Dr. Emmanuel E. Gdoutos is Full Member of the Academy of Athens, the most prestigious academic institute in Greece, Professor Emeritus of the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University, USA, and Distinguished Clark Millikan Visiting Professor at California Institute of Technology, USA.   He is member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, of Academia Europaea, of the European Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, the International Academy of Engineering, and the Russian and Bulgarian Academies of Sciences. He is Fellow and honorary member of many international societies. He was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Russian Academy of Sciences and from the University of Nis, Serbia and received many international awards He is Honorary Citizen of the Prefecture of Lesvos, Greece. He received numerous awards and medals from scientific and professional societies.   He served as President of the European Structural Integrity Society, the European Society for Experimental Mechanics and the Society for Experimental Mechanics. He taught in many universities in Greece and USA. His research interest include: experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics, advanced composite materials, sandwich construction and nanotechnology. He authored/co-authored more than 300 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and 40 books.