C. T. Sun, PhD, is Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. Dr. Sun was the inaugural recipient of the AIAA-ASC James H. Starnes Award and the 2007 ASME Warner T. Koiter Medal. Ashfaq Adnan, PhD, is Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington and a Fellow of ASME. His research focus is on deformation, damage, and failure of biological, bioinspired, and engineered materials at multiple length scales.