George D. Manolis is Professor and Director of the Experimental Mechanics Laboratory of the Civil Engineering Department at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He was previously an associate professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, a Master of Science, and a PhD, all from the University of Minnesota in MInneapolis, USA. His specialities are boundary element methods, structural dynamics, structural mechanics, and experimental mechanics.