Dr Olivera Erić Cekić is an Associate Professor and at University of Kragujevac, Faculty of mechanical and civil engineering Kraljevo, Department of Applied mechanics and construction, Dositejeva 19, 36000 Kraljevo, Serbia. Prof. Erić Cekić graduated from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy at the University of Belgrade and received her Dipl. Eng. degree (BSc with honors, 5 year study program) in the field of Metallurgy and Materials Science in 1992. Professional employment: from graduation (1992) to June 2000, Dr Erić was employed at the Factory of castings and models in New Belgrade, in Department of research and development for the automotive industry. From July 2000 until August 2006, she was employed at the Laboratory for Materials, IHer field of interest is microstructural properties' relationships in both conventional engineering materials (ferrous and non-ferrous alloys) and advanced materials (ADI materials, composites) and the variety of characterization techniques (mechanical tests, wear tests, image analysis, SEM, and EDS) used for such investigations. She is a member of the European Microscopy Society.