**About the Editor**

**Paolo Ferro** (Prof. Dr.) is currently an associated professor of Metallurgy and Materials Selection at the University of Padova (Italy). After obtaining his degree in Materials Engineering (Summa Cum Laude), he completed his PhD at the University of Padova in Metallurgical Engineering. He was the scientific director of the research program 'Numerical and Experimental Determination of Residual Stresses in Welded Joints and their Influence on Fatigue Strength' (Young Researchers Project, 2003–2004). He won the prize for young researchers 'Aldo Dacco' 2002. He is a member of ` CMBM (Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials), coordinator of the European project on critical raw materials named DERMAP (Design of Components in a Critical Raw Material Perspective), member of the presidential council of the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF) and scientific coordinator of the Italian research program on the mechanical characterization of heavy section ductile irons. His research is mainly focused on (1) the analytical and numerical modelling of welding and heat treatment processes, (2) local criteria based on notch stress intensity factor (NSIF) and strain energy density (SED) for the fatigue strength assessment of pre-stressed components; (3) modelling of intermetallic phases evolution during heat treatments of duplex and superduplex stainless steels; (4) mechanical and metallurgical characterization of cast irons with particular attention to heavy section ductile iron castings and solution strengthened ferritic ductile irons (SS-FDI). He is the author of several papers and the editor of a book titled Residual Stress Analysis On Welded Joints by Means of Numerical Simulation and Experiments (IntechOpen Publishing).
