J. Henriques obtained his MSc in Mechanical Engineering in 2018 by Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and his Bachelor's degree in 2016 by Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. His thesis studied the mechanical properties of wood when subjected to an impact test using the Virtual Fields Method. While doing the research for his thesis, he used different numerical simulation softwares in order to obtain the results. Since then, he has developed an increasing interest in solid's mechanics. He attended a professional internship as a technical consultant in Enkrott Madeira, beggining in August 2019, remaining in the company until November 2020. In December 2020 he started to pursue his long-term goal to obtain a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, on computational mechanics, full-field measurements and characterization of material properties. J. Henriques is currently studying for his PhD degree in University of Aveiro, with a research scholarship from the Portugueses Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).