Athanasios Toumpis received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Strathclyde, UK. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. His subject areas concentrate on Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, specifically on advanced joining, manufacturing and surface engineering processes for metallic materials. His research interests include materials performance in extreme conditions, solid state joining processes, alloy metallurgy, mechanical testing, thermo-mechanical analysis, and failure analysis.