Professor Peter D. Lee joined Imperial College in 1994 after completing his D.Phil. in Materials Science from Oxford University. Prior to his doctoral studies on the solidification of aluminium, he was a Research Scientist at Alcan International's Kingston R&D Laboratory, where he helped established their Modelling of Shape Castings Programme, both developing analysis software and applying it to the design of many automotive castings. He is Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a member of the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers, ASM International and TMS. He holds a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science and M.A.Sc. in Materials from the University of Toronto, with his undergraduate and master's thesis focussing on the simulation of ferrous metallurgical processes.