Dr. Lihua Tang is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He received the B.Eng. degree in engineering mechanics and the MEng degree in solid mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 2005 and 2008, respectively, and the PhD degree in structures and mechanics from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2012. His main research interests include smart materials and structures, energy harvesting, vibration control, acoustic/elastic metamaterials and thermoacoustic engines. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 technical papers including 63 journal articles. Dr. Tang is a Member of ASME, SPIE and ENZ. He is a member of Energy Harvesting Technical Committee of ASME and a member of Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Technical Branch of ASME.