Antonio Pantano is a Full Professor at the Engineering Department of the University of Palermo (Italy). He earned is M.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2002) in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University. From 2002 to 2004, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on carbon nanotube-enabled materials. In 2004, he moved to the Department of Mechanics, University of Palermo, where he was professor “Rientro dei Cervelli”, a position for outstanding scientists. Since 2007, he has been a Professor, first Associate and later Full, at the University of Palermo. He has published 9 books and more than 100 research articles. His research interests include computational mechanics, mechanical design, numerical methods for engineering, mechanical engineering aspects of micro/nanoscale engineering, biomimetics, nondestructive evaluation, and wind turbines.