Patricia Krawczak is a full professor at IMT Nord Europe, a top-level graduate school of engineering and a research center of the Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), the number one public group of engineering and management graduate schools in France. She graduated with an engineering degree (1989) from Mines Douai and with a Ph.D. (1993) and a diploma of habilitation (1999) from the University of Lille. After managing IMT Nord Europe’s research and education department, “Polymers and Composites Technology and Mechanical Engineering”, for almost 20 years, she has been in charge of IMT's strategic program, “Technology Platforms”, since 2019. She has gained deep experience in the field of plastic and composite engineering through many collaborations with industry and academia in national and European industry-oriented projects. She has co-authored over 400 journal or conference publications and book chapters and is ranked among the world’s top 2% of scientists (Stanford University/Elsevier data updates). She is a member of the Executive Management Board of the French Society of Plastics Engineers (SFIP) and the Scientific and Strategic Advisory Board of the French Technical Center for Plastics and Composites (IPC). She is also a Knight of two National Orders: the Academic Palms (decoration for valuable services to the universities in education and teaching) and the Legion of Honor (highest French order of merit, decoration for public service and professional activity with eminent