Gary S. Schajer is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He received his doctorate from the University of California, at Berkeley and worked as a senior research engineer in industry before returning to academia. His research interests include hole-drilling measurements of residual stress and related inverse solutions, and he has been the recipient of numerous awards for teaching and research. Professor Schajer has written extensively in related journals and conference proceedings, and is currently the Associate Technical Editor of Experimental Mechanics.