Leticia A. Gracia gained a MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1996 and a PhD in Computational Mechanics in 2006 from the University of Zaragoza. She has worked for Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón (ITAINNOVA) since 1996 as researcher in the field of prediction of functional behavior of materials through the combination of numerical FEM analysis, experimental techniques, and development and application of constitutive models for predicting material behavior, mainly the elasticity, visco-elasticity, damage, and fatigue of elastomers. She is co-author of several scientific papers and of a book chapter on the use of FEM for the design of elastomeric components for automotive and railway applications. Currently, she is the head of the Advanced Modeling and Characterization of Materials group, leading a group of 15 PhDs and engineers, and she is Project Manager at the Materials & Components Technological Area at ITAInnovaPMI’s. PMP® credential since November 2013.