineering. In 1997, he was awarded two scholarships at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to pursue his PhD in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, he joined the Materials Engineering School as a Research Fellow in 2000 and took up the position of Assistant Professor in 2003. In 2009, he was bestowed the National Day Commendation Medal (PK) from the Singapore Prime Minister’s Office. In the same year, he obtained his Nanyang MBA in the Dean’s Honors List. He was then appointed Division Head of Materials Technology in MSE in 2009 and presently, he is the Deputy Director of the Institute for Sports Research. He also consults extensively for companies from various industries.