Prof Anna Paradowska is Conjoint Professor in Advanced Structural Materials in Civil and AMME School, as well as Industrial Engagement Manager at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering (ACNS) at ANSTO. Anna leads USyd Node and is a Program Leader of the $250M of the Australian Composites Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (ACM CRC). Anna works as a scientist but is an engineer by heart and education. She has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Monash University (2008) and a MSc degree in Materials Science Engineering from Wroclaw University of Technology (2001), Poland. She specialized in residual-stress analysis using neutron and synchrotron diffraction with particular focus on welds and advanced manufacturing processes. Anna is an international expert in neutron diffraction stress analysis, which she uses for advanced manufacturing procedures, in particular, additive manufacturing and welding. The primary goal of her research is to relate residual-stresses, mechanical and metallurgical properties to manufacturing procedures and integrity requirements of engineering components.