**About the Editors**

**Eva Mar´ıa Rubio** is a professor at the Department of Manufacturing Engineering of the National Distance Education University (UNED, Spain). She received her MSc in Aeronautical Engineering (1997) from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and her PhD in Industrial Engineering (2002) from the National University of Distance Education (UNED). She has developed her research activity in the field of manufacturing engineering, with the following main lines of work: analysis of machining processes; analysis of metal forming processes; industrial metrology; and teaching and innovation in engineering.

**Ana Mar´ıa Camacho** is a professor at the Department of Manufacturing Engineering of the National Distance Education University (UNED, Spain). She received her MSc in Industrial Engineering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in 2001, and her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the UNED in 2005. Her main research interest is the innovation in manufacturing engineering and materials technology, especially focused on the analysis of metal forming and additive manufacturing techniques through computer aided engineering tools and experimental testing, and the development of methodologies for materials selection in demanding applications.
