Giovanni Torres Charry is currently Full Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (Colombia). He is a Mechanical Engineer from Universidad del Valle, has a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes and a Ph.D. from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He has experience as a designer and research professor in various companies and higher education institutions in Colombia. His current research interests include the design and conversion of machines for agribusiness, the development of computational engineering applications, and the rehabilitation of hand movement in stroke survivors.