Dr. Cristian Bagni holds a PhD in Structural Engineering (The University of Sheffield, UK) and a Master’s Degree in Civil and Structural Engineering (Unversità degli Studi di Parma, Italy). After working for several years at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) on high profile aerospace research projects, he also gained extensive experience on advanced manufacturing processes. Cristian is currently Senior Technologist for Fatigue and Fracture at Hottinger Brüel & Kjær, and amongst his activities he leads and he is involved in several research topics including fatigue behaviour of joints, composites, additively manufactured materials and fatigue crack growth. He also supports HBK’s Advanced Materials Characterisation & Testing (AMCT) facility with the analysis and post-processing of fatigue test results, and consequent characterisation of both joints and parent materials. He has co-authored several papers on Computational Mechanics and Fatigue & Fracture, and has acted as reviewer for various International Journals.